The following is a list of equipment currently in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
Images | Model | Origin | Pattern type | Environment / colours | User | Period use | Notes |
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| Type I Camouflage | ![]() | Woodland | Temperate (Based on Hokkaido's wilderness) | 1st Airborne Brigade (JGSDF Air Defense Artillery Groups) | 1970s to 1990s (limited use as of 2014) | First camo scheme adopted by Japan after World War II. [1] |
![]() | Type II camouflage | ![]() | Flecktarn | Temperate | JGSDF, JMSDF, Japan National Defense Academy cadets, JASDF Air Rescue Wings Pararescuemen | Since 1991 | Second domestically designed pattern. The earlier model had anti-IR/flame-resistant fabric, but the latter lacks the feature. [1] |
![]() | Type II brown-dominant winter pattern | ![]() | Flecktarn | Temperate / dark | JGSDF | Since 1991 | Darker contrast on Type II Flecktarn camo to fit the color of winter plants. Used on JGSDF Type-2 Camouflage Cold Weather Field Parka and Trousers. [1] |
![]() | Type III camouflage | ![]() | Flecktarn | Temperate | JGSDF | Since 2007 | Modified from ''Type II'' pattern. [1] |
![]() | JGSDF Desert camouflage | ![]() | Flecktarn | Arid / desert | JGSDF International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit and JGSDF Central Readiness Force | Since June 2010 | Adopted by the JGSDF for Middle Eastern deployments. [1] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Notes |
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Combat helmet | |||||
| PASGT helmet Personnel Armor System for Ground Troop | Type 88 helmet | ![]() | Combat helmet (Kevlar) | Standard issue helmet. Successor of the Type 66 helmet. [2] Derived from the PASGT helmet. |
| M1 Helmet | Type 66 helmet | ![]() | Combat helmet (iron alloy) | Entered service in 1966, it remains in use for non-combat missions, training exercises, parades and in the reserve forces. [3] [4] Largely replaced by the Type 88 helmet. |
![]() | Ops-Core FAST Future Assault Shell Technology helmet | — | ![]() | Combat helmet (UHMWPE material) | Used by special units. |
Body armour | |||||
![]() | PASGT Personnel Armor System for Ground Troop | Type 1 bulletproof vest | ![]() | Bulletproof vest | First body armour fully introduced by the JGSDF in 1992. [5] Derived from the PASGT. |
![]() | — | Type 2 bulletproof vest | ![]() | Bulletproof vest | [6] [5] Successor of the Type 1 bulletproof vest . The camouflage is the Type II . |
| — | Type 3 bulletproof vest | ![]() | Bulletproof vest | [7] [5] Successor to the Type 2 bulletproof vest . Procured with the fiscal year 2012 budget. |
![]() | — | Type 18 Armoured Vest System | ![]() | Bulletproof vest | [8] Successor to the Type 3 bulletproof vest . Procured with the fiscal year 2023 budget. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | AN/PVS-14 | JGVS-V8 and | ![]() | Personal night vision device GaAS visible light amplification 3rd generation | > 22,942 | License produced by NEC. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
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Handguns | ||||||
![]() | SIG Sauer P220 | Minebea P9 | ![]() | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue as of 1982, and currently being replaced. [10] Made under license by Minebea. |
| H&K SFP9-M | — | ![]() | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Successor of the SIG P220 as new standard issue pistol, introduced in 2020. [11] Purchases: |
Submachine guns | ||||||
![]() | Minebea PM-9 | M9 | ![]() | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Successor of the Uzi, and also derived from it. [15] Introduced in 1999. |
Assault rifles and battle rifles | ||||||
![]() | Howa Type 20 | Type 20 assault rifle | ![]() | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | New service rifle succeeding to the Howa Type 89 and the Howa Type 64. [16] The grenade launcher selected for the Type 20 is the Beretta GLX160. [17] 38,057 ordered for the JGSDF from 2020 to 2025, 10,000 planned with the 2026 budget. |
![]() | Howa Type 89 | Type 89 assault rifle | ![]() | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Service rifle that entered service in 1989. [18] Complemented the Howa Type 64 battle rifles. Being replaced by the Howa Type 20. |
![]() | Howa Type 64 | Type 64 battle rifle | ![]() | Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Service rifle that entered service in 1964. Being replaced by the Howa Type 20. |
Machine guns | ||||||
![]() | FN Minimi | 5.56mm Machine Gun MINIMI | ![]() | LMG Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard squad-level machine gun. [19] First order in 1993, succeeded to the Type 62 machine gun. 4,922 ordered by 2017. |
![]() | FN Minimi MK3 | 5.56mm Machine Gun MINIMI(B) | ![]() | LMG Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Successor of the Gen 1 Minimi. Selected in a competition against the HK MG4. 3,100 planned to be purchased. 514 ordered in 2024. [17] |
![]() | Sumitomo Type 62 | Type 62 7.62mm machine gun | ![]() | GPMG General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Mostly replaced, but remains in service for infantry support. [21] |
![]() | Sumitomo Type 74 | Type 74 vehicle-mounted 7.62mm machine gun | ![]() | GPMG - vehicle based General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Fixed-mount variant of the Type 62 used specifically for armoured fighting vehicles. [22] |
![]() | M2 Browning | J2 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun | ![]() | HMG Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) | Made under license by Sumitomo. [23] |
Precision rifles | ||||||
![]() | Howa Type 64 | Type 64 7.62mm sniper rifle | ![]() | DMR Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | [24] [25] [26] |
![]() | M24 A2 Sniper Rifle | M24 7.62mm sniper rifle | ![]() | Bolt action sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Made by Remington Arms. Introduced to the JSDF in 2002, it is used by snipers, [27] the 1st Airborne Brigade [28] and Special Forces Group. [29] A total of 1,304 M24A2 guns were purchased by the JGSDF. Being replaced by the HK417. [17] |
![]() | Heckler & Koch HK417 - G28E2 | — | ![]() | DMR Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Successor of the M24 A2. [17] The intention to purchase a total of 900 of these rifles. [17] 182 ordered in 2024 for $6.88 million. [30] |
Grenades / grenade launchers | ||||||
![]() | M67 fragmentation grenade | — | ![]() | Hand grenade | — | [31] |
![]() | — | Type 06 rifle grenade | ![]() | HEAT rifle grenade | — | Made by Daikin since 2006. The rifle can be used with both the Type 64 and the Type 89 rifles. [32] |
![]() | Beretta GLX 160 | — | ![]() | Under-barrel grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Selected to equip the Type 20 rifles. [17] |
| Howa Type 96 | Type 96 40mm automatic grenade launcher | ![]() | AGL Automatic grenade launcher | 40×56mm | [33] First entered service in 1996. It is a blow forward weapon and is used in both infantry and vehicle roles. [34] |
Man-portable anti-tank systems | ||||||
![]() | Carl Gustaf M2 | Howa 84RR / 84 mm Recoilless Rifle | ![]() | Recoilless rifle | 84×246mmR | [35] Around 2,700 delivered between 1978 and 1990. Made under licence by Howa. |
![]() | Carl Gustaf M4 | — | ![]() | Recoilless rifle | 84×246mmR | [36] [37] 300 ordered in 2023. |
![]() | Panzerfaust 3 | Nissan 110mm LAM / 110mm personal anti-tank round | ![]() | Anti-tank rocket launcher | 110mm | Contract signed in 1989. [38] |
![]() | Type 79 Jyu-MAT | ATM-2 Type 79 anti-landing craft anti-tank missile | ![]() | Heavy ATGM Anti-tank guided missile | 153mm | Used against tank and landing craft. |
![]() | Type 87 Chu-MAT | ATM-3 Type 87 anti-tank guided missile | ![]() | ATGM Anti-tank guided missile | 110mm | Laser guided missile. |
![]() | Type 01 LMAT | ATM-5 Type 01 light anti-tank guided missile | ![]() | Fire-and-forget ATGM Anti-tank guided missile | 140mm | Built by Kawasaki. [42] |
Mines | ||||||
![]() | M18 Claymore mine | — | ![]() | Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine | — | Can be detonated either by tripwire or remote control. [43] |
Image | Model | Origin | Type | Used with | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | Deon MARCH-F Compact 1x-8x24 | ![]() | Telescopic sight | Howa Type 89 | — | — |
![]() | Aimpoint M5B | ![]() | Red dot holographic sight | Howa Type 20 | — | — |
![]() | EOTech EXPS3 | ![]() | Red dot holographic sight | Howa Type 20 | — | — |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
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Mortars | |||||||
![]() | Hirtenberger M6C-640T | — | ![]() | Light mortar | 60mm | — | [55] |
![]() | L16 81mm Mortar | — | ![]() | Mortar | 81mm | — | Built under license with the ordnance by Howa. [56] The procurement took place from the early 1990s to 2018. It succeeds to the Type 64 mortar. |
| MO-120 RT Mortier 120 mm Rayé Tracté(Modèle F1) | — | ![]() | Heavy rifled towed mortar | 120mm | 504 | Built under license with the ordnance by Howa. [57] 504 MO-120 RT acquired from 1992 to 2023. It succeeds to the M2 107 mm mortar. |
Self-propelled mortar | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 96 120 mm self-propelled mortar | ![]() | Mortar carrier | 120 mm | 24 | The mortar barrel used on the Type 96 is the MO-120 RT. [58] [59] The chassis used is based on the Type 92 minefield clearing vehicle . It succeeded to the Type 60 107 mm self-propelled mortar. |
Future self-propelled mortars | |||||||
![]() | CTWV mortar carrier Common tactical wheeled vehicle | Type 24 Mobile 120 mm Mortar | ![]() | Wheeled armoured mortar carrier | 120 mm | 16 on order | [60] Equipped with the Thales 2R2M. [61] [62] Orders: |
— | — | — | ![]() | Tracked armoured mortar carrier | 120 mm | — | Successor of the Type 96 120 mm self-propelled mortar in development. To be equipped with the Thales 2R2M. To be based on the chassis of the successor of the Mitsubishi Type 89. [67] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
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Towed howitzer | |||||||
![]() | FH-70 | 155mm howitzer | ![]() | Towed howitzer | 155 mm L/39 | 480 | Total of 480 built as of 2008. [68] Built under license with the ordnance by Japan Steel Works. |
Self-propelled howitzers | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 99 155 mm Self-propelled Howitzer | ![]() | SPH Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm L/52 | 135 | Artillery system made by Japan Steel Works, chassis from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. [69] |
![]() | — | Type 19 155 mm | ![]() | Wheeled SPH Wheeled self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm L/52 | 58 | Artillery system made by Japan Steel Works, chassis from RMMV with the HX2 truck. [70] [71] [72] Up to 200 planned to be purchased eventually [73] Current orders: |
Artillery support | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 99 ammunition supply vehicle | ![]() | Ammunition resupply vehicle | — | 18 | Equipped with a conveyor belt to resupply the Type 99. It can hold 90 155mm rounds. Manufactured by Hitachi Heavy Industries.18 are known to have been made between 2000 and 2019. [80] [81] |
![]() | — | Medium gun towing vehicle | ![]() | Artillery tow truck | — | — | [82] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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| M270 MLRS | — | ![]() | MLRS Multiple launch rocket system | 99 | Made under licence by IHI. 99 M270 purchased between 1992 and 2004. Expected to be retired in 2029. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Weapons | Quantity | Notes |
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Tank / fire support vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 10 | ![]() | MBT Main battle tank | JSW 120 L/44 (120 mm) | 139 (ordered as of 2025) | Built by MHI. [83] [84] |
![]() | — | Type 90 | ![]() | MBT Main battle tank | JSW / Rh-120 L44 (120 mm) | 340 | Built by MHI until 2009. [85] [86] |
![]() | — | Type 16 MCV Manoeuvre combat vehicle | ![]() | Fire support vehicle | JSW 105 L/52 (105 mm) | 255 (ordered as of 2025) | Built by MHI. [87] [88] [89] |
Infantry fighting vehicles / reconnaissance vehicles | |||||||
| — | Type 89 IFV | ![]() | IFV Infantry fighting vehicle | Oerlikon KDE (35×228mm) 2 × Type 79 Jyu-MAT | 70 | Built by MHI. [90] [91] [92] Ordered between 1989 and 2004. |
| — | Type 87 RCV Reconnaissance Combat Vehicle | ![]() | Reconnaissance vehicle | Oerlikon KBA (NATO 25×137mm) | 111 | Built by Komatsu. [93] Based on the chassis of the Type 82 CCV . Ordered between 1987 and 2013. |
Tank destroyers | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 96 multi-purpose missile system | ![]() | Anti-tank vehicle / | ATM-4 HATM Heavy anti-tank missile (Long range fibre optic guided missile) | 37 | Built by Kawasaki. [94] [95] [96] Ordered between 1996 and 2011. |
![]() | — | Middle-range multi-purpose missile system (Chū-MPMS) | ![]() | Anti-tank vehicle / | ATM-6 MPM-MR Multi-purpose missile - medium range | 119 | Built by MHI and Komatsu. Ordered between 2009 and 2020. |
Future armoured fighting vehicles | |||||||
— | — | Infantry combat vehicle | ![]() | IFV Infantry fighting vehicle | — | — | New platform in development to replace the Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV. [67] |
— | — | Type 24 ICV - Infantry combat vehicle | ![]() | IFV Infantry fighting vehicle | Mk44 Bushmaster II chain gun (30×173mm) Mk52 Bushmastercoaxial machine gun | 0 (+ 42 on order) | [97] [98] [99] Platform: CTWV Orders: 150 planned. [103] |
![]() | — | Type 25 RCV - Reconnaissance combat vehicle | ![]() | Reconnaissance vehicle | Mk44 Bushmaster II chain gun (30×173mm) Mk52 Bushmastercoaxial machine gun | 0 (+ 6 on order) | [97] [98] [98] [104] Platform: CTWV Orders: 120 planned. [103] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Weapons | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | AAV-7A1 | AAVP7A1 RAM/RS Reliability, Availability, Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard | ![]() | Amphibious APC | UGWS weapon station (M2 Browning and Mk19 AGL) | 46 | Imported from BAE Systems. [105] [106] |
![]() | AAV-7A1 | AAVC7A1 RAM/RS Reliability, Availability, Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard | ![]() | Amphibious C2 vehicle Command and control | — | 6 | Imported from BAE Systems. [105] [106] |
![]() | AAV-7A1 | AAVR7A1 RAM/RS Reliability, Availability, Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard | ![]() | Amphibious ARV Armoured recovery vehicle | — | 6 | Imported from BAE Systems. [105] [106] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Weapons | Quantity | Notes |
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Personnel carriers | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 73 APC | ![]() | APC Armoured personnel carrier | M2 Browning on pintle mount | 338 | Built by MHI and by Komatsu. [107] [108] [109] Manufactured in 1973, entered service in 1974. |
![]() | — | Type 96 wheeled APC | ![]() | APC Armoured personnel carrier | M2 Browning and Howa Type 96 AGL on pintle mount | 381 | Built by Komatsu. [109] Procured from 1996 and 2016 . Being replaced by the Patria AMVXP. [110] [111] |
![]() | Patria AMVXP | — | ![]() | APC Armoured personnel carrier | — | 1 [111] (+ 82 on order) | Licence production by Japan Steel Works. [112] 810 planned in total as the Type 96 replacement. Procurement: |
| Komatsu LAV | — | ![]() | Armoured car | Pintle mounts for ATGM and machine gun | 1,818 | Built from 2002 to 2019. [116] 1,818 ordered by the 2015 budget. Exists in multiple variants. To be replaced by the Mowag Eagle V or the Thales Hawkei |
![]() | Bushmaster PMV Protected Mobility Vehicle | — | ![]() | IMV Infantry mobility vehicle MRAP | — | 8 | Built by Thales Australia. Used by the CRR in case of emergency evacuation of Japanese citizens needed. Purchases: |
Command vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 82 CCV Command and communication vehicle | ![]() | C2 vehicle Command and control | M2 Browning on pintle mount | 197 | Built by Komatsu. [120] Delivered between 1982 and 1999. |
Future personnel carriers | |||||||
— | — | — | ![]() | Tracked APC Armoured personnel carrier | — | New tracked platform in development to replace the Type 73 armored personnel carrier. [67] | |
![]() | — | Mowag Eagle V | ![]() | Armoured car | — | 1 [121] | Ongoing selection of the Komatsu LAV successor. [122] [121] [123] ~ 2,000 to be produced under licence: |
| Thales Hawkei | ![]() | 1 [121] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Base vehicle | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Recovery vehicles | |||||||
| — | Type 11 ARV | Type 10 tank | ![]() | ARV Armoured recovery vehicle | 4 | [125] [126] Built by MHI. |
![]() | — | Type 90 ARV | Type 90 tank | ![]() | ARV Armoured recovery vehicle | 30 | [127] Built by MHI. |
| — | Type 78 ARV | Type 74 tank | ![]() | ARV Armoured recovery vehicle | 36 | [128] [129] Built by MHI. |
Engineering vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Facility work vehicle | Hitachi Type 73 | ![]() | AEV Armoured engineering vehicle | 13 | [130] Built by Komatsu. |
— | — | Type 23 dozer | — | ![]() | Armoured bulldozer | — | Procured in 2023. [131] Successor of the Type 75 dozer . |
Demining vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 92 minefield processing roller | Type 90 tank / | ![]() | Mine roller | — | Roller to equip the Type 74 / 90 tank. [132] Built by MHI. |
![]() | — | Type 92 MCV | Hitachi Type 73 | ![]() | MCV Mine clearancevehicle | — | [133] [134] Equipped with 2 line charges. a |
Bridging vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Type 91 AVLB | Type 74 tank | ![]() | AVLB Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | 22 | [135] [136] Built by MHI. |
Nuclear, biological, and/or chemical reconnaissance vehicles | |||||||
![]() | — | Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle | Type 82 CCV | ![]() | Chemical reconnaissance vehicle | 34 | [137] Built by Komatsu. |
![]() | — | NBC reconnaissance car | Type 96 APC | ![]() | CBRN reconnaissance vehicle Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear | 21 | [138] Built by Komatsu. Developed from 2005 to 2009, procured in 2010. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Light armoured fighting vehicle | ||||||
![]() | Toyota Mega Cruiser | High-mobility vehicle | ![]() | AFV Armoured fighting vehicle | — | Built by Toyota. Production ceased in 2001. [139] Used in multiple variants. Examples:
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Utility vehicles | ||||||
| — | Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck 1st generation | ![]() | 4×4 utility vehicle | — | Production ceased in 1997, based off Jeep CJ-3B. [140] |
| — | Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck 2nd generation | ![]() | 4×4 utility vehicle | — | Built since 1996, based off Mitsubishi Pajero. [140] |
Motorcyles | ||||||
![]() | Kawasaki KLX250 | — | ![]() | Scout motorcycle | — | [141] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Tactical trucks | ||||||
![]() | — | Toyota Type 73 medium truck | ![]() | 4×4 tactical truck | — | Built by Toyota. Used specifically for transport purposes. |
Heavy trucks | ||||||
| — | Isuzu Type 73 heavy truck | ![]() | Heavy truck | — | Built by Isuzu. |
![]() | — | Mitsubishi Fuso Type 74 extra-large truck | ![]() | Heavy truck | — | Built by Mitsubishi Fuso (formerly Mitsubishi Motors) |
Semi-trucks | ||||||
![]() | — | Mitsubishi Fuso Type 73 semi-trailer truck | ![]() | Semi-truck | — | Built by Mitsubishi Fuso (formerly Mitsubishi Motors) |
Image | Japan designation | Base vehicle | Origin | Type | Range | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | Type 87 SPAAG | Type 74 tank. | ![]() | SPAAG Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 75 km (40 nmi) | 52 | Built by Mitsubishi. [142] It uses 2 × Oerlikon KDA autocannons (35×228mm). [143] |
Image | Model | Origin | Type | Range | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | Type 91 portable surface-to-air missile | ![]() | MANPADS Man-portable air-defense system | 75 km (40 nmi) | — | Built by Toshiba. |
![]() | FIM-92A Stinger | ![]() | MANPADS Man-portable air-defense system | 75 km (40 nmi) | — | [144] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Short range air-defence missile systems | ||||||
![]() | — | Type 81 short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() | Surface-to-air missile system | — | Built by Toshiba. |
| — | Type 93 short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() | Surface-to-air missile system | — | Built by Toshiba. |
![]() | — | Type 11 short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() | Surface-to-air missile system | — | Built by Toshiba. |
Medium range air defence missile systems | ||||||
| Improved-HAWK | — | ![]() | Surface-to-air missile system | — | Made under license by Mitsubishi / Toshiba. |
![]() | — | Type 03 medium-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() | Surface-to-air missile system | — | Built by Mitsubishi / Toshiba. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | — | Type 12 surface-to-ship missile [145] | ![]() | Anti-ship missile | — | Built by Mitsubishi. |
![]() | — | Type 88 surface-to-ship missile [146] | ![]() | Anti-ship missile | — | Built by Mitsubishi. |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Role | Quantity | Notes |
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| Beechcraft Super King Air B300 | LR-2 Liaison reconnaissance | ![]() | Reconnaissance and communications | 8 | [148] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type / role | Weapons | Quantity | Notes |
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Attack rotary-wing aircraft | |||||||
![]() | Bell AH-1 Cobra | AH-1S | ![]() | Ground attack | BGM-71 TOW ATGM 4 × 38 70mm Hydra rocket | 71 | [149] Built by Fuji under licence from Bell. Fleet starting to be retired. |
| Boeing AH-64 Apache | AH-64DJP Apache Longbow | ![]() | Ground attack | 4 × 4 AGM-114 Hellfire ATGM 4 × 38 70mm Hydra rocket | 12 | [150] 13 built by Fuji under licence from Boeing, 1 crashed in 2018. [151] |
![]() | — | Kawasaki OH-1 | ![]() | Scout | 4 × Type 91 AAM | 36 | [152] Successor of the OH-6D. |
Transport rotary-wing aircraft | |||||||
![]() | Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey | MV-22B | ![]() | V/STOL transport | — | 17 | [153] |
![]() | CH-47 Chinook | Kawasaki CH-47J/JA | ![]() | Heavy transport helicopter | — | 66 | [154] Built under licence by Kawasaki. J variant operational since 1984, JA since 1995. |
| UH-60 Black Hawk | Mitsubishi UH-60JA | ![]() | Transport helicopter | — | 39 | [155] Built under licence by Mitsubishi. 40 purchased, 1 lost on the 6 April 2023. |
Utility rotary-wing aircraft | |||||||
![]() | Bell UH-1 Iroquois | Fuji UH-1J | ![]() | Utility helicopter | Type 87 mine dispersal device [156] | 126 | [157] Built under licence by Fuji. Being replaced by the Subaru-Bell UH-2. |
![]() | Bell CH-146 Griffon / | Subaru-Bell UH-2 | ![]() | Utility helicopter | — | 10 | 150 planned to be ordered in the programme. [158] [159] Confirmed purchases: |
Training rotary-wing aircraft | |||||||
![]() | Enstrom 480 | TH-480B | ![]() | Trainer helicopter | — | 30 | [166] In service since 2011. |
VIP transport rotary-wing aircraft | |||||||
| Eurocopter EC 225 | EC 225LP | ![]() | VIP Transport | — | 3 | [167] |
Image | Model | Japan designation | Origin | Type | Role | Quantity | Notes |
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![]() | Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | — | ![]() | Fixed-wing UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | 1 | [171] Procured with the third supplementary budget for fiscal year 2011. |
![]() | — | JUXS-S1 | a a | Tiltrotor UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | C-UAS Counter unmanned air system (Intercepting UAV penetrating restricted airspace) | — | [172] |
![]() | Yamaha R-MAX Type IIG | — | ![]() | Small helicopter UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | 6 | [173] Used during deployment to Iraq. |
![]() | — | Fuji FFOS | ![]() | Small helicopter UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | 15 | [174] [175] [176] |
| — | Fuji FFRS | ![]() | Small helicopter UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | ||
![]() | Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk | — | ![]() | Ducted fan mini UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | Surveillance | 20 | [170] |
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