kidou-senntou-sha) at Sagamihara today as shown in the photo above.
The MCV, 8.45 m in length and weighs 26 tons (which is half the size and weight of opposition). It can cruise at over 100kph while firing its autoloading 105mm cannon and it also has a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. Plans are to deploy the MCV in 2016. ---JIJIPRESSAFP2013
wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuver_Combat_Vehicle
In order to boost inflation, the Defense Ministry brought out their new "MCV"--Maneuver Combat Vehicle (機動戦闘車