Type 87 RCV
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The Type 87 Reconnaissance Combat Vehicle, also simply known as "RCV" and nicknamed Black Eye (ブラックアイ), is a 6x6 wheeled reconnaissance vehicle designed and manufactured by Komatsu Limited and employed exclusively by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The JGSDF continued to commission new units up until as recently as 2013.[3]
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Type 87 RCV | |
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The Type 87 on display at Camp Takeyama. | |
Type | Armoured Fighting Vehicle |
Place of origin | Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1987 – present |
Used by | Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces |
Production history | |
Designed | 1983 |
Manufacturer | Komatsu |
Unit cost | About 300 million Yen |
Produced | 1987 |
No. built | at least 95 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 15 tonnes |
Length | 5.99 m |
Width | 2.48 m |
Height | 2.8 m |
Crew | 5 (driver, radio operator, gunner, observer and commander) |
Armor | 10–20 mm Rolled homogeneous armour[1] |
Main armament | 25mm Oerlikon Autocannon |
Secondary armament | Type 74 7.62 mm Machinegun |
Engine | Isuzu 10PBI diesel engine 305 hp / 2,700 rpm[2] |
Suspension | coil springs |
Ground clearance | 1.5 m |
Operational range | 500 km |
Maximum speed | 100 km/h |
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