A Komatsu LAV (light armored vehicle) leaves the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Moriyama in Nagoya, where such vehicles drill on the city's streets in major traffic on a daily basis.
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1glenn
These vehicles might not be useful on a front line of combat, but might be very useful behind the front lines.
Max Sped
Re: TheRegulatorJuly 17 07:55 am JST
The purpose of driving these vehicles around in cities can only be to instill fear in the population and get them to swing behind NATO/Japan.
100% correct Justifying spending 2% GDP at the MIC store.
Saitou Yuu
"stage is full of miscasting"
factchecker
If you've ever seen the general driving ability in this country, one of those would be useful.
Samit Basu
Sadly, Komatsu left armored vehicle business and follow-up armored vehicles will be imported.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Komatsu-ends-work-on-key-Japan-Self-Defense-Force-vehicle
John-San
It a death trap. checkout the handles. First chance is to jam a bar between the two handles stopping the doors from opening. get rid of the handles on the outside.
wallace
Seeing military vehicles on the streets and roads daily is not good.
TheRegulator
The purpose of driving these vehicles around in cities can only be to instill fear in the population and get them to swing behind NATO/Japan.
FizzBit
Nice! Couldn't have said it better myself.
dan
Crazy .
GuruMick
LIGHT Amoured vehicle eh ?
I think Hamas has shown how relatively easy it is to blow up tanks using undetonated Israeli bombs or even home made explosives.
That's tanks.
Go Uber or Grab for moving troops around...just as effective.
sakurasuki
Japan might have budget but can Japan attract more people to join military?