🇯🇵 A fatal ammunition explosion occurred inside a Type 10 during a live-fire exercise at the Hijudai Training Area in Japan.
The blast happened while the vehicle, assigned to a Western Army tank unit based at Kusu Garrison, was conducting firing drills alongside two other tanks.
Initial reports indicate a shell detonated inside the barrel or turret before it could be fired.
Three soldiers inside the turret were killed. A 21-year-old female driver survived but sustained severe injuries.
Live-fire exercises involving Type 10 and Type 90 tanks have been suspended indefinitely while the cause is investigated.
Sanae Takaichi and Shinjiro Koizumi expressed deep regret over the incident.