Japan’s Type 10 Tank to Get Major Upgrade It could be argued that the island nation of Japan has a limited need for advanced main battle tanks (MBT), especially as its post-World War II ...

Japan's Type 10 MBT weighs 44 tonnes but can be stripped down to 40 tonnes to improve transportability. (Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force) The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo has released a ...

The initial batch of K2 tanks rolled out in 2014, making South Korea one of the first and only owners of a fourth-generation MBT—second only to Japan’s introduction of the Type 10 MBT in 2012.