Type 89 IFV

Type 89 IFV
Details
Tier / Class:	7 AFV
Nation:	Japan
Dealer:	Special
Cost:	Season Contracts
Stats - Stock (Renowned)
Max Damage:	45
DPM:	8,809
Penetration:	200 mm
Hit Points:	2,250
Hull F/S/R:	120 / 50 / 40
Turret F/S/R:	150 / 80 / 40
Max Speed:	66.6 km/h
Acceleration 0-32kph:	3.4 s
Hull Traverse:	40.8 deg/s
Camouflage:	32
Vision:	445 m
Accuracy (Spread):	0.07°
Max Cannon Depression:	9 / 60°
Turret Traverse Speed:	45.7 deg/s

Type 89 IFV
Details
Tier / Class:	7 AFV
Nation:	Japan
Dealer:	Special
Cost:	Season Contracts
Stats - Stock (Renowned)
Max Damage:	45
DPM:	8,809
Penetration:	200 mm
Hit Points:	2,250
Hull F/S/R:	120 / 50 / 40
Turret F/S/R:	150 / 80 / 40
Max Speed:	66.6 km/h
Acceleration 0-32kph:	3.4 s
Hull Traverse:	40.8
Camouflage:	32
Vision:	445 m
Accuracy (Spread):	0.07°
Max Cannon Depression:	9 / 60°
Turret Traverse Speed:	45.7 deg/s

The Type 89 IFV is a Tier 7 Premium AFV originating from Japan. It can be acquired by completing Spirithaven Seasonal Contract Missions. The Type 89's upgrades are also unlocked through mission completion.

Features

• Harder to Spot: When moving slowly, this vehicle does not lose any camouflage and can effectively creep around.
• Troop Compartment: This vehicle features a troop compartment, allowing you to repair your modules faster and to capture objectives more effectively.

Player Recommendations

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Premium Vehicle, effectively for free
• Camo bonus when stopped
• View-range bonus when stopped
• Powerful ATGMs
• Troop Compartment
• Other vehicles' games count towards unlocking upgrades

Cons

• Only 2 missile and slow salvo reload
• Slow as stock
• Upgrades unlocked through Mission Completion only

Upgrade Suggestions

Upgrades are unlocked by completing numbers of Contract Missions, if they aren't fitted as stock,
NOTE: The number of contract missions is not amount of medals awarded by each contract, but the actual number of missions themselves. A weekly mission counts as 5.

Non-stock upgrades are unlocked in the following order:

1. Reinforced Tracks : 50 missions
2. Experimental Smoke Grenades : 100 missions
3. Improved Turbocharger : 200 missions
4. ATGM Targeting System : 300 missions

All Missions completed with any tank, count toward the total, and the separate totals count toward each other: i.e. the 50 for Reinforced Tracks, counts towards the 100 missions for the next upgrade, and so on. There is no choice of upgrades, they are unlocked in a set order, and free XP cannot be used to boost progess.

Retrofit Suggestions

• Improved Filter Systems
• Electro-optical Absorbing Paint
• Improved Telescopic Lenses

Commander and crew skill Suggestions

• Commander: Rashid Al-Atassi or Sabrina Washington, for improvements to: ATGMs, camo rating, view range,
• Driver: Smooth Ride, Off-Road Driving
• Gunner: Sting Like A Bee, Explosive Shells

Armor

Type 89 IFV Stock Armor

Reputation Cost	Credits	Hull F/S/R	Hull Composition	Turret F/S/R	Turret Composition	ERA Type	ERA Modifiers
Stock	Stock	120/50/40	Steel	150/80/40	Steel	-	-
Type 89's steel hull and turret can resist high-caliber machineguns from any angle while the frontal arc is protected against 20mm AP rounds.

Firepower

5mm Oerlikon KDE Autocannon with Type 79 Jyu-MAT Launchers

Shell name	Type	Reputation	Damage	Penetration	Velocity	Accuracy (Fully Aimed)	Reload Time	Shells in Magazine	Reload within Magazine	Burst Fire Rate
35mm TLD-038 APDS	AP	Stock	45	200mm	1,345m/s	0.07°	2.5s	34	{{{reloadm}}}s	250rd/min
35mm SSD-048 HE	HE	Stock	45	15mm	1,100m/s	0.1°	2.5s	34	{{{reloadm}}}s	250rd/min

Missile Name	Type	Reputation	Damage	Penetration	Velocity	Reload Time	Missiles in Launcher	Reload within Launcher	Burst Fire Rate	Flight Agility	Self-Guided
Type 79 ATGM	HEAT	Stock	780	780mm	250m/s	1.5s	2	{{{reloadm}}}s	8.3rd/min	{{{agility}}}deg/s	No

Mobility

Name	Reputation Cost	Credits	Max Speed	Reverse Speed	0 to 32km/h	0 to Max Speed	Hull Traverse	Fire Chance
Mitsubishi Type 6SY31 WA 600 hp Diesel Engine	Stock	Stock	66.6km/h	{{{reverse}}}	3.4s	{{{0-max}}}	40.8deg/s	{{{firechance}}}

Upgrades

Type 89 IFV Upgrades

Name	Reputation Cost	Credits	Description
Spall Liner	Stock	Stock	Hit point increased by 150
Aramid Module Liner	Stock	Stock	Hit point increased by 250
M90 Smoke Grenades	Stock	Stock	Provides 8 volleys. Magazine capacity: 2 rounds. Takes 6 s to reload. Duration: 10 s Magazine reload time: 80 s
Experimental Smoke Grenades	100 missions	xx	Provides 12 volleys. Magazine capacity: 4 rounds. Takes 2s to reload. Duration: 10 s Magazine reload time: 60 s
ATGM Targeting System	300 missions	xx	Allowss you to simultaneously control more missiles.
Improved Turbocharger	200 missions	xx	Acceleration +30% Top Speed +15% Engine durability reduced: -10%
Reinforced Tracks	50 missions	1,500,000	Increased track HP: +100%

Special Abilities

Name	Activation Time	Duration	Reload Time	Ability	Changes
Deploy AT Squad	1 s	N/A s	N/A s	Anti-Tank troops set ambushes that are highly effective against lightly armored vehicles.	Deploy 4 Anti-tank troops
Sniper drop	1 s	N/A s	N/A s	The sharpshooter is also a great scout, very effective against enemy infantry and capable of destroying vehicle optics.	Deploy 1 Sniper
Mortar squad drop	1 s	N/A s	N/A s	Mortar squad delivers stand-off indirect plunging fire.	Deploy 1 Mortar squad

History

Class: Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Developed: 1980-1989
Service: 1989+
Vehicles Built: 68
Operators: Japan

This is the most modern tracked IFV in Japanese service. The Type 89, much like other western designs of the same class, came to be as a replacement for the obsolete APCs (in this case, Type 60 and Type 73) that were designed to be deployed with the Battle Taxi doctrine in mind. The IFV requirement for Japanese domestic use was first formulated around 1980. What followed were three or so years of procurement talks, culminating with a contract for Mitsubishi to build four prototypes in 1984. During the next several years, several prototypes were built and tested successfully. The vehicle was then officially accepted in service in 1989 under the designation Type 89 IFV.

Initially, 300 vehicles of this type were ordered but, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the need to build a large number of IFVs all but evaporated. Combined with the Japanese economic recession of the early 1990s, it would seem that the cancelation of the program was all but inevitable. But, that didn’t happen.

Instead, Japan chose to build a relatively small number of these IFVs between 1989 and 2004 with the rate of 8 (1989) to mere 1-2 pieces (2004) per year. This drove the unit price of Type 89 to incredible heights and, at roughly 5 million USD per unit (to compare, a Bradley costs roughly 3 million USD per unit), it is currently the most expensive IFV ever mass-produced, anywhere. It is assumed that the Japanese did that simply to keep the plant alive and the workers there employed but the costs were nevertheless staggering, even for Japan. The plan to replace the older APCs mostly failed due to budget restraints and the older APCs remain in service, waiting to be replaced by a next generation vehicle.

External Links

Armored Warfare: the Type 89 Tier 7 Premium AFV

Type 89 IFV - tanks-encyclopedia.com