1st Artillery Brigade (Japan)

1st Artillery Brigade File:多連装ロケットシステム（第１特科群）.jpg A M270 MLRS of the 1st Artillery Regiment. October 1952 – present Japan Japan Artillery Anti-ship warfareArtillery observerCounter-battery fireFire supportIndirect fire Brigade 23px Northern Army Chitose Maj. Gen. Kenji Kagawa The 1st Artillery Brigade ja 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 1st Artillery Brigade, in Chitose 1st Artillery Brigade HQ, in Chitose 1st Artillery Regiment (Mechanized), in Chitose 129th Artillery Battalion, with three batteries of M270 multiple rocket launchers 131st Artillery Battalion, in Kamifurano, with three batteries of M270 multiple rocket launchers 1st Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Chitose, with three batteries of Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles 2nd Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Bibai, with three batteries of Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles 3rd Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment, in Kamifurano, with three batteries of Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles 301st Observation Battery, in Chitose External links Homepage 1st Artillery Brigade (Japanese) Category:Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Brigade Category:Military units and formations established in 1952