page_title: Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun
section_title: Operation
hierarchical_section_title: Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun / Operation
caption_attribution_description: English: Rear view of a Type 60 Self-propelled Recoilless Gun at the Sinbudai Old Weapon Museum, Camp Asaka, Japan
context_page_description: The Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun is a light anti-tank vehicle developed by Japan in the late 1950s. It mounts two M40 106 mm recoilless rifles as its main armament.
context_section_description: The commander is seated to the left of the two weapons and his position is attached to their mounting so that he remains at the same height when they are elevated for firing. The M40s can be fired from the lowered position, but their traverse is limited to 20°, elevation to +10° and depression to -5°. The elevation mechanism is manually operated and allows the weapons to traverse 30° to each side. The loader is seated to the left of the commander and must exit through his rear-opening hatch to reload the recoilless rifles while on top of the engine deck or behind the vehicle.
  Only six rounds of ammunition are stowed on board.
  As of 2001, Japan reported to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs that 140 Type 60s were in service.
caption: Rear view of a Type 60 at the Sinbudai Old Weapon Museum, Camp Asaka, Japan
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