Type 89 machine gun
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7.7mm Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun | |
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Type 89 refers to two unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns. Its Imperial Japanese Navy counterparts are the Type 97 machine gun (fixed), and Type 92 machine gun (a Lewis gun copy).
Type 89 fixed
The first machine gun is a recoil-operated, licensed copy of the
Type 89 flexible type
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The second machine gun is
Additionally, there was also the Te-4 machine gun (the Te designation was given to firearms under 11mm, and Ho to larger weapons such as the 12.7mm Ho-103 heavy machine gun and 20mm Ho-5 autocannon), the machine gun bore a strong resemblance to otsu-gou (of which the Type 89 "flexible" was a derivative),[2] due to that fact it was assumed to be a further modification of the double-barrelled machine gun, as such it was referred to as Type 89 "modified single".
See also
References
- ^ Handbook on Japanese Military Forces. United States Department of War. p. 58.
- ^ ISBN 0-7643-2097-1.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-849-1.
- ISBN 978-1472-8547-42.
- ^ "Сумрачный самурайский гений: Mpopenker". mpopenker.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
Bibliography
- McNab, Chris (2004). Twentieth-century Small Arms. Grange Books. p. 188. ISBN 1-84013-381-3.