An example of this was the Type 3 machine gun ... this point and were superseded by much lighter guns such as the Type 96 and Type 99. The Japanese military, however, would not discard a perfectly ...

When we think of Japanese heavy machine gun firepower during World War II, we typically think of the Type 92. It was christened the "woodpecker" by the troops because of its distinctively slow 450 ...

Captured Type 11 machine ... the Japanese military noted the problems of the Type 11, and Nambu developed a replacement. The Type 96, which resembled the Czech-made ZB vz. 26 or British Gun ...