Description
The Type16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle was developed as a wheeled fighting vehicle with the mobility, firepower, protection, and command and control functions necessary for short deployment and leading combat missions in island combat and guerrilla response, and was equipped in 2016.
The main gun is a JSW modified version of the British 105mm L7 gun with reduced recoil.With its 570 hp 4VA engine, it can reach a top speed of 100 km/h. Its light weight of 26 tons allows it to be transported by air on a C-2 transport plane.
By the end of FY2022, 197 vehicles have been acquired, and a total of 260 vehicles will be procured.
Spoiler
https://youtu.be/oYuprSsCQh4?si=PkVj_-1a8-r3Uti2
https://youtu.be/2XSELk_p2g0?si=zyi_6o1y009haZ1S
Armament
◎Main gun:L52 105mm Rifled Gun
◎Coaxial machine gun:Type 74 7.62mm machine gun
◎machine gun:M2HB 12.7mm machine gun
Maneuverability
◎Engine:Mitsubishi 4VA 570hp 4-cycle water-cooled diesel engine
・Size: length 1.16m, width 0.89m, height 0.88m
・Dry weight: 1240kg
・Displacement: 11.3 liters
Spoiler
The 4VA engine mounted on the Type16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle is a water-cooled in-line 4-cylinder engine, which was developed in-house by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. to accommodate the low silhouette of the Combat vehicle, adopting a design in which the cylinder is tilted 45° to suppress the overall height of the engine, similar to the Type10 tank 8VA engine, a 90° V-type engine. In developing the engine, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. In developing the engine, many components, such as the cylinder head and piston, were shared with the Type10 8VA engine to reduce acquisition, supply, and maintenance costs, and to ensure a stable supply over a long period of time without model changes, thereby reducing life cycle costs.
The engine is a device for generating power that is the source of mobility of a combat vehicle, and the Type16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle required a compact, lightweight, high-power engine with high power density to meet the strategic mobility performance and battlefield mobility performance requirements. To meet these requirements, the Type16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle engine (4VA engine) employs variable technologies (variable nozzle exhaust turbo turbocharger and electronically controlled unit injector) to achieve both high speed and low to medium speed engine performance, a technical challenge associated with high power density.
The 4VA engine uses a variable nozzle exhaust turbocharger with a variable turbine nozzle, which enables the turbine nozzle opening to be changed according to the engine speed. The variable nozzle exhaust turbocharger enables the nozzle to be closed at low engine speeds where exhaust gas flow is low and opened at high engine speeds where exhaust gas flow is high, thereby improving power output (low-speed torque) in the mid-low speed range and fuel economy in the high speed range without discarding engine exhaust energy.
◎Transmission:Planetary gear automatic transmission with torque converter - forward 6 speed. Rearward 1 speed
◎Chassis 8x8
◎Max Speed:~100km/h
Dimensions
◎Length:8450mm
◎Width:2980mm
◎Height:2550mm
◎Weight:26t
Crew
◎Commander/車長
◎Gunner/砲手
◎Loader/装填手
◎Driver/操縦手
Features
◎8x 76mm Smoke Granades
◎Laser Rangefineder
◎2x AN/AVR-2 Laser Warning Receiver
FCS
◎It is possible to lock on to a target and automatically take deviation
NVD
◎Commander:Thermal Imager
◎Gunner:Thermal Imager
◎Loader:N/A
◎Driver: Thermal Imager
Prototype
I will introduce Type16 proto type in the order in which they appeared.
Prototype Phase Ⅰ/試作(その1) 射撃安定性の目処付け
Hull #1
This hull was manufactured to investigate the recoil of gunfire and is not powered, so it cannot run.
Prototype Phase Ⅱ/試作(その2) 構成要素の確立
Hull #2+Turret #1 or Hull #2+Turret #2
This vehicle to be powered and ready to run, it was equipped with two types of turrets and tested.
The gunner’s sights and the commander gunner’s sights are adapted from those mounted on Type 10 tanks
Prototype Phase Ⅲ/試作(その3) サブシステムの確立
Prototype 99-0292
Prototype Phase Ⅳ/試作(その4) 車両システムの適正化
Prototype #1 99-0299
Prototype #2 99-0300
winch is available.
Prototype #3 99-0292
This vehicle is a refurbished Prototype Phase Ⅲ vehicle
Prototype #4 99-0291
practical test
Practical Test Vehicle/実用試験車 25-4202
RWS is tested and infantry can be boarded in the rear
Photo by https://twitter.com/kusurou_
Production
Air-conditioned cars were introduced in lot C4, and cars with winches in lot C5
derived type
Common Tactical Vehicle
Bug report list
Spoiler
Not applied
・engine position(Gaijin.net // Issues)
acknowledged
・driver thermal imaging camera(Gaijin.net // Issues)
・Type16 engines are reversed front and rear.(Gaijin.net // Issues)
fixed
・driver camera cover(Gaijin.net // Issues)
・4VA engine model(Gaijin.net // Issues)
Sources
◎Web Sources
・16式機動戦闘車 - Wikipedia
・https://rikuzi-chousadan.com
◎JGSDF Specifications
・GV-Y120003 16式機動戦闘車
(from https://twitter.com/Military_Hobbys)
◎Other
・防衛産業委員会特報 290 16式機動戦闘車
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