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British Army soldiers embedded with the Japan Ground Self‐Defense Force (JGSDF) for the first time during Exercise ‘Vigilant Isles 23' in Japan from 15 to 26 November. The Japanese embassy in London said on its website on 26 November that th...

This mod adds the Japanese battle rifle HOWA Type 64 to Stalker Anomaly. As a tier 0 weapon it does not come with any attachments nor scopes. Its just a good ol battle rifle, doing what battle rifles are supposed to do: shooting big holes in targets.

A short and sweet Build Sheet about a short and sweet rifle! 300 BLK is great for a lot of things, and the BRN-180 is a superb host for it.

Japan plans to double defense spending by 2027, the largest increase in nearly 70 years. The Ukraine war has prompted many countries to bolster their defense.

Japan's military rifles are far from useless, but they do have some major deficiencies. 

bad - but it has serious ergonomic problems and lacks several modern innovations (rails, for instance). The standard issue rifle of the average soldier tends to be among the oldest equipment issued by a military. Russian Ground and Airborne Troops use variations of a rifle designed in the 1970s, the U.S. military uses variations of a design from the late 1950s. Japan stands in contrast, using a rifle designed in 1989 (albeit based on an earlier American design from the 1960s). But despite thei...