Type 89 IFV

## Crew

* Commander
* Driver
* Gunner/Loader

The **Type 89 IFV** is a Tier 7 special premium Armored Fighting Vehicle under Francine De Laroche's dealership.

## History

Class: Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Developed: 1980-1989

Service: 1989+

Vehicles Built: 68

Operators: Japan

This is the most modern tracked IFV in Japanese service. The Type 89, much like other western designs of the same class, came to be as a replacement for the obsolete APCs (in this case, Type 60 and Type 73) that were designed to be deployed with the Battle Taxi doctrine in mind. The IFV requirement for Japanese domestic use was first formulated around 1980. What followed were three or so years of procurement talks, culminating with a contract for Mitsubishi to build four prototypes in 1984. During the next several years, several prototypes were built and tested successfully. The vehicle was then officially accepted in service in 1989 under the designation Type 89 IFV.

Initially, 300 vehicles of this type were ordered but, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the need to build a large number of IFVs all but evaporated. Combined with the Japanese economic recession of the early 1990s, it would seem that the cancelation of the program was all but inevitable. But, that didn’t happen.

Instead, Japan chose to build a relatively small number of these IFVs between 1989 and 2004 with the rate of 8 (1989) to mere 1-2 pieces (2004) per year. This drove the unit price of Type 89 to incredible heights and, at roughly 5 million USD per unit (to compare, a Bradley costs roughly 3 million USD per unit), it is currently the most expensive IFV ever mass-produced, anywhere. It is assumed that the Japanese did that simply to keep the plant alive and the workers there employed but the costs were nevertheless staggering, even for Japan. The plan to replace the older APCs mostly failed due to budget restraints and the older APCs remain in service, waiting to be replaced by a next generation vehicle.

## Vehicle Traits

* Harder to Spot: When moving slowly, this vehicle does not lose any camouflage and can effectively creep around.
* Troop Compartment: This vehicle features a troop compartment, allowing you to repair your modules faster and to capture objectives more effectively.

## Upgrades

### Armor

Type 89 IFV Stock Armor
 This vehicle's light armor offers basic protection from autocannons and machineguns.

### Weapon

**Stats:**

* **Depression/Elevation**: -9.0° / 60.0°

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 320 mm at 100m;
96 mm at 400m
2. ↑ 45 for Partial Penetration
23 for Non-Penetrating Hits
3. ↑ 168 for Non-Penetrating Hits
4. ↑ Requires player to complete 100 Contract Missions to unlock. One weekly Mission counts as 5.
5. ↑ Requires player to complete 300 Contract Missions to unlock. One weekly Mission counts as 5.
6. ↑ Requires player to complete 200 Contract Missions to unlock. One weekly Mission counts as 5.
7. ↑ Requires player to complete 50 Contract Missions to unlock. One weekly Mission counts as 5.

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**Type 89 IFV**