Three members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force were killed Tuesday morning when a shell detonated inside a tank during a live-fire exercise at the Hijudai training area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The incident, one of the most serious training accidents to affect the GSDF in recent memory, also left a fourth soldier seriously wounded. […]
Three Japanese soldiers killed by shell explosion inside Type 10 tank
Three members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force were killed Tuesday morning when a shell detonated inside a tank during a live-fire exercise at the Hijudai training area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The incident, one of the most serious training accidents to affect the GSDF in re


