Yeah... The Type 61 really wasn't great....look how many Godzilla destroyed.

@arsenalxa4421

3 жыл бұрын

I see you're a man of culture as well.

@defencebangladesh4068

3 жыл бұрын

nice to see you here

@cristobalalvarez5491

3 жыл бұрын

@JZ's Best Friend dont u mean fish

@steelgear3876

3 жыл бұрын

I think all Japanese tanks should be judged in how effective they are against Godzilla.

@helohel5915

3 жыл бұрын

Type 61 was tall and had horrible centre of mass. Basically, Godzilla didnt need to fight them, they would likely topple over

Ah yes, I remember when this tank annihilated groups of Roman soldiers... wait this isn't GATE

@zaaz73

3 жыл бұрын

*claps* You have good taste in anime

@helo8427

3 жыл бұрын

hell yeah!

@SlickCookie

3 жыл бұрын

Everywhere I go, I see your face. Looks like we have similar interests

@cheng3580

3 жыл бұрын

I already hear the GATE theme playing.

@hammer1349

3 жыл бұрын

Oriental and experimental armoured company brings a feudal world into the imperial fold

On paper there are better tanks, but this is purpose built for mountain terrain and tilty topography of island coast.

@X.Y.Z.07

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.. Especially as Japan shares no land borders with other countries, the only way for the Aggressor to attack is by Marine landing or Airborne troops, so they need tanks that can be moved efficiently wherever its needed..

@HydratedBeans

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. This is probably the second best tank in the world for fighting in Japan. The first best is their newer tank.

@Tokax

3 жыл бұрын

@@HydratedBeans type 10?

@Thekilleroftanks

3 жыл бұрын

@Ronaldo Mendoza Jr because Japan is never gonna sell their arms. To anyone period. Though the actual guns and armour may be old their fire control systems and general combat systems is literally top of the line. The type 90 had the best combat systems in the world until recently. Where the type 10 came out and beat it. The type 16 though it's design is old (it's more or less a 50 year old design) still works well thanks to the fact every western tank can't fight in southern Japan so at best the type 16 is gonna face ifva and afvs. Both of which is not gonna tank a dm 33 shell.

@PacificFront

3 жыл бұрын

@Ronaldo Mendoza Jr it's different type of tank dude.. this one is MBT and the PH's searching for is light/medium tank procurement.. ascod win because PH already has an Elbit system bms, am I correct? ascod will be easier to integrate with other PH armament.

And still Japan hadn't showcased and demonstrated it's Gundams and Godzilla.

@WatcherMovie008

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, you don't demonstrate the big G. Big G will decide when HE wants to demonstrate his power.

@paladinsmith7050

3 жыл бұрын

shh that's classified.

@katey1dog

3 жыл бұрын

Or mechsuits.

@tomoe6108

3 жыл бұрын

Gundam Factory Yokohama be like

@Pork_eating_crusader

3 жыл бұрын

Or it’s armoury of Evangalions

I was playing war thunder and thought about grinding the type 74 and thought “Hey, has Matsimus done a video on the type 74s”. Thanks!

@columc

3 жыл бұрын

The type 74 gets matched with T-54’s in the game. Insane.

@warhead_beast7661

3 жыл бұрын

@@columc not that often, you mostly see Leo 1A1s, all those Radpanzers, T62s, T55Ams and T72s.

@adriencoudert1083

3 жыл бұрын

The Type 74 is awesome in war thunder i love playing and it helped me a lot to get the Type 90 and Type 16

@Alamdar-

3 жыл бұрын

DON'T BUY THAT TANK!!!!!

@halorecon95

3 жыл бұрын

@@adriencoudert1083 If only there was a Type 10... I think you meant Type 16

The shape of this tank is just.. beautiful and somewhat unique

When the USMC said they were phasing out MBTs completely, I thought they should consider going with the concept behind the Type 10 MBT (smaller, mobile, modular etc) instead. I think Japan might be on to something. They make quality kit.

@heckleypanes4988

3 жыл бұрын

Acolyte from ROTR but 120mm

@RedXlV

3 жыл бұрын

A light MBT like the Type 10 would also be much easier to transport by air. While the C-5 Galaxy can carry a single M1 Abrams, it would be able to carry 3 of the Type 10.

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

Abe did lift the ban in 2014 right? So maybe USMC can get some for evaluation.

@UgandanAirForce

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedXlV why not a vehicle like the new ZTQ-15? it's a tank that's pretty much hovering the line between a light tank and mbt in terms of firepower and armor.

@RedXlV

3 жыл бұрын

@@UgandanAirForce Something along those lines would also be well-suited for the USMC. The main difference I'd want compared to the ZTQ-15 is a 120mm rather than 105mm gun. We know that's achievable on a sub-40 ton platform.

Remind me of GATE anime lol Type 74 might be weak against modern MBT but against roman era troops is like human vs ant

@mikkodoria4778

3 жыл бұрын

dude i really love that anime

@MyHentaiGirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikkodoria4778 read the manga, it is way better and still going, shit went FUBAR with the Empire turn guerrilla warfare

@mikkodoria4778

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyHentaiGirl yeah i totally agree with you, i didn't have the free time yet but for the first couple of chapters i could see its way better,

@Kiyodio

3 жыл бұрын

Or you could say.. iron elephants.

@madwolf0966

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kiyodio don't forgrt FLYING PEGASUS

The Type 74 was actually IN a Godzilla Movie and Attacked Godzilla on the first film of the Millenium Era

Such a good looking tank

From the front, it looks like an IS-4 and a Patton had a child, and it didn't grow up yet.

@veenoable

3 жыл бұрын

More like stridsvagen and patton had a child

@prestonang8216

3 жыл бұрын

@@veenoable Yo stridsvagn means tank in swedish, which tank?

@veenoable

3 жыл бұрын

@@prestonang8216 strv-103

@colbyuetake130

3 жыл бұрын

You should see their ST-A1s

ah, yes. I remember when this tank trying shoot an Angel... oh wait, this is (not) NGE.

@nonedibledonut

6 ай бұрын

what is nge

@HappyGM-R

6 ай бұрын

@@nonedibledonut Neon Genesis Evangelion

@glass_knuckles

5 ай бұрын

came looking for an Eva reference

Matsimus: aN iSlAnD cAn'T pRoDuCe gUd tAnKs. Also Matsimus: from an island Nation, that creates challenger 2

@davidty2006

3 жыл бұрын

Yes chap

@Marinealver

3 жыл бұрын

Must be looking at the Bob Sempel tank.

@davidty2006

3 жыл бұрын

Well he has had his own experiance with the warrior and pretty much knows it inside and out.

@Zach_Bloomquist

3 жыл бұрын

I love this comment.

@zhufortheimpaler4041

8 ай бұрын

Challenger 2 is not quite the Benchmark for good tank design. On the contrary, it is exemplary for bad design choices and cutting corners to save money.

My favorite part about this OG of a MBT is not only the swagger Samurai look to it. But also it’s *Hyrdo-Gangsta-Suspension* 50/50 one of the Sexiest Tanks in the universe.

I genuinely think this is such a cool looking tank. The turret always kind of reminds me of a Samurai helmet.

1:54 people fighting in the crowd

@nothingtoseehere1221

3 жыл бұрын

Lol just noticed

@samwessels8216

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@marcusrat4466

3 жыл бұрын

@@samwessels8216 lol

@Tokax

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@sumvs5992

3 жыл бұрын

"We should still have the emporer in power!" "No"

Gets done streaming instantly realizes video

JSDF Tanker: konichiwa imperial soldier-san.

@laostav2274

3 жыл бұрын

GATE anime?

@ShahjahanMasood

3 жыл бұрын

@@laostav2274 yes

One interesting thing about the 74: Leave it to the Japanese to create a tank that can essentially bow...

@Terraqueo22

3 жыл бұрын

They bow before facing a lone M1 Abrams, Leopard 2 or a Challenger...

@Ko_Kasumi

3 жыл бұрын

@@Terraqueo22 Except the M1 Abrams, leopard 2 and Challenger can't even make it to the battlefield because they keep getting stopped by weak bridges, small trails and extremely rough terrain xD

@Kalashnikov413

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ko_Kasumi don't worry, the air force would be having the most fun there

@Ko_Kasumi

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kalashnikov413 Japan really isn't lacking in their own airforce and anti air defenses so that's a pretty poor idea to be perfectly honest

@Kalashnikov413

3 жыл бұрын

@Stupid Bitch who said that Japan had a weak Air Force?

NATO codename 'Tilty Boi'

@davidty2006

3 жыл бұрын

The suspension was expensive but worth it.

@effexon

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidty2006 I played some tank games, with differing mountainous terrain that is valuable, so I wonder would it balance out abrams superiority? I've only known cases of abrams used in gulf war and similar places where terrain is dead flat.

@hansandhispanzerfaust6236

3 жыл бұрын

No Tango Bravo stuff only, “Tilty Boi”

@davidty2006

3 жыл бұрын

@@effexon The Abrams is mainly for desert warfare than anything else and as ye know it was used in the middle east conflicts where theres just well desert.

It is quite the gorgeous tank though

I got to get inside of type 74 Tank. They came to NTC Fort Irwin back in Jan of 2014. I was embedded with them for 5 days to learn from them and be their liason while they were doing a rotational exercise with our guys. I actually like their tanks since they have a pneumatic suspension and can fire without fully exposing themselves. Even on wierd terrain they are able to pull up, fire and back down. Great times.

The Type-74 is one of my favorite tank designs, visually. It looks really cool.

im having Patlabor and Gate flashbacks

@nothingtoseehere1221

3 жыл бұрын

Good taste

@leonardotavaresdardenne9955

3 жыл бұрын

@@nothingtoseehere1221 only 50% good taste, gate is trash

The opening has big Evangelion vibes

@tomoe6108

3 жыл бұрын

I was half expecting Hallucination from the Patlabor 2 ost to start playing

Yooooooooo. I’ve wanted you to do the type 74 for so long. It’s my favorite tank ever

Another well researched video, thanks for the content.

Always loved the look of that turret.

I... and I cannot stress this enough....absolutely love this tank for seemingly no reason at all. I just do and always will. I wish I could get inside one of these machines so bad.

The Japanese Defense Doctrine: don’t have kids.

@Marinealver

3 жыл бұрын

More like Modern Japanese Philosophy

Thanks Matt. A mate of mine just got into the JSDF and will be thrilled to see this

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

JSDF is unique due to not having a military court. Most Japanese people see them as disaster relief force rather than a true military. Plus it has the oldest soldiers in the world as young talents are headhunted by corporations and higher salary. JSDF has been plagued with recruitment issues for a long time.

Another cool tank, another great video

Just to note, arms exports from Japan are now allowable, the new law allows 'defense equipment transfers' which includes sales lower than JSDF original purchase price.

Thing just looks like a cooler Leopard 1.

@terifarley4770

3 жыл бұрын

Leopard 1 vastly more cool than the Type 74 but the 74 much better armor

@tigerpresentationsproducts425

3 жыл бұрын

@@terifarley4770 uh no equal irl it has a lot of armor

@UgandanAirForce

3 жыл бұрын

@@terifarley4770 na i'd say the type 74 is better in certain categories or is similar to the leopard 1. They both pretty much have the same idea behind them, fast with good firepower.

@ijasab35

3 жыл бұрын

Nah Type 74 is more like the japanese Amx 30B than leopard 1

@tigerpresentationsproducts425

3 жыл бұрын

@@ijasab35 the AMX 30 B and B2 variants are French not Japanese and the type 74 is Japanese

Great Vid! As per your Normal Big M! Keep them coming! Will come back later too- few questions , especially after just watching your Swiss Tanks update ( 140mm Gun ) episode. God Bless!

One of my favorite military vehicles of all time. There is just something about how it looks that’s so fantastic

Thanks for covering off the Godzilla angle. I was actually going to ask if the Type 74 ever engaged in combat with The King of the Monsters, or any of the other Japanese monsters, but you answered this important question at the end.

Type 74 is a good tank and would still be useful for some forces today. It is light and mobile enough to provide fire support in rough terrain. Personally I think that Japan should sell all of them to the Philippines for a bargain price (scrap metal equivalent cost). Of course they are dated for tank on tank battles but can still destroy other armored vehicles, fortifications, and soft targets. Type 74 has been well liked by Japanese users and deserves a second life somewhere where it can be of some use.

@stupidburp

7 ай бұрын

Japan should build more Type 10 with an active protection system added in lieu of some of the modular add on armor. It could replace the Type 74 and Type 90 still in service. Supplementing with their wheeled gun platform is fine but they also need to modernize their tank force.

@baraka629

6 ай бұрын

Lmfao the elusive "tank on tank battle" that never happens in reality. Heard that Ukrainians almost exclusively load their western-delivered MBTs with HE instead of AP? Take a wild guess why that is.

@poikoi1530

6 ай бұрын

​@@baraka629I mean, to be fair, a Tank's job first and foremost is to support the infantry in an armoured thrust fighting in combined arms (at least this is how tanks have been used doctrinally, depends on the doctrine too, but tanks were created to support the infantry) so loading then with HE is understandable. MBTs are pretty much jack of all trades tanks anyways so they just incorporated many other features of the old norms for tanks and the separate tank destroyers which were specifically made to kill tanks, it's just that the MBTs are capable of either infantry support or Anti-tank, making them better than previous generations of tanks

@warhawk9566

6 ай бұрын

@@baraka629 has a little bit to do with Russia having no tanks left.

@warhawk9566

6 ай бұрын

@@poikoi1530 not really? I mean tanks do support infantry but that's not really what they're made for anymore, it would be more accurate to say they also support infantry. Hell depending on the doctrine, sometimes it's the infantry that support the tank. An MBT's job is usually to break through enemy lines or to set up in a defensive position

The Type 74 tank is the best! There are a lot of angular designs these days, but I love this bowl-shaped turret!

Brilliant presentation

Love your content

Hope to see more JSDF content from you~♡

type 74 is my favorite tank. thanks for your information

@duke0salt717

Жыл бұрын

I like how Clean is looks, besides that big ass box on the side of the turret it's a very sleel looking vehicle. Also the suspension is extremely interesting

@ry0usama511

11 ай бұрын

It's the best lookin post-war tank for me. The Type 10 is sexy too

I watched Akira the other day. Pretty sure those tanks with some animators artistic licence are featured/blown up by Kenda.

@HydratedBeans

3 жыл бұрын

I watched it for the first time ever a week ago. Really enjoyed it. It’s crazy how many cyberpunk tropes that movie created.

That is a gorgeous tank!!!!! Given it's limitations, a very practical MBT.

So sad that japan can't export their military equipmet.This japanese products always high quality in the world.At least toyota hilux can be a 'light tank' in most countries

@michaelkemnerlin7834

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@robbiereyes847

3 жыл бұрын

Is that so?You forgot most japanese trucks was convert into military trucks.These japanese products are underrated and the quality also tough

@bambooworrior4470

3 жыл бұрын

😁true

@homelandfighters8541

3 жыл бұрын

@Hunter6213 yeah.i think at the 2015 exhibition.Every tank had a problem but the Japanese Type 10 in the list of The world's top 10 main battle tanks

@cheng3580

3 жыл бұрын

@Hunter6213 On open day at a exhibition show, when the incident happened the batch that was sent to the Eastern Army was new and not given a test run due to the open house event. Since then it has improved.

Those treads lookin dummy thicc

It is a very nice looking MBT!

Damn, that opening music is very stirring!!! 😮

Something about those large diameter road wheels and curved frontal turret armor akin to Russian designs, blended with the extended turret bustle, and M60/Leo 1 like hull design, just takes the best looking features of the tanks of the time to make one of the sexiest tank designs which will forever be timeless.

YEAH! I asked Max for this tank months ago. Maybe the M41 Walker Bulldog is just around the corner? The 74 is a beauty, much like the first Leopards.

Hey, Mat, could you do a video about the EE-T1 Osório, the Brazilian MBT?

I think in Neon Genesis Evangelion first episodes those tanks firing the Angel are Type 74 or Type 90

Love this tank got a 1/35 scale kit of it to build and can't wait to see it

Love the Type 74 its one of my favorite tanks its era. Thanks for making the video

Good job 👍

That adjustable suspension would make track tensioning a breeze! Especially if needed for shorting the track in emergencies too. The only vehicle I've operated with an adjustable suspension was the Stryker family, of which I was licensed to operate 5 main variants.

beautiful tank

This tank really seems like a French AMX30. Main identification key ... the main gun, L7 type canon for Type 74.

@alkazarjkdghjd

6 ай бұрын

Japanese seem to love taking inspiration from French tank, the T10 look a lot like a Leclerc, and from memory they also have a tank that look like the AMX 10 RC.

@hendi1571

5 ай бұрын

​@@alkazarjkdghjd you might wanna have a look at the Type-10 and the Type-16 (the AFV you are talking about) again. Not too much in common with their French counterparts.

sure, it may have been outdated by the time it entered service, but im sure all the lessons they learned while developing it were instrumental in their development of their modern armored vehicles in general, and also no one can deny that it looks damn good

Great opener: Samurai Movie music!

thanks Mat

Great vid, but could you do a vid on the spanish new VCR DRAGÓN?

great job..

with its suspension tilted forward this tank looks so fucking badass. such a mean stance.

Does anyone here just call this tank a "Turtle shell" tank because of the turret design? Lol.

@brianr.6376

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the original american-german xm

Japanese naval ammo in WWII and the armor made for its warships had extremely high levels of quality control (not necessarily the best designs, but they made them to the accepted standard very closely) -- better than most foreign manufacturers in some categories, such as the extremely thick face-hardened armor plates made for the YAMATO Class battleships, which had a very uniform hardness pattern, most especially difficult with plates as thick as 26" (!!!!) that were well above the thicknesses made by any foreign manufacturer. The unusual resistance of some experimental Japanese armor (made after battleship production had ceased during the middle and end of WWII and the naval armor engineers could now experiment based on their own modern ideas) was so profound that in the reports on it by the US Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, after their own penetration tests in the latter half of 1940s, the US test personnel actually said that since they did not know how such good results were even possible with plates made of standard metals (the Japanese were using regular armor steels and just trying out new ways to strengthen and manufacture plates by various unusual heat and mechanical working treatments), the final paragraph in the final report on the US Navy testing of Japanese heavy naval armor was forced to state that it was now obvious that the US Navy experts on armor design did not understand how face-hardened armor works, which was an amazingly honest (and profoundly embarrassing) thing to say in an official report! THAT is the level of Japanese engineering and is a true warning about what the Japanese were going to do to several US industries post-war...

Nice my Favorite tank

Well I think this could definitely surprise soldiers not familiar with it on an initial engagement. Most tankers and antitank teams are familiar with roll-forward-roll-back pop up fighting positions. They aren't expecting a tank to tip sideways to clear it's gun around a hill to fire at them.

Now this is Japanese music (although vaguely), props to you Matt

can you please do a video on the Type 59G Durjoy??

Very Beautiful tank.

Thanks alot for making this video ! Type 74 is among the top three of my favorite second gen MBTs in term of their beauties, the other two are M60A3. and Chieftain.

Looks like a well built machine .

I ve done many 10k damage games in my STB-1 in WOT, that thing is crazy

@idiedlongago2336

3 жыл бұрын

good dpm 💪

For Japan , i think ADATS sistem was perfect! Small, dual purpose. With a nice ARCHER artilery system in the back. No need for tanks in Japan. PS: do they have areas of 3km wide open ?

Can you do a vid on the Type 61? There isnt much on youtube about it outside of video games like wt or wot

Hey Mat could you please to a video on the MRH-90 Taipan please it would be heaps good, thanks

The Type 74 is a beautiful tank, I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need to be replaced unnecessarily

Looks like a really wide M60 tank. As a kid I thought they were M60's tanks.

Wow, my former coworker was one of the first test driver for the type 74 in Hokkaido. He said that starting the type 61 engine was a bitch. But the 74 was more easier and smoother. He talked a lot about the 74. But I couldn't really understand what he was saying at the time. Should've recorded the conversation....

Have you done a video on the French AMX-30?

Cough cough, odyssey, you MAY want to gander at that

I like the way the ass end is jacked up. Reminds me of my nova. Haha

Though I'm not of expert on like some of you are or think you are I was an armor crewman on an M60 A3 tank loader Gunner, and it was a pretty powerful tank even with the 105 mm main gun but since then they've upgraded it quite a bit but still I don't think there's any tank that can stand against the a10 warthog it is a tank buster.

An amalgum of the MBT-70, Leopard I, M95a1 (medium)!

Could you please review the Ripsaw EV3 F1 and its suspension.

5:14 looks like an up sized Crusader :D

@justanatolii2961

3 жыл бұрын

Also thought so) this tank looks like it is a light tank.

Great video. But here's what everyone wants to know: when will they come up with the Giant Robots?

In the event you see this could you possibly aid to the title (and breakdown of early post WW2 Japanese take arm)

GEAR! (yeah, I've been MIA but I'm trying to catch up...)

If they combine hard AT resistant top armor & turret armor, they could create a crablike design where the tank would sit itself low into soil & make itself an incredibly hard target. Think about it.

Please do a Video on the K1 Type 88 MBT of South Korea and/or the ASCOD Armored vehicle mat. Great video as always.

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

Baby Abrams.

@Rexcampion24

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua_N-A Yeah i Consider it the Abrams of the East and i think lots of people will enjoy its development and how it was made. Of course to give people more knowledge that it existed and not just focus on Famous tank.

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rexcampion24 ROK did offer Malaysia over 200 of them but it was toò much and we were having that '97 crisis. So we settle with the Polish PT-91 Twardy after that.

@Rexcampion24

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua_N-A Yep I read about that what a waste though Malaysia would have a better MBT than just PT-91 but i can't blame Anyone since it happened because of 1997 Asian financial crisis.

@Joshua_N-A

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rexcampion24 K1 is not bad for an Asian made MBT. It's the right tank in the wrong time and 200 is just too much to handle.

Just looking at it I am left thinking "Where the front armor!?"

I would love to see one for amx 30 b

Type 10, probably to most underrated tank in the world. everyone thinks it's a small and light, and they are in for a surprise when that thing tokyo drifts in reverse away from you.

WOW what suitable music with this vedio thanks for sending...whey late ..today there are active crisis around china and on south China sea...clear explaining of historic movements of Japanese tanks producing through cold war..

I used to play WOT(before 6.0)and the STB-1 is definitely the most beautiful tank in the game! 😍👌🏽

*me just wondering how long there gonna keep those things in service*

@taikaiju9753

3 жыл бұрын

At least for another generation, they cant just replace them with Type 10's and the Type 90's are too heavy to replace them so probably at least another 15 years till the last ones are phased out.

@X.Y.Z.07

3 жыл бұрын

Much like the M60s are still available for use by the US National Guards should the need arise...

@13thSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Cold war era tanks are still in service everywhere T-72s/T-80s, Leopard 1s, M-60s, T55s/T62s, Centurions etc...

@X.Y.Z.07

3 жыл бұрын

@@13thSystem lol Centurion is like the grandaddy of tanks in modern standard. Its still used mainly by SADF as Olifant Tank..

@m5a1stuart83

3 жыл бұрын

@@X.Y.Z.07 but Centurion can serve as Support Artilerry for Ground troops.

1 of if not the best looking cold war era tank.