Main battle tank Type 90 Japan

Immediately after the creation of the tank Type 74 (practically obsolete at the design stage), the Japanese military leadership decided to create a more powerful, modern tanks, completely manufactured in the Japanese production facilities. This war machine was to be able to withstand an equal principal Soviet tank T-72. As a result of the creation of TK-X-MBT (machine code) began in 1982, in 1985 was created by two experienced tank sample in 1989, the project was completed in 1990 - the tank was adopted for the Japanese army. Original Japanese solution is the automatic loader, developed by "Mitsubishi". Automated boeukladki located in a developed niche towers. At the time of loading the gun to be stalled in a horizontal position relative to the roof of the tower, which corresponds to zero elevation. The crew is separated from the ammunition armored bulkhead and in the roof of the tower niches are expelling panel, thereby increasing the level of protection of the tank.