Today I finally got my hands on the new Trumpeter/Monochrome VRC-105 Centauro and to my supprise when I opened the box it includes decals for JGSDF machines... This was unexpected as I didn't even know Japan had bought them... Does anyone have any photos they might be willing to share as a web search turned up nothing
JGSDF doesn't have Centauro.
and JGSDF doesn't have a plan to deploy Centauro in the future.
A painting drawing of a monochrome package is the only fiction.
I can't understand it whether they have any kind of thought and included this picture.
JGSDF is developing "Mobility Combat Vehicle" that completion is planned in 2015.
It's a vehicle similar to Centauro which carried 105mm gun on the 8x8 hull.
Thank you for clearing that question up, I thought it was odd that I had not heard anything about such a purchase and it would be unusual for Japan to deploy a foreign manufactured vehicle today when their own industry is producing vehicles that are every bit as good or better than anything else in the world.. somebody from trumpeter / monochrome having too many drugs or just dreaming... pity though as it would have made an interesting model.
heck I may still build it that way just for the fun of it.