Japanese TYPE 74 Main Battle Tank Overview | THE TOO LATE TANK

Development of the new Japanese MBT to supplement the Type 61 commenced in the early 1960s, when it was realized that the Type 61 would not be able to counter the threat posed by the latest Soviet designs such as the T-62. The new Japanese tank was designed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The first prototype was completed in 1969. The first production vehicle was completed in 1975. This tank uses a number of best features of contemporary Western designs, placing it in the same class as the M60 Patton and Leopard 1. However it saw widespread use only in 1980s, when more capable Western designs were introduced. So the Type 74 was generally out-dated even before it entered service. Production ended in 1989 and about 890 tanks built. Japanese Ground Self Defense Force is the only operator of this MBT, as this county laws do not allow to export military equipment.
A cast turret of the Type 74 is broadly similar to that of the French AMX-30. This main battle tank is armed with a fuly-stabilized 105 mm rifled gun. It is the British L7 gun, manufactured in Japan under license. Prototype of the Type 74 was fitted with an autoloader, however it proved too complex and expensive, and was removed. Initially the Type 74 used HEP rounds. These were later upgraded to APFDSD and HEAT-MP. A total of 55 rounds are carried for the main gun. 14 rounds are stored in the turret bustle and are ready to use. Remaining rounds are stored in the hull.
Fire control system of this main battle tank was very advanced. For the first time in the world a tank was fitted with advanced computer for ballistic calculations. It also had a laser rangefinder. In service tanks were later upgraded with infra-red imagers.
Secondary armament consists of coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and a roof-mounted 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
The Type 74 has an all-welded hull. It fitted with NBC protection and automatic fire suppression systems.
This MBT has a crew of four, including commander, gunner, loader and driver.
The Type 74 is powered by Mitsubishi 10ZF Model 22 air-cooled turbocharged diesel engine, developing 750 hp. This main battle tank has a high power-to-weight ration of 18.9 hp/tonne. Vehicle has a hydropneumatic suspension, allowing this MBT to "sit", "stand", "kneel" or to "lean". This feature was incorporated from the canceled German-US MBT-70 design. The driver can adjust the suspension to suit the type of terrain. It can be fitted with a deep wading kit for crossing of shallow water obstacles up to 2 m deep. Some tanks were fitted with a front-mounted dozer blade. Mine rollers can be attached at the front. This version with mine clearing rollers is referred as the Type 74F.
In the early 1990s the Japanese Ground Self-Defense forces received the new Type 90 main battle tank, which supplemented the Type 74. The ageing Type 74 MBTs are due to be replaced with the latest Type 10 in the JGSDF inventory.
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Japanese TYPE 74 Main Battle Tank Overview | THE TOO LATE TANK

[@Darth.Fluffy]

Yeah... The Type 61 really wasn't great....look how many Godzilla destroyed.

[@arsenalxa4421]

I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

nice to see you here

[@cristobalalvarez5491]

@JZ's Best Friend dont u mean fish

[@steelgear3876]

I think all Japanese tanks should be judged in how effective they are against Godzilla.

[@helohel5915]

Type 61 was tall and had horrible centre of mass. Basically, Godzilla didnt need to fight them, they would likely topple over

[@nagasako7]

On paper there are better tanks, but this is purpose built for mountain terrain and tilty topography of island coast.

[@X.Y.Z.07]

Indeed.. Especially as Japan shares no land borders with other countries, the only way for the Aggressor to attack is by Marine landing or Airborne troops, so they need tanks that can be moved efficiently wherever its needed..

[@HydratedBeans]

Completely agree. This is probably the second best tank in the world for fighting in Japan. The first best is their newer tank.

[@Tokax]

@@HydratedBeans type 10?

[@Thekilleroftanks]

@Ronaldo Mendoza Jr because Japan is never gonna sell their arms. To anyone period. Though the actual guns and armour may be old their fire control systems and general combat systems is literally top of the line. The type 90 had the best combat systems in the world until recently. Where the type 10 came out and beat it. The type 16 though it's design is old (it's more or less a 50 year old design) still works well thanks to the fact every western tank can't fight in southern Japan so at best the type 16 is gonna face ifva and afvs. Both of which is not gonna tank a dm 33 shell.

[@PacificFront]

@Ronaldo Mendoza Jr it's different type of tank dude.. this one is MBT and the PH's searching for is light/medium tank procurement.. ascod win because PH already has an Elbit system bms, am I correct? ascod will be easier to integrate with other PH armament.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Ah yes, I remember when this tank annihilated groups of Roman soldiers... wait this isn't GATE

[@zaaz73]

*claps* You have good taste in anime

[@helo8427]

hell yeah!

[@SlickCookie]

Everywhere I go, I see your face. Looks like we have similar interests

[@cheng3580]

I already hear the GATE theme playing.

[@hammer1349]

Oriental and experimental armoured company brings a feudal world into the imperial fold

[@diligentone-six2688]

And still Japan hadn't showcased and demonstrated it's Gundams and Godzilla.

[@WatcherMovie008]

Bruh, you don't demonstrate the big G. Big G will decide when HE wants to demonstrate his power.

[@paladinsmith7050]

shh that's classified.

[@katey1dog]

Or mechsuits.

[@tomoe6108]

Gundam Factory Yokohama be like

[@Pork_eating_crusader]

Or it’s armoury of Evangalions

[@tackiechan2630]

I was playing war thunder and thought about grinding the type 74 and thought “Hey, has Matsimus done a video on the type 74s”. Thanks!

[@columc]

The type 74 gets matched with T-54’s in the game. Insane.

[@warhead_beast7661]

@@columc not that often, you mostly see Leo 1A1s, all those Radpanzers, T62s, T55Ams and T72s.

[@adriencoudert1083]

The Type 74 is awesome in war thunder i love playing and it helped me a lot to get the Type 90 and Type 16

[@Alamdar-]

DON'T BUY THAT TANK!!!!!

[@halorecon95]

@@adriencoudert1083 If only there was a Type 10... I think you meant Type 16

[@Owlzz_]

The shape of this tank is just.. beautiful and somewhat unique

[@Joshua_N-A]

For some reason it reminds me of the American T95 medium tank, since it has hydropneumatic suspension system.

[@Owlzz_]

@@Joshua_N-A yeah you re right it somewhat similiar

[@densealloy]

When the USMC said they were phasing out MBTs completely, I thought they should consider going with the concept behind the Type 10 MBT (smaller, mobile, modular etc) instead. I think Japan might be on to something. They make quality kit.

[@heckleypanes4988]

Acolyte from ROTR but 120mm

[@RedXlV]

A light MBT like the Type 10 would also be much easier to transport by air. While the C-5 Galaxy can carry a single M1 Abrams, it would be able to carry 3 of the Type 10.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Abe did lift the ban in 2014 right? So maybe USMC can get some for evaluation.

[@UgandanAirForce]

@@RedXlV why not a vehicle like the new ZTQ-15? it's a tank that's pretty much hovering the line between a light tank and mbt in terms of firepower and armor.

[@RedXlV]

@@UgandanAirForce Something along those lines would also be well-suited for the USMC. The main difference I'd want compared to the ZTQ-15 is a 120mm rather than 105mm gun. We know that's achievable on a sub-40 ton platform.

[@archerbascha8757]

From the front, it looks like an IS-4 and a Patton had a child, and it didn't grow up yet.

[@veenoable]

More like stridsvagen and patton had a child

[@prestonang8216]

@@veenoable Yo stridsvagn means tank in swedish, which tank?

[@veenoable]

@@prestonang8216 strv-103

[@colbyuetake130]

You should see their ST-A1s

[@simpleloki3214]

Such a good looking tank

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

Remind me of GATE anime lol Type 74 might be weak against modern MBT but against roman era troops is like human vs ant

[@mikkodoria4778]

dude i really love that anime

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

@@mikkodoria4778 read the manga, it is way better and still going, shit went FUBAR with the Empire turn guerrilla warfare

[@mikkodoria4778]

@@MyH3ntaiGirl yeah i totally agree with you, i didn't have the free time yet but for the first couple of chapters i could see its way better,

[@Kiyodio]

Or you could say.. iron elephants.

[@madwolf0966]

@@Kiyodio don't forgrt FLYING PEGASUS

[@Diamond_Nella]

The Type 74 was actually IN a Godzilla Movie and Attacked Godzilla on the first film of the Millenium Era

[@SATEFAKAP]

ah, yes. I remember when this tank trying shoot an Angel... oh wait, this is (not) NGE.

[@nonedibledonut]

what is nge

[@HappyGM-R]

@@nonedibledonut Neon Genesis Evangelion

[@glass_knuckles]

came looking for an Eva reference

[@rat_king-]

Matsimus: aN iSlAnD cAn'T pRoDuCe gUd tAnKs. Also Matsimus: from an island Nation, that creates challenger 2

[@davidty2006]

Yes chap

[@Marinealver]

Must be looking at the Bob Sempel tank.

[@davidty2006]

Well he has had his own experiance with the warrior and pretty much knows it inside and out.

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

I love this comment.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

Challenger 2 is not quite the Benchmark for good tank design. On the contrary, it is exemplary for bad design choices and cutting corners to save money.

[@Captain.J.Dreadful]

My favorite part about this OG of a MBT is not only the swagger Samurai look to it. But also it’s *Hyrdo-Gangsta-Suspension* 50/50 one of the Sexiest Tanks in the universe.

[@ChopperMeir]

I genuinely think this is such a cool looking tank. The turret always kind of reminds me of a Samurai helmet.

[@andrei-speedy5786]

1:54 people fighting in the crowd

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

Lol just noticed

[@samwessels8216]

lol

[@marcusrat4466]

@@samwessels8216 lol

[@Tokax]

Lol

[@sumvs5992]

"We should still have the emporer in power!" "No"

[@CCM1199]

I got to get inside of type 74 Tank. They came to NTC Fort Irwin back in Jan of 2014. I was embedded with them for 5 days to learn from them and be their liason while they were doing a rotational exercise with our guys. I actually like their tanks since they have a pneumatic suspension and can fire without fully exposing themselves. Even on wierd terrain they are able to pull up, fire and back down. Great times.

[@theannoyingweeb3138]

JSDF Tanker: konichiwa imperial soldier-san.

[@laostav2274]

GATE anime?

[@ShahjahanMasood]

@@laostav2274 yes

[@Deadeye313]

One interesting thing about the 74: Leave it to the Japanese to create a tank that can essentially bow...

[@Terraqueo22]

They bow before facing a lone M1 Abrams, Leopard 2 or a Challenger...

[@Ko_Kasumi]

@@Terraqueo22 Except the M1 Abrams, leopard 2 and Challenger can't even make it to the battlefield because they keep getting stopped by weak bridges, small trails and extremely rough terrain xD

[@Kalashnikov413]

@@Ko_Kasumi don't worry, the air force would be having the most fun there

[@Ko_Kasumi]

@@Kalashnikov413 Japan really isn't lacking in their own airforce and anti air defenses so that's a pretty poor idea to be perfectly honest

[@Kalashnikov413]

@Stupid Bitch who said that Japan had a weak Air Force?

[@happilyham6769]

NATO codename 'Tilty Boi'

[@davidty2006]

The suspension was expensive but worth it.

[@effexon]

@@davidty2006 I played some tank games, with differing mountainous terrain that is valuable, so I wonder would it balance out abrams superiority? I've only known cases of abrams used in gulf war and similar places where terrain is dead flat.

[@hansandhispanzerfaust6236]

No Tango Bravo stuff only, “Tilty Boi”

[@davidty2006]

@@effexon The Abrams is mainly for desert warfare than anything else and as ye know it was used in the middle east conflicts where theres just well desert.

[@germansherman9395]

Yooooooooo. I’ve wanted you to do the type 74 for so long. It’s my favorite tank ever

[@jordanjoestar458]

The Type-74 is one of my favorite tank designs, visually. It looks really cool.

[@brandonwilliams6942]

It is quite the gorgeous tank though

[@GK11415]

Another well researched video, thanks for the content.

[@Washbuckler-mq5jl]

Gets done streaming instantly realizes video

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

im having Patlabor and Gate flashbacks

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

Good taste

[@leonardotavaresdardenne9955]

@@nothingtoseehere1221 only 50% good taste, gate is trash

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

Always loved the look of that turret.

[@danthespaceman2779]

I... and I cannot stress this enough....absolutely love this tank for seemingly no reason at all. I just do and always will. I wish I could get inside one of these machines so bad.

[@rikbrown4864]

Thanks Matt. A mate of mine just got into the JSDF and will be thrilled to see this

[@Joshua_N-A]

JSDF is unique due to not having a military court. Most Japanese people see them as disaster relief force rather than a true military. Plus it has the oldest soldiers in the world as young talents are headhunted by corporations and higher salary. JSDF has been plagued with recruitment issues for a long time.

[@nobody6546]

Great Vid! As per your Normal Big M! Keep them coming! Will come back later too- few questions , especially after just watching your Swiss Tanks update ( 140mm Gun ) episode. God Bless!

[@alejandrorojas1423]

The opening has big Evangelion vibes

[@tomoe6108]

I was half expecting Hallucination from the Patlabor 2 ost to start playing

[@captainfactoid3867]

One of my favorite military vehicles of all time. There is just something about how it looks that’s so fantastic

[@radonsider9692]

Another cool tank, another great video

[@paulh2468]

Thanks for covering off the Godzilla angle. I was actually going to ask if the Type 74 ever engaged in combat with The King of the Monsters, or any of the other Japanese monsters, but you answered this important question at the end.

[@kenhorlor5674]

Just to note, arms exports from Japan are now allowable, the new law allows 'defense equipment transfers' which includes sales lower than JSDF original purchase price.

[@Spanky00Cheeks]

The Japanese Defense Doctrine: don’t have kids.

[@Marinealver]

More like Modern Japanese Philosophy

[@shanechapman3567]

Love this tank got a 1/35 scale kit of it to build and can't wait to see it

[@trackhead9554]

It is a very nice looking MBT!

[@bennybenitez2461]

Brilliant presentation

[@henryatkinson1479]

Thing just looks like a cooler Leopard 1.

[@terifarley4770]

Leopard 1 vastly more cool than the Type 74 but the 74 much better armor

[@tigerpresentationsproducts425]

@@terifarley4770 uh no equal irl it has a lot of armor

[@UgandanAirForce]

@@terifarley4770 na i'd say the type 74 is better in certain categories or is similar to the leopard 1. They both pretty much have the same idea behind them, fast with good firepower.

[@ijasab35]

Nah Type 74 is more like the japanese Amx 30B than leopard 1

[@tigerpresentationsproducts425]

@@ijasab35 the AMX 30 B and B2 variants are French not Japanese and the type 74 is Japanese

[@ice_coffee46]

The Type 74 tank is the best! There are a lot of angular designs these days, but I love this bowl-shaped turret!

[@bassmith448bassist5]

That is a gorgeous tank!!!!! Given it's limitations, a very practical MBT.

[@user-oo2yo2gn5s]

type 74 is my favorite tank. thanks for your information

[@duke0salt717]

I like how Clean is looks, besides that big ass box on the side of the turret it's a very sleel looking vehicle. Also the suspension is extremely interesting

[@ry0usama511]

It's the best lookin post-war tank for me. The Type 10 is sexy too

[@cheng3580]

Hope to see more JSDF content from you~♡

[@kikokltzhke8266]

Damn, that opening music is very stirring!!! 😮

[@Thebonesoftrees]

I watched Akira the other day. Pretty sure those tanks with some animators artistic licence are featured/blown up by Kenda.

[@HydratedBeans]

I watched it for the first time ever a week ago. Really enjoyed it. It’s crazy how many cyberpunk tropes that movie created.

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Love your content

[@AN_PVS-2]

Love the Type 74 its one of my favorite tanks its era. Thanks for making the video

[@dcdanger7597]

Those treads lookin dummy thicc

[@Rrgr5]

Hey, Mat, could you do a video about the EE-T1 Osório, the Brazilian MBT?

[@stupidburp]

Type 74 is a good tank and would still be useful for some forces today. It is light and mobile enough to provide fire support in rough terrain. Personally I think that Japan should sell all of them to the Philippines for a bargain price (scrap metal equivalent cost). Of course they are dated for tank on tank battles but can still destroy other armored vehicles, fortifications, and soft targets. Type 74 has been well liked by Japanese users and deserves a second life somewhere where it can be of some use.

[@stupidburp]

Japan should build more Type 10 with an active protection system added in lieu of some of the modular add on armor. It could replace the Type 74 and Type 90 still in service. Supplementing with their wheeled gun platform is fine but they also need to modernize their tank force.

[@baraka629]

Lmfao the elusive "tank on tank battle" that never happens in reality. Heard that Ukrainians almost exclusively load their western-delivered MBTs with HE instead of AP? Take a wild guess why that is.

[@poikoi1530]

​@@baraka629I mean, to be fair, a Tank's job first and foremost is to support the infantry in an armoured thrust fighting in combined arms (at least this is how tanks have been used doctrinally, depends on the doctrine too, but tanks were created to support the infantry) so loading then with HE is understandable. MBTs are pretty much jack of all trades tanks anyways so they just incorporated many other features of the old norms for tanks and the separate tank destroyers which were specifically made to kill tanks, it's just that the MBTs are capable of either infantry support or Anti-tank, making them better than previous generations of tanks

[@warhawk9566]

@@baraka629 has a little bit to do with Russia having no tanks left.

[@warhawk9566]

@@poikoi1530 not really? I mean tanks do support infantry but that's not really what they're made for anymore, it would be more accurate to say they also support infantry. Hell depending on the doctrine, sometimes it's the infantry that support the tank. An MBT's job is usually to break through enemy lines or to set up in a defensive position

[@ConsCruptor]

I think in Neon Genesis Evangelion first episodes those tanks firing the Angel are Type 74 or Type 90

[@CH3TN1K313]

Something about those large diameter road wheels and curved frontal turret armor akin to Russian designs, blended with the extended turret bustle, and M60/Leo 1 like hull design, just takes the best looking features of the tanks of the time to make one of the sexiest tank designs which will forever be timeless.

[@kimanthonyrojasmateo5493]

thanks Mat

[@kemskyfarezy]

beautiful tank

[@cheatchanbothcheatchanboth2632]

Good job 👍

[@effexon]

What is that reflective, old crt tv like object box right side of cannon?

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

YEAH! I asked Max for this tank months ago. Maybe the M41 Walker Bulldog is just around the corner? The 74 is a beauty, much like the first Leopards.

[@reserva120]

great job..

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

That adjustable suspension would make track tensioning a breeze! Especially if needed for shorting the track in emergencies too. The only vehicle I've operated with an adjustable suspension was the Stryker family, of which I was licensed to operate 5 main variants.

[@MrMonkeybat]

What is the big box on the front of the tank making me dizzy? Some kind of television sight?

[@ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4]

Nice my Favorite tank

[@billcruze7991]

I like the way the ass end is jacked up. Reminds me of my nova. Haha

[@p47thunderbolt68]

Looks like a well built machine .

[@heavyassaultcollectables1731]

Very Beautiful tank.

[@yuugagazamee6020]

Now this is Japanese music (although vaguely), props to you Matt

[@JungleScene]

with its suspension tilted forward this tank looks so fucking badass. such a mean stance.

[@r0gue71]

can you please do a video on the Type 59G Durjoy??

[@conflictmagazine]

GEAR! (yeah, I've been MIA but I'm trying to catch up...)

[@taiteswinton4419]

Hey Mat could you please to a video on the MRH-90 Taipan please it would be heaps good, thanks

[@conordevery2306]

Why does the driver sit on the left of Japanese MBT's if they drive on the left like in the U.K.?

[@homelandfighters8541]

So sad that japan can't export their military equipmet.This japanese products always high quality in the world.At least toyota hilux can be a 'light tank' in most countries

[@michaelkemnerlin7834]

LOL

[@robbiereyes847]

Is that so?You forgot most japanese trucks was convert into military trucks.These japanese products are underrated and the quality also tough

[@bambooworrior4470]

😁true

[@homelandfighters8541]

@Hunter6213 yeah.i think at the 2015 exhibition.Every tank had a problem but the Japanese Type 10 in the list of The world's top 10 main battle tanks

[@cheng3580]

@Hunter6213 On open day at a exhibition show, when the incident happened the batch that was sent to the Eastern Army was new and not given a test run due to the open house event. Since then it has improved.

[@sacha.touille]

This tank really seems like a French AMX30. Main identification key ... the main gun, L7 type canon for Type 74.

[@alkazarjkdghjd]

Japanese seem to love taking inspiration from French tank, the T10 look a lot like a Leclerc, and from memory they also have a tank that look like the AMX 10 RC.

[@hendi1571]

​@@alkazarjkdghjd you might wanna have a look at the Type-10 and the Type-16 (the AFV you are talking about) again. Not too much in common with their French counterparts.

[@paulh2468]

Great opener: Samurai Movie music!

[@annoyed707]

How does the armour do against determined tentacle attack?

[@bycoxtax8562]

Great vid, but could you do a vid on the spanish new VCR DRAGÓN?

[@Mati_Panzer]

sure, it may have been outdated by the time it entered service, but im sure all the lessons they learned while developing it were instrumental in their development of their modern armored vehicles in general, and also no one can deny that it looks damn good

[@nathanokun8801]

Japanese naval ammo in WWII and the armor made for its warships had extremely high levels of quality control (not necessarily the best designs, but they made them to the accepted standard very closely) -- better than most foreign manufacturers in some categories, such as the extremely thick face-hardened armor plates made for the YAMATO Class battleships, which had a very uniform hardness pattern, most especially difficult with plates as thick as 26" (!!!!) that were well above the thicknesses made by any foreign manufacturer. The unusual resistance of some experimental Japanese armor (made after battleship production had ceased during the middle and end of WWII and the naval armor engineers could now experiment based on their own modern ideas) was so profound that in the reports on it by the US Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, after their own penetration tests in the latter half of 1940s, the US test personnel actually said that since they did not know how such good results were even possible with plates made of standard metals (the Japanese were using regular armor steels and just trying out new ways to strengthen and manufacture plates by various unusual heat and mechanical working treatments), the final paragraph in the final report on the US Navy testing of Japanese heavy naval armor was forced to state that it was now obvious that the US Navy experts on armor design did not understand how face-hardened armor works, which was an amazingly honest (and profoundly embarrassing) thing to say in an official report! THAT is the level of Japanese engineering and is a true warning about what the Japanese were going to do to several US industries post-war...

[@kombatace7971]

Can you do a vid on the Type 61? There isnt much on youtube about it outside of video games like wt or wot

[@fredrickheinecke3640]

Could you please review the Ripsaw EV3 F1 and its suspension.

[@andreasleonardo6793]

WOW what suitable music with this vedio thanks for sending...whey late ..today there are active crisis around china and on south China sea...clear explaining of historic movements of Japanese tanks producing through cold war..

[@keithpaquet1206]

Have you done a video on the French AMX-30?

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Thanks alot for making this video ! Type 74 is among the top three of my favorite second gen MBTs in term of their beauties, the other two are M60A3. and Chieftain.

[@doctorchaotic3415]

Does anyone here just call this tank a "Turtle shell" tank because of the turret design? Lol.

[@brianr.6376]

Looks like the original american-german xm

[@jonathanfan8813]

I ve done many 10k damage games in my STB-1 in WOT, that thing is crazy

[@idiedlongago2336]

good dpm 💪

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

An amalgum of the MBT-70, Leopard I, M95a1 (medium)!

[@bigshiro]

Wow, my former coworker was one of the first test driver for the type 74 in Hokkaido. He said that starting the type 61 engine was a bitch. But the 74 was more easier and smoother. He talked a lot about the 74. But I couldn't really understand what he was saying at the time. Should've recorded the conversation....

[@martincerny4271]

Aesthetic design

[@jlokison]

Well I think this could definitely surprise soldiers not familiar with it on an initial engagement. Most tankers and antitank teams are familiar with roll-forward-roll-back pop up fighting positions. They aren't expecting a tank to tip sideways to clear it's gun around a hill to fire at them.

[@osmacar5331]

Cough cough, odyssey, you MAY want to gander at that

[@banoniebatute9682]

Best looking tank.

[@panzerkamf1237]

*me just wondering how long there gonna keep those things in service*

[@taikaiju9753]

At least for another generation, they cant just replace them with Type 10's and the Type 90's are too heavy to replace them so probably at least another 15 years till the last ones are phased out.

[@X.Y.Z.07]

Much like the M60s are still available for use by the US National Guards should the need arise...

[@13thSystem]

Cold war era tanks are still in service everywhere T-72s/T-80s, Leopard 1s, M-60s, T55s/T62s, Centurions etc...

[@X.Y.Z.07]

@@13thSystem lol Centurion is like the grandaddy of tanks in modern standard. Its still used mainly by SADF as Olifant Tank..

[@m5a1stuart83]

@@X.Y.Z.07 but Centurion can serve as Support Artilerry for Ground troops.

[@StrainXv]

Type 10, probably to most underrated tank in the world. everyone thinks it's a small and light, and they are in for a surprise when that thing tokyo drifts in reverse away from you.

[@sidious-dy9rh]

1 of if not the best looking cold war era tank.

[@theromanorder]

In the event you see this could you possibly aid to the title (and breakdown of early post WW2 Japanese take arm)

[@gianpaolovillani6321]

The Type 74 is a beautiful tank, I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need to be replaced unnecessarily

[@rollinsomethingbutiforgot]

If they combine hard AT resistant top armor & turret armor, they could create a crablike design where the tank would sit itself low into soil & make itself an incredibly hard target. Think about it.

[@MrHeuvaladao]

Great video. But here's what everyone wants to know: when will they come up with the Giant Robots?

[@nickryan6787]

5:14 looks like an up sized Crusader :D

[@justanatolii2961]

Also thought so) this tank looks like it is a light tank.

[@joepipito7431]

Wow them lil fellas can operate a tank