Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle
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The Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle (16式機動戦闘車, Hitoroku shiki kidō sentōsha) is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
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Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle | |
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Type | Wheeled armored vehicle |
Place of origin | Japan |
Production history | |
Designer | TRDI (Technical Research & Development Institute)[lower-alpha 1] |
Designed | 2007 onwards |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Unit cost | 700 million yen (5.1 million USD) [1] |
Produced | planned start in 2015 |
No. built | 142 (as of FY2020)[2] |
Variants | Mitsubishi Armored Vehicle |
Specifications | |
Mass | 26 tonnes |
Length | 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) |
Width | 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in) |
Height | 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in) |
Crew | 4 [lower-alpha 2] |
Main armament | 105 mm L/52 gun (developed by Japan Steel Works)[3] |
Secondary armament | 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine gun, 7.62 mm NATO coaxial Sumitomo Type 74 machine gun (replacing M2 Browning) Type 96 40 mm Automatic grenade launcher or FN Minimi 5.56 mm NATO light machine gun[4] |
Engine | 4-cylinder water-cooled turbocharged diesel 11.3 litre 570 hp (430 kW) |
Power/weight | 21.9 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Wheeled 8 x 8 |
Operational range | 400 km (250 mi) |
Maximum speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
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The Type 16 MCV equips designated combat units. Due to its light weight and small size, it is designed for easy deployment (by aircraft if needed) allowing rapid movement on narrow roads and in built-up areas in response to various contingencies. Despite its small size and light armor, it can successfully attack much larger armored fighting vehicles as well as personnel, using its large caliber gun.[5]