The Type 61 was a main battle tank developed and used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Development began in 1955, after the Korean War led Japan to rebuild an armed force equipped with American Sherman and Chaffee tanks, and the Technical Research and Development Institute chose a 35-ton design with a 90 millimetre gun over a lighter 25-ton plan. Four prototypes, STA1 to STA4, were tested from 1957, and the tank first deployed in April 1961. A 570 horsepower Mitsubishi V12 turbocharged diesel powered it. Production ran from 1961 to 1975 and reached 560, all retired by 2000, and the Type 74 succeeded it.
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A total of 560 Type 61s were manufactured between 1961 and 1975
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570 horsepower Mitsubishi HM21 WT V12 turbocharged diesel
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