【10月3日】看軍聞學英語
■泰戈爾
原文：
Japan began developing a domestically produced unmanned amphibious armored vehicle (AAV) in 2024, and materials recently disclosed by the Ministry of Defense have revealed its detailed performance characteristics.
For more than a decade, Japan has been pursuing measures to strengthen its maritime defense capabilities in response to China’s expanding military power. Among these efforts, the defense of the Nansei Islands, including Okinawa, has become an urgent priority, as these islands are considered vulnerable to attack and amphibious assault by the Chinese military in connection with a possible Taiwan contingency. Against this backdrop, in 2018 the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) established the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) in Nagasaki Prefecture, located in the Kyushu region of southern Japan. The ARDB is the first unit in the history of the JGSDF specializing in amphibious operations and is often described as having a Marine Corps-like character. Its mission is to recapture remote islands occupied by an enemy force.
The ARDB has three infantry-based regiments, known as Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiments, under its command. To support their landing operations, the brigade also includes a Combat Landing Battalion equipped with U.S.-made AAV-7 amphibious assault vehicles. The Combat Landing Battalion operates 52 AAV-7s, which are used to transport infantry units to remote islands and to support the seizure of beachheads through their protection and firepower.
中譯：
日本自2024年起開始研發國產的無人兩棲裝甲車（AAV），而防衛省近日公開的資料，更揭露了其詳細的性能特徵。
十多年來，為了因應中共不斷擴張的軍事力量，日本一直致力於採取各項措施以強化其海上防衛能力。在這些努力當中，包含沖繩在內的西南諸島防衛已成為當務之急，因為一旦爆發潛在的臺灣突發事件，這些島嶼被認為極易遭到中共軍隊的攻擊與兩棲突擊。在此背景下，日本陸上自衛隊（JGSDF）於2018年在位於日本南部九州地區的長崎縣，正式成立了「水陸機動團」（ARDB）。水陸機動團是陸上自衛隊歷史上第一支專門執行兩棲作戰的部隊，常被形容為具有類似海軍陸戰隊的性質，其核心任務是奪回被敵軍占領的離島。
水陸機動團旗下管轄3個以步兵為核心的團級單位，稱為「水陸機動連隊」。為了支援他們的登陸作戰，該旅團還編制了一個配備美製AAV-7兩棲突擊車的「戰鬥上陸大隊」。該戰鬥上陸大隊操作52輛AAV-7，用於將步兵部隊運送到離島，並透過其具備防護力的機動力與火力，來支援登陸並奪取灘頭堡。
─關鍵軍語─
※amphibious assault：兩棲突擊
※contingency：突發事件