List of modern equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

List of modern equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is a list of modern equipment currently in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Uniforms
(See also List of military clothing camouflage patterns [Asia A-M])

See also: Field ration#Asia (Japan)
 * Other equipment
 * Type 88 helmet
 * Type I Combat Rations - Can-meshi (canned type ration packs)
 * Type II Combat Rations - Pack-meshi (boiled in bag type ration packs)
 * Survival Ration Pack - (Emergency rations for aircrew, etc. Also used by ASDF & MSDF.)
 * Training Rations - (commercial style perishable food/drink items used in exercises, on base, and when supplying civilians at PR events or during disaster relief)
 * MCW/LRP ration - Japanese produced equivalent
 * Personal protective equipment (Type 00)



Anti-tank, anti-ship missiles

 * Type 01 Light Anti-Tank Missile (1,073)
 * Type 79 Anti-Landing craft and Anti-Tank Missile
 * Type 87 Anti-Tank Missile
 * Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missile
 * Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (6 sets now in service as of July 2013, deployed to the Western Army 5th and 6th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment)
 * Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System
 * Middle range Multi Purpose Missile System(Chū-MPMS) (46)

Surface-to-air missile

 * Improved-HAWK
 * FIM-92A Stinger (80)
 * PZR Grom (1)
 * Type 81 Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (57)
 * Type 91 Portable Surface-to-Air Missile (210)
 * Type 93 Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (90)
 * Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile
 * Type 11 Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (5+)

Other vehicles

 * Combat Engineer Vehicle
 * Type 91 AVLB (Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge)
 * Hitachi Type 73 Artillery tractor
 * Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck
 * Toyota Type 73 Medium Truck
 * Isuzu Type 73 Heavy Truck
 * Commercial grade trucks, e.g. Isuzu Forward (Used for peacetime/rear line tasks only)
 * Toyota High Mobility Vehicle
 * Honda XLR250R Reconnaissance motorcycle
 * Kawasaki KLX250 Reconnaissance motorcycle
 * Morooka ShizaiUnpansha (small tracked truck/materials carrier)
 * Field Cooking Unit 1 - Mobile field kitchen, usually in the form of a well equipped trailer. Proved very useful during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku disaster. The latest version, being introduced into service from 2012 onwards, is the Mark 22.
 * Type 92 mine roller - Developed from 1988 onwards, accepted and received its Type designation in 1992 (causing some potential confusion with the Type 92 Mine Clearance Vehicle, see main Vehicles section). Incorporates electronic as well as mechanical mine countermeasures. Can be used by a wide range of GSDF vehicles, including the Type 74/Type 90/Type 10 MBTs, the Type 89 IFV, and the Type 87 SPAAG.



Aircraft
The JGSDF operates 497 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft (2014).

Historic, retired or reserve equipment

 * Small arms
 * M1 Garand semi automatic rifle (Standard rifle of the JGSDF from shortly after it's foundation up until the widespread adoption of the Type 64 battle rifle in the mid-1960s. Still in ceremonial use with some units.)
 * M1 Carbine only M2 has Selective fire (Inherited from National Safety Forces. Used in the JGSDF for training up until around the 1990s. Some reported to be still in storage with reserve units.)
 * Type 99 short rifle (Kai Ki) - Old IJA rifles refurbished and modified to fire .30-06 Springfield rounds. Originally intended for the South Korean gendarmerie, most were diverted to help equip the National Police Reserve. Obsolete almost from the moment they were issued, were used up to the early 1970s mainly for training purposes.
 * Thompson submachine gun [M1A1 variant] (Inherited from National Police Reserve. Was used by the GSDF until being gradually phased out in the 1970s.)
 * M3 submachine gun
 * M1903 Springfield rifle
 * M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (Inherited from National Police Reserve)
 * M1919 Browning machine gun
 * M2 flamethrower (M2A1-2 & M2A1-7 variants)
 * SCK New Nambu M66 submachine gun
 * 11.4 mm pistol (Colt M1911) Pistol
 * 9.65 mm pistol (Colt Detective Special revolver) (Inherited from National Police Reserve)
 * Mk 2 defensive hand grenade (Ex-US Army stocks)
 * M26 series fragmentation hand grenade
 * MK3A1 Offensive Grenade (Ex-US Army stocks)
 * M31 HEAT rifle grenade (Used with both the M1 Garand and Type 64 rifles. Still used for basic training and in reserve units.)




 * Other equipment
 * Type 66 helmet
 * U.S. Army M-1943 Uniform - Japanese produced variants of 1950 & 1951 patterns
 * OG-107 Uniform - Japanese produced variants
 * M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment - Japanese produced variant
 * All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment - Japanese produced variant
 * M1 and M1905E1 bayonets - Inherited from National Police Reserve
 * M4 bayonet - Japanese modified/produced
 * M5 bayonet - Japanese production
 * C-rations
 * P-38 can opener
 * D-rations/Tropical Bars
 * Ration, Cold Weather
 * M-1942 mess kit
 * T-10 parachute - Produced under licence by Fuji Sangyo Co. Ltd. (Fujikura Parachute)
 * G-11 Cargo Parachute - Produced under licence by Fujikura Parachute
 * G-12 Cargo Parachute - Produced under licence by Fuji Sangyo Co. Ltd.




 * Tanks
 * M4 Sherman (Ex-US Army inventory)
 * M24 Chaffee (Ex-US Army inventory)
 * M41 Walker Bulldog
 * Type 61


 * Artillery
 * M1 155 mm Howitzer
 * M2A1 105 mm Howitzer
 * M2 203 mm Howitzer
 * M59 155 mm Cannon
 * Type 74 105 mm Self-propelled howitzer
 * Type 75 130 mm Multiple Surface-to-Surface Rocket
 * Type 30 Tactical Free Flight Rocket


 * Anti-tank guided missiles
 * TATM-2 ('Heavy' Anti-Tank Missile, in the same class as the Australian Malkara. Likely procured in very limited numbers.)
 * Type 64 Anti-Tank Missile (Also known as ATM-1, or more commonly KAM-3D. Relatively small stocks still held in reserve)
 * Anti-aircraft guns
 * M51 75 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun
 * M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
 * M-15 Self-propelled anti-aircraft machineguns (M15A1 CGMC)
 * L-90 35mm Anti-Aircraft Twin Cannon
 * Bofors 40 mm gun


 * Other armored fighting vehicles
 * Type 60 Armored Personnel Carrier (Also known as SU 60. A few examples modified late in life as KAM-3D ATGM carriers may still be in reserve. )
 * Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Rifle
 * M20 Armored Utility Car (A number of examples delivered to the NPR along with a few older M8s)
 * Type 67 Armored Engineering Vehicle (Prototype [known as SD] created from the conversion by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of a M4A3E8 in 1962, with production examples to be new build vehicles based on the Type 61 chassis. Planned procurement from 1967 onwards was precluded by financial constraints, however.)


 * Light and Utility Vehicles
 * Willys MB (Transferred from U.S. Army stocks at the time of the National Police Reserve.)
 * Mitsubishi Jeep J2 (Inherited from National Safety Forces.)
 * Toyota Jeep BJ (Developed to NPR requirement, first 298 examples delivered to National Safety Force in 1953 as it's 'official patrol car'. Further procurement for the NSF curtailed. Note: Jeep BJ direct ancestor of Toyota Land Cruiser.)
 * Toyota/Nissan 3/4 ton truck (In service from 1950s to 1970s.)
 * Toyota 2FQ-15 (FQ-10 ?) 4x4 truck (Inherited from NPR. Reportedly based on the Dodge M37.)
 * Toyota FQ-15 (known to U.S. Army as HQ-15) 6X6 heavy duty truck
 * Rikuo Type 97
 * Harley-Davidson WLA (From U.S. Army Stocks, likely in relatively limited numbers but not confirmed.)


 * Aircraft
 * Kawasaki KAQ-1 (Target drone)
 * Kawasaki KAT-1 (1 [First prototype])
 * Beechcraft/Fuji T-34 Mentor (Model B45)
 * Fuji LM-1 Nikko (27)
 * Fuji LM-2 (2)
 * Fuji TL-1 (2)
 * Mitsubishi (Sikorsky) H-19C (First general purpose helicopter procured for the GSDF, from 1954 onwards.)
 * Kawasaki (Hughes) TH-55J Light utility and training helicopter (38)
 * Kawasaki KH-4
 * Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Hughes) OH-6 (387 produced under Licence)