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). The main external difference between the two models was the latter's lack of casing, the trigger guard, and cooling fins around the barrel and gas piston tube. One difference between the two is the difference in caliber. It proved to be seriously inadequate. Essentially a copy of the Lewis gun, the Type 92 was fed with a drum magazine and used in a flexible mount. Its heavy weight and slow rate of fire made it a very accurate machine gun. However, its heavy weight also made it impossible to use on the offensive, since it needed to be carried by several soldiers. She began as a design of Kijiro Nambu in 1932 and was quickly put into production that same year. It was chambered in a Japanese copy of the .303 British cartridge. The Japanese military purchased all the tooling, spare parts and technical package from the British after World War 1. A Type 92 machine gun, with a 97-round drum magazine and ring-type AA sight. Twentieth-century Small Arms, This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 15:59. The Type 92 (1932) heavy machine gun is a modified Hotchkiss-type weapon. 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 the IJN's standard defensive 7.7 mm machine gun. Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45 ISBN 978-1-84176-385-9, McNab, Chris. 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. It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircraft during the most part of the Pacific War. 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. It is found mounted in " Semper Fi ", " Little Resistance ", " Hard Landing ", " Burn 'em Out ", and " Breaking Point ". It was used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Army and Collaborationist Chinese forces. The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun (九二式七粍七機銃, Kyūni-shiki nana-miri-nana kijū?) The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun (九二式重機関銃 Kyūni-shiki jū-kikanjū?) It is found on many bombers as defensive turrets, and on certain ships as well. The Type 92 was developed in 1932 and it was the successor of the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun which looked very similar. The Japanese army purchased many of these guns, and then produced their own slightly refined version. The main external difference between the two models was the trigger guard, and cooling fins around the barrel and gas piston tube. Aircraft produced in the later part of the conflict often were eqipped with weapons such as Type 1 and Type 2 machine guns or Type 99 cannon. It was the standard The Type 92 was essentially a scaled-up version of the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun, with its calibre increased to 7.7 mm, and like the Type 3 was air cooled, ammo strip fed, and based on the Hotchkiss M1914. Essentially a detail improvement of the Type 3 machine gun, the Type 92 served as the Imperial Japanese Army's mounted machine gun during World War II. It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircr Original Item: Only One Available. The Type 92 heavy machine gun was the main machine gun used by the Japanese military during World War II. The machine gun was 47 inches long with a 29-inch barrel, and the barrel length would have given the weapon a very minor improvement in range and velocity over a Type … entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II. Music: Finding Movement by Kevin Macleod, Royalty Free. 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. The weapon entered service in 1932. The Type 3 has a 6.5 mm caliber and the Type 92 has a 7.7 mm caliber. This article is about the aircraft-mounted machine gun. The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun was essentially a Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun chambered for the larger 7.7x58mm SR round; as with its cousin, it is a derivative of the Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun.Due to its relatively slow rate of fire, the allies nicknamed it "the woodpecker" while Chinese soldiers called it the "chicken neck" due to its appearance. The weapon would see extensive action in World War 2, the Korean War and the Chinese Civil War despite her tendency to jam. These in turn were replaced by the updated Type 3 (1914) heavy machine gun, and finally the Type 92 (1932). The Type 92 was the final iteration of a machine gun that began as the Model 1897 Hotchkiss HMG made in France. This is a very rare WWII Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. It … It could use both a rimless and semi-rimmed 7.7x58mm Shiki round. For the heavy machine gun, see, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Type_92_machine_gun?oldid=2060996, 7,7mm ( .303")By actual examination of Gun and Magazine, Tagaya, Osamu. The Type 92 machine gun (Japanese: 九二式重機関銃 Kyū-ni shiki jū kikanjū) was a Japanese medium machine gun designed by Kijirō Nambu in 1932 and produced from 1932 to 1941 by Hino Motors, Tokyo Gas & Electric Engineering and Hitachi. Note the distinctive trigger guard. The barrel of the gun is finned in its front part (ahead of the gas port). Barrel life is unusually long as the gun rarely overheated due to the slow cyclic rate of fire and feed strips containing only 30 rounds and with its great number of cooling rings (25). A 7.7 round could be used if needed or if other ammunition supplies dwindled. Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun at the Yasukuni Shrine Video on the Japanese Type 92 HMG. This gun is the mounted machine gun of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Type 89 is a double barrel machine gun of Japanese origin.12 The weapon is gas operated and fed from unusual overhead fan magazines. It appeared in many battles in the Pacific Theater such as Iwo Jimawhere it was used extensively in small pillboxes and fortifications. was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Japanese copy of the .303 British cartridge, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Type_92_machine_gun&oldid=991536454, Articles lacking in-text citations from July 2017, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Tagaya, Osamu. They saw considerable use during WWII, then again by the Chinese after WWII with a considerable number used by the North Korean/Chinese forces during the Korean War. Design [edit | edit source]. The Type 92 was the final iteration of a machine gun that began as the Model 1897 Hotchkiss HMG made in France. The Type 92 was used by the IJAthroughout World War II, and it was also used in the Korean War. The Type 92 is a light machine gun and not to be confused with the similarly named Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. It proved to be seriously inadequate. Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45, McNab, Chris. was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It is characterized as being one of the worst machine guns in the game, with a low rate of fire (600 RPM) and bad ballistics, as well as poor accuracy, it is not too good at doing its job. It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircraft during the most part of the Pacific War. English: The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun is a Japanese World War II heavy machine gun. The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun (Kyuni-shiki nana-miri-nana kiju) was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. However, the extremely large we… The Type 92 Light Machine Gun was a light machine gun used by the Japanese Imperial forces during World War II. The Type 92 machine gun (known among WW2-era US soldiers in Pacific as "woodpecker" for its peculiar slow-rate firing sound) was the main medium machine gun of Japanese army through the WW2. This was probably one of the most notable and easily identified WWII Japanese machine guns. One pins down the player and his squad in " Blowtorch & Corkscrew " and " Burn 'em Out ". The Type 92 is a light machine gun and not to be confused with the similarly named Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun. It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircraft during the most part of the Pacific War. This article is about the aircraft-mounted machine gun. The Type 92 Shiki Kikanju Heavy Machine Gun was utilized as the standard heavy machine gun by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. Polski: Type 92 - japoński ciężki karabin maszynowy. 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. 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