Tamiya 1/35 JGSDF Type 61 Tank #35163  [35163]

In regards to the JGSDF Type 61 Tank

Since being officially adopted by Japan's Ground Self Defense Force in 1961, the Type 61 tank has been around constant service for more than three decades. Although destined become replaced by the advanced Type 74 as well as the newly introduced Type 90 tanks, it's still considered by many while the hub of the Japanese Self-defense Forces. Created from the outset to hold a 90mm primary gun, the tank additionally had to be able to traverse the narrow railways throughout Japan. The outcome ended up being a really compact medium tank, with a reduced profile that is just 2.96m wide and 2.46m high, and weighing 35 tons. Its 90mm weapon ended up being made by the Japan Steel Works, Ltd., utilizing the distinguished U.S. type M3A1 gun as a pattern. The gun is mounted in a cast metal turret, and elevated either manually or by hydraulic pressure. Loading is handbook and effective at firing 15 rounds per minute. Auxiliary armament is a 12.7mm M2 device weapon mounted on the commander's cupola, and a 7.62mm M1919A4 device gun mounted co-axially because of the main gun. Powerplant is a Mitsubishi Type 12HM21WT, air cooled V-12 cylinder, diesel motor, capable of 570 horsepowers which provides a top-speed of approximately 45km/h. A torsion-bar suspension system ended up being utilized and is matched to your single-pin caterpillar tracks. Minor improvements, such as for example smoke discharging units, were put into keep this venerable armored vehicle within the front lines of Japan's self-defense operations.