Type 60 Armoured Personnel Carrier

Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier
A Type 60 of the JGSDF on parade
Type	Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	1960 - 2006
Used by	Japan
Production history
Designer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Designed	1956-1960
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Komatsu Limited
Produced	1960–1972
Number built	428
Specifications
Weight	11.8 tonnes (13.0 short tons)
Length	4.85 metres (15.9 ft)
Width	2.40 metres (7.9 ft)
Height	1.70 metres (5.6 ft)
Crew	4 Crew + 6 Troops (With equipment)

Main armament	1x 12.7 mm M-2HB machine gun
Secondary armament	1x 7.62 mm M-1919A4 bow machine gun
Engine	Mitsubishi 8HA21WT air-cooled 8-cylinder turbocharged diesel 220 horsepower (220 PS)
Suspension	torsion bar
Ground clearance	40 centimetres (16 in)
Fuel capacity	250 litres (66 US gal)
Operational range	230 kilometres (140 mi)
Speed	45 kilometres per hour (28 mph) (road)

The Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier (60式装甲車, roku-maru-shiki-soukou-sha) is an armored personnel carrier that entered service with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1960.

Modern Japanese armored fighting vehicles

Tanks	Type 61 Type 74 Type 90 Type 10

Self-propelled artillery	Type 74 Type 75 Type 99 Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher Light-weight Combat Vehicle (LCV) System

Tank destroyers	Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun Maneuver Combat Vehicle

Armoured personnel carriers	Type 60 Type 73 Type 89 IFV Type 96

Armored cars	Type 82 Type 87 Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	Type 87

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