The Defense Agency : the heavy thermal power armor mobility combat car to new development.

It is impossible, and mobile power is lacked because running is difficult, and the voice assumed to be unsuitable for a small-scale broken break out regional conflict and the guerilla attack, etc. with high possibility to be going to be generated in the future is high also in the general roadway from the weight (50 tons per 90 expression) high the airlift in a past 74 expression tank and 90 expression tank. Moreover, the hostility power cannot be defeated because thermal power is lacked in 87 expression scout precaution car etc. that can be airlifted, and the department force (infantryman) cannot usually be supported. Then, needs of this "Mobile combat car" will arise.

As the vehicle where it satisfies the demand that looks like, in Britain, the Scorpion light tank. (It takes an active part by Falklands Conflict. It retires in the end of the last century service. )､According to release though the version etc. equipped with mobile of the striker eight-wheel armored vehicle of the United States exist｢There is no one to satisfy both demand performances as the mobile combat car. Moreover, the introduction will be inefficiency when the future , considering the possibility etc. of sharing with study results of the Yosoowa combat vehicle. ｣It makes, and the mobile of this time combat car will be developed as part of "Efficiency improvement by foot time sharing of the Yosoowa combat vehicle (eight-wheel Yosoowa combat vehicle) in the future" having been stated in 2002.

When easily bringing it together again｢It is not possible to satisfy it in an overseas similar vehicle though the light tank where which mobile power is high and thermal power is large is necessary. Because the project that shares foot time of eight-wheel Yosoowa combat vehicle is fortunately advanced, of. ｣It becomes (It in 2002 has the feeling where the budget is not satisfactorily allocated, and as for this development, the shade of meaning of the restart is strong).

Mobile combat car operation plan chart

"Mobile combat car" to start developing suppresses half of a usual tank weight to the level and about 25 tons, and aims at 100 kilos of the armored vehicle maximum speed per hour in the existing Ground Self-Defense Force. It seems that of 105milli class is installed from 90milli as an operation example , saying that "Defeat by aim thermal power (empty Chou descent armor vehicle of hostility) directly" because it is though it doesn't explain the installing firearms.

When the operation plan chart is seen, the thing that is the plan that makes the action of the situation that can be assumed enough in the future assumption is understood like "Invasion situation action on the islands part" and "Action like the attack etc. done by the guerrilla and the special force", etc.The necessity of such a vehicle might rise more and more in the future if a complicated road in the island nation thinks about a lot of operation in Japan where the area of the mountainous district is large.