The is one of nine active divisions of the

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. The division is subordinated to the Central Army and is headquartered in

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. Its responsibility is the defense of the

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, Ishikawa, Mie and

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prefectures. The division was raised on 18 January 1962.

Organization

* 10th Division, in

** 10th Division HQ, in Nagoya ** 14th

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, in

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, with 1x headquarters, 4x infantry, and 1x 120mm mortar company ** 33rd Infantry Regiment, in Tsu, with 1x headquarters, 4x infantry, and 1x 120mm mortar company ** 35th Infantry Regiment, in Nagoya, with 1x headquarters, 4x infantry, and 1x 120mm mortar company ** 10th Reconnaissance Battalion^''1'', in Kasugai, with Type 87 armored reconnaissance vehicles ** 10th Tank Battalion^''1'', with

Type 74 The is a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a supplement to the earlier Type 61. It was based on the best features of a number of contemporary designs, placing ...

main battle tanks ** 10th

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Regiment^''2'', in

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*** 1st Artillery Battalion, with 2x batteries of

FH-70 The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations. History In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...

155mm towed

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s *** 2nd Artillery Battalion, with 2x batteries of FH-70 155mm towed howitzers *** 3rd Artillery Battalion, with 2x batteries of FH-70 155mm towed howitzers ** 10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, in Toyokawa, with Type 81 and Type 93

Surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...

systems ** 10th

Combat Engineer A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare ta ...

Battalion, in Kasugai ** 10th Signal Battalion, in Nagoya ** 10th Aviation Squadron, in

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, flying UH-1J and OH-6D helicopters ** 10th

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Company, in Nagoya ** 10th Logistic Support Regiment, in Kasugai *** 1st Maintenance Battalion *** 2nd Maintenance Battalion *** Supply Company *** Medical Company *** Transport Company ''note 1'': Scheduled to be merged into the new 10th Reconnaissance Combat Battalion with Type 16 maneuver combat vehicles in 2023.
''note 2'': Scheduled to deactivated at a date to be determined.

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