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1st Artillery Brigade (Japan)

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Artillery Brigade
image	File:多連装ロケットシステム（第１特科群）.jpg
caption	A M270 MLRS of the 1st Artillery Regiment.
dates	October 1952 – present
country	Japan
branch
type	Artillery
role	Anti-ship warfare
Artillery observer
Counter-battery fire
Fire support
Indirect fire
size	Brigade
command_structure	[[File:JGSDF Northern Army.svg	23px]] Northern Army
garrison	Chitose
<!-- Commanders -->	current_commander	Maj. Gen. Kenji Kagawa
notable_commanders
identification_symbol_2

Artillery observer Counter-battery fire Fire support Indirect fire

The 1st Artillery Brigade 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 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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