Japan is rethinking how to use its tanks to prepare for a potential clash with China

Japanese tanks during a live-fire exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji, August 22, 2019.
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Japan built a large and capable armored force to counter the Soviets during the Cold War.
But a rising China poses a new challenge, and Japan is changing how it designs and uses its armor.
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Despite a few successes early in World War II, Japanese armor was hopelessly outclassed by Allied tanks as soon as they arrived in large numbers.Thos