1st Artillery Brigade (Japan)

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1st Artillery Brigade
ActiveOctober 1952 – present
Country Japan
Branch Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
TypeArtillery
RoleAnti-ship warfare
Artillery observer
Counter-battery fire
Fire support
Indirect fire
SizeBrigade
Part of Northern Army
Garrison/HQChitose
Commanders
Current
commander
Maj. Gen. Kenji Kagawa

The 1st Artillery Brigade (Japanese: 第1特科団) is the only active artillery brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The brigade is subordinated to the Northern Army and is headquartered in Chitose, Hokkaidō. Its responsibility is the defense of Hokkaidō.

Organization[edit]

  • 1st Artillery Brigade, in Chitose
    • 1st Artillery Brigade HQ, in Chitose
    • 1st Artillery Regiment (Mechanized), in Chitose
    • 1st Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Chitose, with four batteries of Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missiles
    • 2nd Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Bibai, with four batteries of Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missiles
    • 3rd Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Kamifurano, with four batteries of Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missiles
    • 301st Observation Battery, in Chitose

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