Type 92 machine gun

Type 92 machine gun
A Type 92 machine gun, with a 97-round drum magazine and ring-type AA sight. Note the distinctive trigger guard.
Type	Machine gun
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	1932–1945^[1]
Used by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Wars	World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	Toyokawa Naval Arsenal^[1] Yokosuka Naval Arsenal^[1]
Specifications
Mass	8.5 kg (19 lb)
Length	980 mm (39 in)
Barrel length	666 mm (26.2 in)

Cartridge	7.7x56R Type 87 IJN
Caliber	7.7 mm ( .303 inch)
Action	Gas
Rate of fire	600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	743 m/s (2,440 ft/s)
Feed system	47 or 97-round pan magazine
Sights	Iron

The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun (九二式七粍七機銃, Kyūni-shiki nana-miri-nana kijū) was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1932. The Type 92 is a light machine gun and not to be confused with the similarly named Type 92 heavy machine gun.

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Description

It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircraft during the most part of the Pacific War. It proved to be seriously inadequate. Aircraft produced in the later part of the conflict often were equipped with weapons such as Type 1 and Type 2 machine guns or Type 99 cannon.

Essentially a copy of the shroudless post-World War I aircraft-mounted version of the British Lewis gun, the Type 92 was fed with a 97-round drum magazine and used on a flexible mount. It was chambered in a Japanese copy of the .303 British cartridge. The main external difference between the two models was the trigger guard, and cooling fins around the barrel and gas piston tube. Neither the post-World War I British aircraft Lewis nor the Japanese copy featured the distinctive thick barrel shroud of the original gun (although ground-based versions generally retained it). It was removed as it was found that the airflow past the aircraft was sufficient for cooling the barrel and eliminating the shroud reduced the mass.

Installations

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Mikesh, Robert C. (2004). Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. pp. 127–129. ISBN 0-7643-2097-1.
^ Collier, Basil Japanese Aircraft of World War II Mayflower Books (1979) ISBN 0-8317-5137-1 pp.62-63
^ Collier, Basil Japanese Aircraft of World War II Mayflower Books (1979) ISBN 0-8317-5137-1 p.101

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Type 92 machine gun.

Tagaya, Osamu (2003), Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45, Warrior 55, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84176-385-9
McNab, Chris. Twentieth-century Small Arms ISBN 1-84013-381-3

v t e Japanese infantry weapons of World War II
Bladed weapons	Swords: Guntō, Bayonets: Type 30, Type 2
Handguns	Type 26 revolver Type 14 (Nambu) North China Type 19 Sugiura Type Type 94 pistol Hamada Type 1, Type 2 pistols
Rifles (Arisaka)	Type 30 Type 30 carbine Type 35 Type 38 Type 38 carbine Type 44 carbine Type 97 sniper rifle Type 99 (Type 99 sniper rifle) TERA
Rifles (other)	Type 97 automatic cannon Type Hei rifle Type Kō rifle Type 4 automatic rifle Type I rifle Type Mo
Submachine guns	Experimental Model 1 Experimental Model 2 Type 100 Type Be Type Su Beretta Model 38
Light machine guns	Type 11 Type 89 Type 92 Type 96 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 1
Heavy machine guns	Type 3 Type 92 Type 93 Type 97 Type 1
Hand grenades	Type 10 Type 91 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 3 Type 4
Grenade launchers and attachments	Type 10 Type 89 Type 100 Type 2
Rocket launchers	Experimental Type 4 Experimental Type 5
Flamethrowers	Number 1 Number 2 Type 93 Type 95 Type 100
Rifle cartridges	6.5×50mmSR Type 30/Type 38 7.7×58mmSR Type 89 7.7×58mmSR Type 92 7.7×58mm Type 97/Type 99 7.7×56mmR British 7.92×57mm Mauser
Handgun cartridges	7×20mm Nambu 8×22mm Type 14 9×19mm Parabellum 9×22mmR Type 26

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