Tamiya 35163 - 1/35 JGSDF Type 61 Tank 田宮軍事模型軍事製品 雙星孖星  [35163]

About the JGSDF Type 61 Tank

Since being formally used by Japan&39;s Ground self defense purposes Force in 1961, the kind 61 tank has been around constant service for over 30 years. Although destined become replaced by the advanced Type 74 as well as the newly introduced Type 90 tanks, it is still considered by many once the heart of the Japanese Self Defense Forces. Created through the outset to carry a 90mm main weapon, the tank also needed to be in a position to traverse the slim railways throughout Japan. The outcome was an extremely compact medium tank, with the lowest profile that's just 2.96m wide and 2.46m high, and weighing 35 tons. Its 90mm gun ended up being produced by the Japan metal Functions, Ltd., using the renowned U.S. type M3A1 gun as a pattern. The weapon is installed in a cast steel turret, and elevated either manually or by hydraulic stress. Loading is handbook and effective at firing 15 rounds each and every minute. Auxiliary armament is a 12.7mm M2 device gun attached to the commander&39;s cupola, and a 7.62mm M1919A4 device weapon mounted co-axially aided by the primary gun. Powerplant is a Mitsubishi Type 12HM21WT, air cooled V-12 cylinder, diesel engine, capable of 570 horsepowers which supplies a top-speed of around 45km/h. A torsion-bar suspension system ended up being used and is matched on single-pin caterpillar tracks. Minor improvements, particularly smoke discharging devices, were put into keep this venerable armored automobile inside front lines of Japan&39;s self-defense operations.