Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV

The Mitsubishi Type 89 is a Japanese infantry fighting vehicle, also known as the 89FV and nicknamed Light Tiger. It uses a chassis made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and mounts an Oerlikon 35 millimetre KDE autocannon built under licence by Japan Steel Works, with two Type 79 Jyu-MAT anti-tank missile launchers. Development began in 1980, a first prototype was finished in 1984, and it entered Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service in 1989. The initial requirement was around 300 vehicles, but its high procurement cost held annual output down and only 68 had been built when production ended in 2004. A 450 kilowatt Mitsubishi diesel drives it, and six infantrymen ride in the rear.