The Republic of Japan Army (ROJA; Japanese: 日本陸軍の共和国, Nihonrikugun no Kyōwakoku), also known as the West Japanese Army (WJA; Japanese: 西日本軍, Nishinihon-gun), is the main branch of the Republic of Japan Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the army of West Japan. The ROJA was created on July 1, 1954.
The WJA's primary opponent is the Japanese People's Ground Self-Defense Force, the de facto army of East Japan, with other major threats including the Korean People's Army, People's Liberation Army, and American People's Army. The largest of the three services of the West Japanese armed forces, the Republic of Japan Army is tasked with maintaining internal and external security in West Japan and operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Osaka. The present chief of the ground staff is General ???? (Japanese: ????).
The RoJA numbered around 152,000 active duty soldiers in 2014.
Equipment[]
Armoured Fighting Vehicles[]
Main Battle Tanks[]
- Type 90 Kyū-maru x 540 (Main Battle Tank)
- Type 10 Hitomaru x 282 (Main Battle Tank)
Infantry Fighting Vehicles[]
- Type 89 IFV x 478 (Infantry Fightng Vehicle)
Armoured Personnel Carriers[]
- Type 73 APC x 338 (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
- Type 96 APC x 500 (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
Artillery[]
Towed Artillery[]
- FH-70 Towed Howitzer x 492 (Towed Howitzer)
Self-Propelled Artillery[]
- Type 99 SPH x 272 (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
- Type 19 SPH x 44 (Self-Propelled Howitzer) - 500 planned
Rocket Artillery[]
- Type 92 MLRS x 158 (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
- Type 08 MLRS x 76 (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
Aircraft[]
- Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma x 4 (VIP Transport Helicopter)
- Kawasaki OH-1 x 250 (Scout/Observation Helicopter)
- Kawasaki AH-2 x 62 (Attack Helicopter)
- Mitsubishi UH-70JA Kurotaka x 70 (Utility Helicopter)
- Westland Lion x 50 (Heavy Lift Transport Helicopter) + 46 more on order
- Westland UH-59J Wiltshire x 106 (Utility Helicopter)
- Westland Worcester x 76 (Attack Helicopter)