Japan

[RN7]

Has anyone ever done an orbat on the Japanese armed forces or a write up on Japan in Twilight 2000?

[Rainbow Six]

Japan has been a topic of discussion a few times but I can't recall seeing any write ups...I think most of the threads have been along the lines of "what do you think would have happened". There was a mini advebture in one of the last Challenge magazines to come out - iirc it was the result of a readers' competition.

[Tombot]

There was a mini advebture in one of the last Challenge magazines to come out - iirc it was the result of a readers' competition.

That was "The rockets red glare" in Challenge #77
(Thanks again to WESWOOD, which made´em available for me!)

[HorseSoldier]

+1 -- I think Japan's role in the way is pretty vague, and (IIRC) the minimal references in 1st edition stuff and the brief blurb in the 2nd edition don't really match up very well. Then there's the 2300AD timeline, which has them intact enough to help France and its allies garrison the Middle East when the US goes home.

I tend to see them as kind of the France of the Pacific, though with a different set of strengths and weaknesses. Given that modern Japan is dependent on oil, food, and all sorts of other imports, I think circa 2000 if they are hanging on it is by trying to maintain enough stability off shore to allow for trade. Less an attempt at a new Greater East Asian Coprosperity Sphere and more a multilateral engagement with Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan (another question mark), South Korea and US forces there, and any clumps of stability on the Chinese mainland.

And they don't have much, troops-wise, to do it, though if they can keep a supply of raw materials coming in and aren't too badly nuked, a lot of their defense industry is local. I see a lot of merchant ships plying the Pacific who are more merchant/adventurers on the Viking model doing wary business and occasionally clashing with small dictatorships scattered on the islands and mainland from China, down through the Philipines and Indonesia, and perhaps as far west as what's left of India. (As well as Hawaii, Alaska, and the US/Canadian/Mexican Pacific coast, doing business with anyone over there with goods to barter, etc.)

No idea on the order of battle, except for a little bit that touches on my Alaska stuff, but I've thought on and off that it would be a pretty cool premise for a campaign to have the PCs be a core group of US troops recruited out of Korea (or maybe coming off convalescing in hospitals in Japan) to augment the ships troops on a semi-militarized Japanese merchantman. Add in a general reconnaissance mission for the DIA or CIA unknown to the Japanese captain to the equation, with the possibility of some more active cloak and dagger stuff from time to time, etc., and the nice way any sort of scenario can come out of the next port of call and it seems like it would have a lot of potential.

[RN7]

I think I've said it before on this forum that I don't think Japan escaped the Twilight War without much damage. Its just too important of a country for a whole load of reasons to not be targeted by nuclear weapons. Their military is also on the large size, particularly their naval and air forces.

I haven't yet done an overview of likely targets but there would be a lot. The US bases, the Japanese military bases, ports, airports, oil refineries and industrial war targets. I just couldn't see the Soviets allowing them to remain intact when there at war with the US, NATO, China and others. I think in Twilight 2000 the Japanese are actually fighting the Soviets over control over the Kuriles islands and Sakhalin Island, and I could easily see that fighting spreading over to Japans Hokkaido Island. At the very least I could see all sorts of naval actions and air strikes going round the sea and coastline of Japan in the Twilight War, as well as quite a few Soviet nuclear/EMP strikes to knock it out of the war and deny its facilities to America.

[Canadian Army]

Has anyone ever done an orbat on the Japanese armed forces or a write up on Japan in Twilight 2000?

Yes, I have done an orbat. The orbat for the Ground Self-Defense Force is done, but I ran into problems with the orbats for Maritime Self-Defense Force and Air Self-Defense Force, due to lack of material available.

I think in Twilight 2000 the Japanese are actually fighting the Soviets over control over the Kuriles islands and Sakhalin Island, and I could easily see that fighting spreading over to Japans Hokkaido Island.

In Twilight the Soviets invade Hokkaido.

[RN7]

Yes, I have done an orbat. The orbat for the Ground Self-Defense Force is done, but I ran into problems with the orbats for Maritime Self-Defense Force and Air Self-Defense Force, due to lack of material available..

Do you want to post up that orbat as I'd like to have a look at it. I had done a Japanese Army orbat but it was on my old labtop which died just before Christmas when the hardrive finally collapsed on it. I hadn't copied on to memory disk so I haven't got it on my other labtops. I do have a fair bit of information about the Japanese air and naval forces from the 1980's to early 1990's period but there in books. I'm in America at the moment and wont be back in Ireland till the end of next month so I can't have a look at them. But there is a fair bit of information online about the airforce and navy. Even wikipedia can be quite helpfull for ship classes.


In Twilight the Soviets invade Hokkaido.

I haven't read through every T2K sourcebook I have in great detail. Which one is that invasion in?

[Canadian Army]

Here are the Orbats, I have also included some preliminary info about the Red Army of Japan. As for were are the details about the Soviet invade Hokkaido are listed; I can't remember where I read it, but I know it was not cannon. Right now I have a project due for my Scout Group; which I lead, but once that is done I will look though my back issues of Challenge Magazine and see what I can find.

[RN7]

Those Orbats looks good to use in a future article about Japan. I'd like to give one a go in the future but I think working out Japans level of participation in the Twlight War and exactly how much nuclear or conventional damage it took would cause a few arguments.

[rcaf_777]

I can't remember where I read it, but I know it was not cannon. Right now I have a project due for my Scout Group; which I lead, but once that is done I will look though my back issues of Challenge Magazine and see what I can find.

The Challenge Magazine Article in question is called the Rockets Red Glare

[TrailerParkJawa]

If I recall correctly the Traveller 2300 timeline indicated much of the Japanes merchant fleet survives the war and they dominate trade for some time in the Pacific. I never agreed with that point of view but if you take it as canon source then it give room to biuld lots of oppurtinities for interactions with Japanese post 2000.

[Cpl. Kalkwarf]

Here are the Orbats, I have also included some preliminary info about the Red Army of Japan. As for were are the details about the Soviet invade Hokkaido are listed; I can't remember where I read it, but I know it was not cannon. Right now I have a project due for my Scout Group; which I lead, but once that is done I will look though my back issues of Challenge Magazine and see what I can find.

when ever I open up any of those all get is some gibberish and page breaks. ??

[James Langham]

If I recall correctly the Traveller 2300 timeline indicated much of the Japanes merchant fleet survives the war and they dominate trade for some time in the Pacific. I never agreed with that point of view but if you take it as canon source then it give room to biuld lots of oppurtinities for interactions with Japanese post 2000.

Actually that COULD reconcile the two editions. Japan gets badly hit but the merchant marine fleet is mainly at sea. This leads to a number of the captains operating as merchant-owners of the ships trading extensively. These captains effectively form new clans over an extended area of the Pacific islands. Only later do they come together to recreate a Japanese nation. Now this could make a nice campaign.

[Canadian Army]

when ever I open up any of those all get is some gibberish and page breaks. ??

I don't know why that happen, since I can not get it to work, I will post the info:

Japan Air Self-Defense Force

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Staff Office

Air Defense Command: Fuchu, Tokyo
Air Defense Command Headquarters Flight Group
Defence Command Headquarter Squadron
Support Squadron
Electronic Countermeasure Squadron
Electronic Intelligence Squadron

Northern Air Defense Force: Misawa, Aomori
Northern HQ Support Flight
2nd Air Wing (Chitose Air Base)
201st Squadron
203rd Squadron
3rd Air Wing (Misawa Air Base)
3rd Squadron
8th Squadron
Northern Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
3rd Air Defense Missile Group
9th Fire Unit
10th Fire Unit
6th Air Defense Missile Group
8th Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Central Air Defense Force: Iruma, Saitama
Central HQ Support Flight
6th Air Wing (Komatsu Air Base)
303rd Squadron
306th Squadron
7th Air Wing (Hyakuri Air Base)
302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
305th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Middle Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
1st Air Defense Missile Group
4th Air Defense Missile Group
13th Fire Unit
15th Fire Unit
Iwo Jima Air Base Group

Western Air Defense Force: Kasuga, Fukuoka
Western HQ Support Flight
5th Air Wing (Nyutabaru Air Base)
301st Squadron
8th Air Wing (Tsuiki Air Base)
6th Squadron
304th Squadron
Western Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
2nd Air Defense Missile Group
7th Fire Unit
Southwestern Composite Air Division: Naha, Okinawa
South West HQ Support Flight
83rd Air Wing (Naha Air Base)
204th Squadron
Southwestern Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
5th Air Defense Missile Group

Airborne Early Warning Group: Misawa Air Base, Hamamatsu Air Base
Air Warning Control Squadron
Air Warning Surveillance Squadron

Tactical Reconnaissance Group: Hyakuri Air Base
501st Squadron

Air Support Command: Fuchu, Tokyo

Air Rescue Wing
Akita Air Rescue Squadron
Ashiya Air Rescue Squadron
Chitose Air Rescue Squadron
Hamamatsu Air Rescue Squadron
Hyakuri Air Rescue Squadron
Kasuga Helicopter Airlift Squadron
Iruma Helicopter Airlift Squadron
Komatsu Air Rescue Squadrom
Matsushima Air Rescue Squadron
Misawa Helicopter Airlift Squadron
Kyunan Air Rescue Squadron
Naha Air Rescue Squadron
Naha Helicopter Airlift Squadron
Niigata Air Rescue Squadron
Nyutabaru Air Rescue Squadron

1st Tactical Airlift Wing (Komaki Air Base)
401 Squadron
404 Squadron

2nd Tactical Airlift Wing (Iruma Air Base)
402 Squadron

3rd Tactical Airlift Wing (Miho Air Base)
403 Squadron
41 Training Squadron

Special Airlift Group (Chitose Air Base)
701 Squadron
Flight Check Squadron

Air Traffic Control Service Group
Air Weather Service Group
Flight Check Squadron (Iruma Air Base)

Air Training Command: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

1st Air Wing (Hamamatsu Air Base)
31st Squadron
32nd Squadron

4th Air Wing (Matsushima Air Base)
21st Fighter Training Squadron
11th Squadron (Blue Impulse)

11th Flying Training Wing (Shizuhama Air Base)
1st Squadron
2nd Squadron

12th Flying Training Wing (Hofu kita Air Base)
1st Squadron
2nd Squadron
13th Flying Training Wing (Ashiya Air Base)
1st Squadron
2nd Squadron

Air Basic Training Wing
23 Squadron
Flying Training Squadron (Nyutabaru Air Base)

Air Defense Missile Training Group: Hamamatsu, Chitose

Air Training Aids Group

Tactical Fighter Training Group: Nyutabaru Air Base

Air Officer Candidate School

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Technical School

Air Development and Test Command: Iruma Air Base, Saitama

Air Development and Test Wing (Gifu Air Base)
Electronics Development and Test Group
Aeromedical Laboratory

Air Material Command: Jujou, Tokyo

1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Air Depot

Air Staff College

Air Communications and Systems Wing

Aerosafety Service Group

Central Air Base Group

[Canadian Army]

Japan Expeditionary Self-Defence Force Korea (JESDFK)


Seventeenth Army
Seventeenth Army Medical Service Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
1st Electronic Warfare Battalion
Seventeenth Army Signals Battalion
Seventeenth Army Military Intelligence Battalion

7th Armoured Division
Divisional HQ
71st Tank Regiment
72nd Tank Regiment
73rd Tank Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment (Mechanized)
7th Reconnaissance Battalion
7th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
7th Combat Engineer Battalion
7th Signal Battalion
7th Aviation Squadron
7th NBC Protection Battalion
7th Logistic Support Regiment

2nd Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Regiment
2nd Artillery Regiment (Mechanized)
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd Signal Battalion
2nd Aviation Squadron
2nd NBC Protection Battalion
2nd Logistic Support Regiment

13th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
13th Tank Regiment
8th Infantry Regiment
17th Infantry Regiment
46th Infantry Regiment
13th Artillery Regiment (Mechanized)
13th Reconnaissance Battalion
13th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
13th Combat Engineer Battalion
13th Signal Battalion
13th Aviation Squadron
13th Logistic Support Regiment

1st Airborne Brigade
Brigade Headquarters
1st Infantry Battalion (Airborne)
2nd Infantry Battalion (Airborne)
3rd Infantry Battalion (Airborne)
1st Airborne Artillery Battalion
1st Airborne Logistic Support Battalion
1st Signal Company
1st Engineer Company

1st Artillery Brigade
1st Artillery Battalion
2nd Artillery Battalion
3rd Artillery Battalion
14th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
306th Observation Battery

17th Engineer Brigade
17th Engineer Brigade HQ
8th Construction Engineering Battalion
12th Construction Engineering Battalion
306th Equipment Company
303rd Vehicle Company
311th Engineer Company
312th Engineer Company
104th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

1st Helicopter Brigade
6th Aviation Brigade HQ
6th Anti-Tank Helicopter Battalion
1st Helicopter Battalion
103rd Flight Squadron
104th Flight Squadron
105th Flight Squadron
106th Flight Squadron
102nd Flight Squadron
Special Transportation Helicopter Squadron
Communications and Reconnaissance Squadron
106th Aviation Meteorological Battalion
106th Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

17th Logistic Support Brigade
17th Logistic Support Brigade HQ
116th General Support Battalion
117th General Support Battalion
118th General Support Battalion
106th Artillery Support Battalion
106th Engineering Support Battalion
105th Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
7th Transport Battalion
106th Tank Support Company
103rd Signal Support Company
306th Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
307th Infantry Support Company

Support Flotilla 1

1 Replenishment Squadron
JDS Sagami (AOE-421), Sagami-class Combat Support Ship
JDS Towada (AOE-422), Towada-class Combat Support Ship
JDS Tokiwa (AOE-423 ), Towada-class Combat Support Ship
JDS Hamana (AOE-424),Towada-class Combat Support Ship

1 Transportation Squadron
JDS Miura (LST-4151), Miura-class Landing Ship Tank
JDS Ojika (LST-4152), Miura-class Landing Ship Tank
JDS Satsuma (LST-4153), Miura-class Landing Ship Tank

2 Transportation Squadron
JDS Atsumi (LST-4101), Atsumi-class Landing Ship Tank
JDS Motubu (LST-4102), Atsumi-class Landing Ship Tank
JDS Nemuro (LST-4103), Atsumi-class Landing Ship Tank

Landing Flotilla 1

Landing Support Squadron
JDS Kunisaki (LST-4003), Ōsumi-class Landing Ship, Tank
JDS Osumi (LST-4001), Ōsumi-class Landing Ship, Tank
JDS Shimokita (LST-4002), Ōsumi-class Landing Ship, Tank

1 Landing Squadron
YF-2075; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2121; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2124LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2132; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2138; LCM 25-class Landing Ship

2 Landing Squadron
YF-2125; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2127; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2128; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2129; LCM 25-class Landing Ship
YF-2135; LCM 25-class Landing Ship

[Canadian Army]

Japan Ground Self-Defence Force; Homeland Defence

Northern Army
Northern Army Medical Service Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
Northern Army Signals Battalion
Northern Army Military Intelligence Battalion

5th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
5th Tank Regiment
4th Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Regiment
27th Infantry Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
5th Reconnaissance Battalion
5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
5th Combat Engineer Battalion
5th Signal Battalion
5th Aviation Squadron
5th NBC Protection Battalion
5th Logistic Support Regiment

11th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
11th Tank Regiment
10th Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Regiment
4th Artillery Regiment
11th Reconnaissance Battalion
11th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
11th Combat Engineer Battalion
11th Signal Battalion
11th Aviation Squadron
11th NBC Protection Battalion
11th Logistic Support Regiment

2nd Artillery Brigade
Northern Artillery HQ
1st Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
2nd Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
133rd Artillery Battalion
301st Observation Battery

3rd Engineer Brigade
3rd Engineer Brigade HQ
1st Construction Engineering Battalion
3rd Construction Engineering Battalion
305th Equipment Company
302nd Vehicle Company
303rd Engineer Company
308th Engineer Company
106th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

1st Aviation Brigade
1st Aviation Brigade HQ
1st Anti-Tank Helicopter Battalion
101st Helicopter Battalion
101st Aviation Meteorological Battalion
101st Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

1st Logistic Support Brigade
1st Logistic Support Brigade HQ
101st General Support Battalion
102nd General Support Battalion
103rd General Support Battalion
101st Artillery Support Battalion
101st Engineering Support Battalion
101st Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
Northern Army Transport Battalion
101st Tank Support Company
101st Signal Support Company
301st Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
303rd Infantry Support Company
Hokkaidō Logistic Depot

Northern Army Combined (Training) Brigade
Northern Army Combined (Training) Brigade HQ
52nd (Training) Infantry Regiment
2nd Armoured Training Battalion
1st NCO Training Battalion
120th Basic Training Battalion
Winter Warfare Training Battalion

North Eastern Army
North Eastern Army Medical Service Regiment
43rd Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
North Eastern Army Signals Battalion
North Eastern Army Military Intelligence Battalion

6th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
6th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
22nd Infantry Regiment
44th Infantry Regiment
6th Artillery Regiment
6th Reconnaissance Battalion
6th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
6th Combat Engineer Battalion
6th Signal Battalion
6th Aviation Squadron
6th NBC Protection Battalion
6th Logistic Support Regiment

9th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
9th Tank Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
39th Infantry Regiment
9th Artillery Regiment
9th Reconnaissance Battalion
9th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
9th Combat Engineer Battalion
9th Signal Battalion
9th Aviation Squadron
9th NBC Protection Battalion
9th Logistic Support Regiment

3rd Artillery Brigade
4th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
6th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
16th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
17th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
130th Artillery Battalion
304th Observation Battery

2nd Engineer Brigade
2nd Engineer Brigade HQ
10th Construction Engineering Battalion
11th Construction Engineering Battalion
104th Equipment Company
312th Vehicle Company
301st Engineer Company
302nd Engineer Company
105th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

2nd Aviation Brigade
2nd Aviation Brigade HQ
2nd Anti-Tank Helicopter Battalion
102nd Helicopter Battalion
102nd Aviation Meteorological Battalion
102nd Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

3rd Logistic Support Brigade
3rd Logistic Support Brigade HQ
108th General Support Battalion
109th General Support Battalion
110th General Support Battalion
102nd Artillery Support Battalion
105th Engineer Support Battalion
303rd Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
1st Transport Battalion
102nd Tank Support Company
303rd Signal Support Company
302nd Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
304th Infantry Support Company
Tohoku Logistic Depot

North Eastern Army Combined (Training) Brigade
North Eastern Army Combined (Training) Brigade HQ
38th (Training) Infantry Regiment
3rd Armoured Training Battalion
2nd NCO Training Battalion
119th Basic Training Battalion

Eastern Army
Eastern Army Medical Service Regiment
49th Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
Eastern Army Signals Battalion
Eastern Army Military Intelligence Battalion

1st Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
1st Tank Regiment
1st Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Signal Battalion
1st Aviation Squadron
1st NBC Protection Battalion
1st Logistic Support Regiment

12th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Infantry Regiment
13th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
12th Artillery Regiment
12th Reconnaissance Battalion
12th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
12th Combat Engineer Battalion
12th Signal Battalion
12th Aviation Squadron
12th NBC Protection Battalion
12th Logistic Support Regiment

4th Artillery Brigade
Eastern Artillery HQ
3rd Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
7th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
19th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
4th Artillery Battalion
302nd Observation Battery

1st Engineer Brigade
1st Engineer Brigade HQ
4th Construction Engineering Battalion
5th Construction Engineering Battalion
101st Equipment Company
301st Vehicle Company
306th Engineer Company
307th Engineer Company
102nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

3rd Aviation Brigade
3rd Aviation Brigade HQ
4th Ant-Tank Helicopter Battalion
103rd Helicopter Battalion
103rd Aviation Meteorological Battalion
103rd Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

4th Logistic Support Brigade
4th Logistic Support Brigade HQ
104th General Support Battalion
105th General Support Battalion
111th General Support Battalion
103rd Artillery Support Battalion
102nd Engineering Support Battalion
301st Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
2nd Transport Battalion
103rd Tank Support Company
301st Signal Support Company
303rd Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
302nd Infantry Support Company
Kantō Logistic Depot

Eastern Army Combined (Training) Brigade
Eastern Army Combined (Training) Brigade HQ
31st (Training) Infantry Regiment
1st Armoured Training Battalion
3rd NCO Training Battalion
117th Basic Training Battalion
1st Women Training Battalion

Central Army
Central Army Medical Service Regiment
102nd Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
Central Army Signals Battalion
Central Army Military Intelligence Battalion

3rd Infantry Division
3rd Division HQ
3rd Tank Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Regiment,
37th Infantry Regiment
3rd Artillery Regiment
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
3rd Combat Engineer Battalion
3rd Signal Battalion
3rd Aviation Squadron
3rd NBC Protection Battalion
3rd Logistic Support Regiment

10th Infantry Division
10th Divisional HQ
10th Tank Regiment
14th Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Regiment
35th Infantry Regiment
10th Artillery Regiment
10th Reconnaissance Battalion
10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
10th Combat Engineer Battalion
10th Signal Battalion
10th Aviation Squadron
10th NBC Protection Battalion
10th Logistic Support Regiment

2nd Combined Brigade
2nd Combined Brigade HQ
14th Tank Battalion
15th Infantry Regiment
50th Infantry Regiment
14th Artillery Battalion
14th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Company
14th Reconnaissance Company
14th Combat Engineer Company
14th Signal Company
14th Aviation Squadron
14th Logistic Support Battalion

5th Artillery Brigade
8th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
9th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
13th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
20th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
132nd Artillery Battalion
303rd Observation Battery

4th Engineer Brigade
4th Engineer Brigade HQ
6th Construction Engineering Battalion
7th Construction Engineering Battalion
102nd Equipment Company
307th Vehicle Company
304th Engineer Company
305th Engineer Company
103rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

4th Aviation Brigade
4th Aviation Brigade HQ
5th Ant-Tank Helicopter Battalion
104th Helicopter Battalion
104th Aviation Meteorological Battalion
104th Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

5th Logistic Support Brigade
4th Logistic Support Brigade HQ
107th General Support Battalion
112th General Support Battalion
113th General Support Battalion
104th Artillery Support Battalion
104th Engineering Support Battalion
302nd Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
3rd Transport Battalion
104th Tank Support Company
302nd Signal Support Company
304th Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
305th Infantry Support Company
Kansai Logistic Depot

Central Army Combined (Training) Brigade
Central Army Combined (Training) Brigade HQ
47th (Training) Infantry Regiment
4th Armoured Training Battalion
4th NCO Training Battalion
109th Basic Training Battalion
110th Basic Training Battalion

Western Army
Western Army Medical Service Regiment
80th Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
Western Army Signals Battalion
Western Army Military Intelligence Battalion

4th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
4th Tank Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
19th Infantry Regiment
40th Infantry Regiment
4th Artillery Regiment
4th Reconnaissance Battalion
4th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
4th Combat Engineer Battalion
4th Signal Battalion
4th Aviation Squadron
4th NBC Protection Battalion
4th Logistic Support Regiment

8th Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
8th Tank Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
8th Artillery Regiment
8th Reconnaissance Battalion
8th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
8th Combat Engineer Battalion
8th Signal Battalion
8th Aviation Squadron
8th NBC Protection Battalion
8th Logistic Support Regiment

1st Combined Brigade
1st Combined Brigade HQ
15th Tank Battalion
48th Infantry Regiment
51st Infantry Regiment
5th Artillery Battalion
6th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Company
15th Reconnaissance Company
15th Combat Engineer Company
15th Signal Company
15th Aviation Squadron
15th Logistic Support Battalion

6th Artillery Brigade
5th Anti-Ship Missile Regiment
21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
7th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
112th Artillery Battalion
305th Observation Battery

5th Engineer Brigade
5th Engineer Brigade HQ
2nd Construction Engineering Battalion
9th Construction Engineering Battalion
103rd Equipment Company
305th Vehicle Company
309th Engineer Company
310th Engineer Company
101st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

5th Aviation Brigade
5th Aviation Brigade HQ
3rd Ant-Tank Helicopter Battalion
105th Helicopter Battalion
105th Aviation Meteorological Battalion
105th Aviation Logistic Support Battalion

6th Logistic Support Brigade
6th Logistic Support Brigade HQ
106th General Support Battalion
114th General Support Battalion
115th General Support Battalion
105th Artillery Support Battalion
103rd Engineering Support Battalion
102nd Anti-Aircraft Support Battalion
4th Transport Battalion
105th Tank Support Company
102nd Signal Support Company
305th Anti-Tank/Ship Support Company
306th Infantry Support Company
Kyūshū Logistic Depot

Western Army Combined (Training) Brigade
79th (Training) Infantry Regiment
5th Armoured Training Battalion
5th NCO Training Battalion
113th Basic Training Battalion
118th Basic Training Battalion
5th Women Training Battalion

[Canadian Army]

Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force

Self Defence Fleet (Mobile Flotilla)

Fleet Escort Force:

Escort Flotilla 1 – Yokosuka

Destroyer Squadron 51 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Shirane (DDH-143), Shirane-class Helicopter Destroyer
JDS Yugiri (DD-153), Asagiri-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 46 (2x DDG, DDx3)
DDx1

Destroyer Squadron 48 (2x DDG, DDx3)
JDS Hamagiri (DD-155), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Umigiri (DD-158), Asagiri-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 61 (1x DDG, DDx3)
JDS Asakaze (DDG-169),Tachikaze-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Hatakaze (DDG-171), Hatakaze-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Kirishima (DDG-174), Kongō-class Guided Missile Destroyer


Escort Flotilla 2 – Sasebo

Destroyer Squadron 42 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Mineyuki (DD-124), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Setoyuki (DD-131), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Hamayuki (DD-126), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 44 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Yamayuki (DD-129), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Matsuyuki (DD-130), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 47 (1x DDG, DDx3)
JDS Sawagiri (DD-157), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Asagiri (DD-151), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Yamagiri (DD-152), Asagiri-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 52 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Kurama (DDH-144), Shirane-class Helicopter Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 62 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Kongō (DDG-173), Kongō-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Sawakaze (DDG-170),Tachikaze-class Guided Missile Destroyer

Escort Flotilla 3 – Maizuru
JDS Hiei (DDH-142), Haruna-class Helicopter Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 3 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Myōkō (DDG-175), Kongō-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Haruna (DDH-141), Haruna-class Helicopter Destroyer
JDS Amagiri (DD-154), Asagiri-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 45 (1x DDG, DDx3)
JDS Shimakaze (DDG-172), Hatakaze-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Shimayuki (DD-133), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Setogiri (DD-156), Asagiri-class Destroyer

Escort Division 63

Escort Flotilla 4 – Kure

Destroyer Squadron 43 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Haruyuki (DD-128), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 41 (1x DDG, 1x DDH, 2x DD)
JDS Sawayuki (DD-125), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 61 (1x DDG, DDx3)

Destroyer Squadron 64
JDS Tachikaze (DDG-168), Tachikaze-class Guided Missile Destroyer
JDS Chōkai (DDG-176), Kongō-class Guided Missile Destroyer

Fleet Training Command

Training Squadron

JDS Kashima (TV-3508), Kashima-class Training Vessel
JDS Kurobe (ATS-4202), Kurobe Training Support Ship

Training Division 1
JDS Katori (TV-3501), Katori-class Training Vessel
JDS Yamagumo (TV-3506), Yamagumo-class Destroyer
JDS Makigumo (TV-3507), Yamagumo-class Destroyer
JDS Aokumo (TV-3512), Yamagumo-class Destroyer

Fleet Air Force

Fleet Air Wing 1
Fleet Squadron 1
Fleet Squadron 7
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 1

Fleet Air Wing 2
Fleet Squadron 2
Fleet Squadron 4
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 2

Fleet Air Wing 4
Fleet Squadron 3
Fleet Squadron 6
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 4

Fleet Air Wing 5
Fleet Squadron 5
Fleet Squadron 9
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 5

Fleet Air Wing 21
Fleet Squadron 101
Fleet Squadron 121
Fleet Squadron 123
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 21

Fleet Air Wing 22
Fleet Squadron 122
Fleet Squadron 124
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 22

Fleet Air Wing 31
Fleet Squadron 71
Fleet Squadron 81
Fleet Squadron 91
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 31

Fleet Squadron 51
Fleet Squadron 61
Fleet Squadron 111

Fleet Submarine Force

Submarine Flotilla 1
ASR403 Chihaya

Submarine Division 1
SS591 Michishio
SS593 Makishio
SS594 Isoshio

Submarine Division 3
SS585 Hayashio
SS588 Fuyushio

Submarine Division 5
SS583 Harushio
SS584 Natsushio
SS596 Kuroshio

Submarine Flottila 2
AS405 Chiyoda

Submarine Division 2
SS590 Oyashio
SS592 Uzushio
SS595 Narushio

Submarine Division 4
SS581 Yukishio
SS597 Takashio

Submarine Division 6
SS582 Sachishio
SS587 Wakashio

Submarine Training Squadron 1
TSS3601 Asashio
TSS3604 Hamashio

Mine Warfare Force

Minesweeper Flotilla
MST463 Uraga
MST464 Bungo

Minesweeper Division 1
MSC687 Izushima
MSC688 Aishima
MSC690 Miyajima

Minesweeper Division 2
MSC684 Naoshima
MSC685 Toyoshima
MSC686 Ukushima

Minesweeper Division 51
MSO301 Yaeyama
MSO302 Tsushima
MSO303 Hachijo

Minesweeper Division 101
MCL724 Hahajima (ex-MSC660)
MCL725 Kamishima (ex-MSC664)

Fleet Research & Development Command
JDS Kurihama (ASE-6101), Kurihama-class Auxiliary Experiment Ship
JDS Asuka (ASE-6102), Asuka-class Auxiliary Experiment Ship

Fleet Intelligence Command
JDS Hibiki (AOS-5201) - Hibiki-class Ocean Surveillance Ship
JDS Harima (AOS-5202) - Hibiki-class Ocean Surveillance Ship

Oceanographic Command
JDS Akashi (AGS-5101) - Akashi-class Oceanographic Research Ship
JDS Futami (AGS-5102) - Futami-class Oceanographic Research Ship
JDS Suma (AGS-5103) - Suma-class Oceanographic Research Ship
JDS Wakasa (AGS-5104) - Futami-class Oceanographic Research Ship
JDS Shonan (AGS-5106) - Shonan-class Oceanographic Research Ship

Air Training Command

Shimofusa Air Training Group
Air Training Squadron 203
Air Training Squadron 205
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 203

Tokushima Air Training Group
Air Training Squadron 202

Ozuki Air Training Group
Air Training Squadron 201
Air Training Squadron Ozuki
Maintenance and Supply Squadron 201

Air Training Squadron 211

Maritime Material Command

Ship Supply Depot
Air Supply Depot

Communication Command

Criminal Investigation Command

JMSDF Staff College

Maritime Officer Candidate School
1st Service School
2nd Service School
3rd Service School
4th Service School

Yokosuka District Force
LCU-2 (LCU-2002), LCU-1-class Landing Craft Utility
AMS4302 Suo
AGB5002 Shirase

Destroyer Squadron 21
JDS Teshio (DE-222), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Asayuki (DD-132), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Hatsuyuki (DD-122), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer
JDS Shirayuki (DD-123), Hatsuyuki-class Destroyer

Destroyer Squadron 33
JDS Ayase (DE-216), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Chitose (DE-220), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Niyodo (DE-221), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort

Minesweeper Division 41
MSC681 Sugashima
MSC682 Notojima
MSC683 Tsunoshima

Area Guard Group Yokosuka
ASY91 Hashidate
JDS ASU-83 (ASU-83), Auxiliary Service Utility-class Multi-Purpose Support Ship
JDS ASU-85 (ASU-85), Auxiliary Service Utility-class Multi-Purpose Support Ship
JDS Hiyodori (ASY-92) (Yokosuka guard, Yokosuka district)

Kure District Force
JDS Yura (LSU-4171)

Escort Division 22
DD129 Yamayuki
DD130 Matsuyuki
DD131 Setoyuki

Destroyer Squadron 36
JDS Yoshino (DE-223), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Kumano (DE-224), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort

Destroyer Squadron 38
JDS Tokachi (DE-218), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Noshiro (DE-225), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort

Area Guard Group Kure
AMS4301 Hiuchi
JDS ASU-84 (ASU-84), Auxiliary Service Utility-class Multi-Purpose Support Ship

Minesweeper Division 42
MSC666 Ogishima
MSC674 Tsukishima
MSC676 Kumejima
Sasebo District Force
LCU-1 (LCU-2001), LCU-1-class Landing Craft Utility
AMS4303 Amakusa
Escort Division 23
DD127 Isoyuki
DD128 Haruyuki
DD132 Asayuki

Destroyer Squadron 34
JDS Chikugo (DE-215), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Mikuma (DE-217), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Iwase (DE-219), Chikugo-class Destroyer Escort

Destroyer Squadron 39
JDS Oyodo (DE-231), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Sendai (DE-232), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Tone (DE-234), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort

Area Guard Group Sasebo
JDS ASU-81 (ASU-81), Auxiliary Service Utility-class Multi-Purpose Support Ship

Missile Boat Division 3
PG826 Otaka
PG827 Kumataka
PG829 Shirataka

Minesweeper Division 43
MSC673 Ieshima
MSC675 Maejima
MSC677 Makishima
Minesweeper Division 46
MSC668 Yurishima
MSC669 Hikoshima
MSC689 Aoshima
Maizuru District Force
JDS Noto (LSU-4172)

Destroyer Squadron 31
JDS Abukuma (DE-229), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort

Destroyer Squadron 2
JDS Mineyuki (DD-124),
JDS Yūgumo (DD-121), Yamagumo-class Destroyer
JDS Takatsuki (DD-164), Takatsuki-class Destroyer
JDS Kikuzuki (DD-165), Takatsuki-class Destroyer
JDS Mochizuki (DD-166), Takatsuki-class Destroyer
JDS Nagatsuki (DD-167), Takatsuki-class Destroyer

Minesweeper Division 44
MSC670 Awashima
MSC678 Tobishima
MSC680 Nagashima

Area Guard Group Maizuru

Missile Boat Division 2
PG824 Hayabusa
PG825 Wakataka
PG828 Umitaka

Ominato District Force
JDS Hamagiri (DD-155), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Setogiri (DD-156), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Yubari (DE-227), Yubari-class Destroyer Escort
JDS ASU-82 (ASU-82), Auxiliary Service Utility-class Multi-Purpose Support Ship

Destroyer Squadron 25
JDS Akigumo (DD-120), Yamagumo-class Destroyer
JDS Jintsu (DE-230), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Chikuma (DE-233), Abukuma-class Destroyer Escort

Destroyer Squadron 27
JDS Ishikari (DE-226), Ishikari-class Destroyer Escort
JDS Yūgiri (DD-153), Asagiri-class Destroyer
JDS Yubetsu (DE-228), Yubari-class Destroyer Escort

Minesweeper Division 45
MSC-671 Sakushima
MSC-672 Uwajima
MSC-679 Yugeshima

Yoichi Coastal Defense Group

Missile Boat Division 1
PG821 1-go
PG822 2-go
PG823 3-go

[Canadian Army]

This some info and basic outline for the Japanese Red Army:

Japanese Red Army

The Japanese Red Army (JRA) are a Marxist militant group founded by Fusako Shigenobu early in 1971 in Lebanon. It sometimes called itself Arab-JRA after the Lod airport massacre. The JRA's stated goals were to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to start a world revolution. Shigenobu had been a leading member of the Red Army Faction (Sekigun-ha) in Japan, whose roots lay in the militant new-left Communist League. Advocating imminent revolution, they set up their own group, declaring war on the state in September 1969. The police arrested many of them very soon, its founder and intellectual leader Takaya Shiomi was in jail in 1970. The Sekigun lost about 200 members and the very few left merged with a Maoist group to form the Rengo Sekigun or United Red Army in July, 1971. This group grew notable because its members slaughtered twelve of their own in its training camp hideout in the Mount Haruna in the winter of that year. A weeklong siege by hundreds of police, the Asama-Sanso incident ended this fiasco. The Red Army in Japan was finished. Fusako Shigenobu had left Japan with only a handful of dedicated people, but her group is said to have had about 40 members at its height and was from the Lod airport massacre on one of the best-known armed leftist groups in the world. The Japanese Red Army, Nihon Sekigun from 1971 had very close ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). By 1972 the United Red Army in Japan was finished and the Shigenobu group dependent on the PFLP for financing, training and weaponry.

"Sakai" Brigade
1x Tank Battalion

12x Type-61 Main Battle Tanks
13x Type-74 Main Battle Tanks
2x T-54/55 Main Battle Tanks
4x MT-LB Blade Engineer Vehicles

1x Motorized Infantry Regiment
1x Artillery Battalion (BM-14)
1x Engineer Company
1x Reconnaissance Company (BRM-1)
1x Transport Company (Ural-375D)

"Kikumura" Brigade
1x Tank Battalion

12x Type-61 Main Battle Tanks
13x Type-74 Main Battle Tanks
12x T-54/55 Main Battle Tanks
4x MT-LB Blade Engineer Vehicles

1x Motorized Infantry Regiment
1x Artillery Battalion (BM-14)
1x Engineer Company
1x Reconnaissance Company (BRM-1)
1x Transport Company (Ural-375D)

[Olefin]

What happens to Japan depends on what version of Twilight 2000 you have - in the first edition they get away untouched from the war - there is no mention of them being hit at all, in fact in the Soviet Vehicles Guide it specifically mentions how that most of the information gathered on the Soviets came from a defecting Soviet General in August of 2000 and from information gathered by the Japanese during their efforts to find trading partners among the nations that rose from the Soviet Union after the war.

Remember that was when it had the Russians having significant forces in Vietnam during the war and even in 2000 still.

2300AD was developed using that information so you could see why it has Japan as the France of the Pacific.

Now if you go to the revised timeline edition of Twilight 2000 you now have the Russians fighting the Japanese for Sakhalin and islands the Soviets took from them at the end of WWII (Kuriles) and that front that was in Vietnam is now in Sakhalin and the Kuriles.

The specific reference in the 2nd edition is as follows:

Japan: The war with the Soviets over Sakhalin Island and the Kuriles brought Japan under nuclear attack in late 1997. Japanese industry was heavily damaged, and Tokyo was all but destroyed. Martial law was neverformally proclaimed, but most areas are governed by military officers who hold both civil and military positions. Each community counts as insular or independent, although they all are nominally under central control. The large cities are devastated, mostly from the civil unrest that followed the breakdown of the world economy and the cessation of foreign imports.

Now that Japan is the one that Rockets Red Glare was written for in the last issue of Challenge. So what you see in that magazine depends on what edition you are using and what timeline.If you are using the original then the article doesnt apply.

[Olefin]

By the way there is one ship that could be added to the Japanese forces that you did overlook

The Battleship Mikasa was restored back in the 1950's and 60's and from what I understand her boilers and guns are still operational. Her boilers still burn coal from what I understand so the fuel oil situtation wouldnt apply to her - and with the current situation in the Pacific any big gun ship like her, even as old as she is, would be a significant addition to a navy.

If Japanese industry is still intact they could even make new shells for her main guns.

[kalos72]

Sorry to revive a dead thread but...has anyone put together a list of the nuclear targets in Japan?

My team was trying to come up with countries that might have NOT been blasted by EMP to help counter the lack of high quality communication gear.

Even though I do not generally support the whole "The entire US is blasted by EMP and nothing works" theory canon seems to imply...

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Targets in Japan = Tokyo + anywhere there was a US base or concentration of forces.

[kato13]

Targets in Japan = Tokyo + anywhere there was a US base or concentration of forces.

Plus refineries.

[kalos72]

I can see refineries for oil producing nations but...Japan doesnt have its own oil reserves does it?

Looks like around 8 refineries depending on the data you use...

[kato13]

Both versions are pretty clear that refineries get hammered across the globe, even where there is no production.

France has almost no domestic production and even thought they are a nuclear power the Sovs still decided to hit them.

[kalos72]

True.

[Rainbow Six]

A few places that might be potential targets...just suggestions...there's no canon list that I'm aware of, so it's pretty much up to each individual GM how they want to play it.

Mitsubishi Aerospace, Nagoya and Komaki (Manufactures licence built F15's and F2's (Japanese F16 variant))

Various shipbuilding facilities e.g. Nagasaki, Kobe (Japan was a major shipbuilder in the late 80's, building tankers, warships, container ships, etc)

Space Launch Facilities (I just had a quick skim of those but they all seem to have been operational in the late 90's)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchinoura_Space_Center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_Space_Center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex

[.45cultist]

All merchant shipping is very vulnerable to pirates today, Japanese ships might have a few clubs. A commerce raider or raiders would be very disruptive. N. Korea might lob something that would disrupt 3C.

[Olefin]

Sorry to revive a dead thread but...has anyone put together a list of the nuclear targets in Japan?

My team was trying to come up with countries that might have NOT been blasted by EMP to help counter the lack of high quality communication gear.

Even though I do not generally support the whole "The entire US is blasted by EMP and nothing works" theory canon seems to imply...

here are some -

Central America - Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala
South America - Chile
Oceania - computers on many of the smaller island nations, Philliphines, Indonesian islands with no oil production, Papua New Guinea

Asia - Thailand (no nuke strikes per Cesspool of the Orient if I remember right)

Africa - Kenya (if the refinery was never nuked then neither was Mombasa), most countries with no oil refineries or only small ones

Europe - Switzerland, Monaco