Ministry of Defence (Japan), Banzai

Commander-In-Chief: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda

Minister for Defence: Naoki Tanaka

Chief of Staff: General Ryoichi Oriki

Description:

The Japan "Self-Defense" Forces (×ÔÐlê  Jieitai), or JSDF, occasionally referred to as JSF or SDF, are the unified military forces of Japan that were established after the end of the post¨CWorld War II Allied occupation of Japan. For most of the post-war period the JSDF was confined to the islands of Japan and not permitted to be deployed abroad. In recent years they have been engaged in international peacekeeping operations. Recent tensions, particularly with North Korea have reignited the debate over the status of the JSDF and its relation to Japanese society. New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, will direct the Jieitai away from its Cold War focus on Russia to a focus on China, especially regarding the dispute over the Senkaku Islands

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujô Jieitai), or JGSDF, is the Armed Force of Japan. The largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Ground Self-Defense Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Tokyo. The present chief of ground staff is General Eiji Kimizuka. The JGSDF numbers around 148,000 soldiers.

Tactical Organization:

One Armored Division (7th)

Eight Infantry Divisions (Each With Three or Four Battalion-Sized Infantry Regiments)

Five Infantry Brigades (11th Brigade, 12th Brigade, 13th Brigade, 14th Brigade, and 15th Brigade)

One Airborne Brigade (1st Airborne Brigade)

Four Combined (Training) Brigades

One Taining Bigade

One Artillery Brigade

Two Air-Defense Brigades

Four Engineer Brigades

One Helicopter Brigade (With Twenty-Four Squadrons and Two Anti-Tank Helicopter Platoons)

JGSDF Divisions and Brigades are combined arms units with Infantry, Armored & Artillery Units, Combat Support Units and Logistical Support Units. They are a regionally independent and permanent entities. The Divisions strength varies between 7,000 to 9,000 personnel, the Brigades are smaller with 3,000 to 4,000 personnel.

Special Forces:

CRF (Central Readiness Force)
-Japanese Special Forces Group
-1st Airborne Brigade
-1st Helicopter Brigade
-Central Readiness Regiment

Western Army Infantry Regiment

Rangers

Reserves:

The JGSDF has two Reserve Components: Rapid-Reaction Reserve Component and the Main Reserve Component. Members of the Rapid-Reaction Component train 30 days a year. Members of the Main Reserve train five days a year. As of December 2007, there were 8,425 members of the Rapid-Reaction Reserve Component and 22,404 members of the Main Reserve Component.

Equipment:

Tanks:
Type 10 (238)
Type 90 (341)
Type 74 (461 Being Replaced 100 All Ready Withdrawn)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles:
Type 89 Fighting Vehicle (69)

Self-propelled artillery
Type 75 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (140)
M110 howitzer (90)
M270 MLRS (99)
Type 99 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (93)

[edit] Towed artillery
FH-70 (480)

[edit] Mortars
M2 107mm Mortar
Type 64 81mm Mortar
L16 81mm Mortar
RT 120mm Mortar
Type 96 120mm Self-Propelled Mortar

[edit] Armored vehicles
Type 82 Command and Communication Vehicle (250)
Type 87 Reconnaissance and Warning Vehicle (100)
Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle
Komatsu Light Armored Vehicle (Morethan 1,965 as 2011)

[edit] Armored personnel carriers
Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier (340)
Type 96 Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier (333) [4]

[edit] Air defense vehicles
Type 87 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (52)

[edit] ATGMs and ASMs
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 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System
Middle range Multi Purpose Missile System(Chū-MPMS)

[edit] SAMs
Improved-HAWK
FIM-92A Stinger (80)
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

[edit] Other vehicles
Hitachi Type 73
Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck
Toyota Type 73 Medium Truck
Isuzu Type 73 Heavy Truck
Toyota High Mobility Vehicle

[edit] Small arms
SCK/Minebea 9mm Pistol
Howa Type 89 (110,518+)
Howa Type 64 (230000)
Type 06 rifle grenade
Minebea 9mm Machine Pistol
Sumitomo MINIMI 5.56mm Machine Gun (4244)
M24 Sniper Rifle
NTK/Sumitomo Type 62 machine gun
Sumitomo M2 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun
Howa Type 96 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher
M4 carbine (Only Japanese Special Forces Group.)
Howa 84RR
Nissan/IHI Aerospace 110mm LAM

(WIP)