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Weapons · Japan · 1939-1945

Type 99 Light Machine Gun

light machine gun

Firing the same powerful 7.7mm round as the Type 99 rifle, this top-loading light machine gun with a quick-change barrel provided the backbone of Japanese squad firepower in island defenses. It equipped fortified positions from Guadalcanal through Okinawa alongside older Type 96 models. Its curved 30-round magazine and distinctive muzzle brake made it instantly recognizable to Allied troops.

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caliber7.7x58mm Arisaka
weight10.4 kg
magazine30-round box
rolesquad support

Pacific, China, Burma and India

Japanese 7.7-mm Nambu Type 99 Light machine gun, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Japanese 7.7-mm Nambu Type 99 Light machine gun, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
First Lieutenant Hajime Asai and His ten men in Singapore
First Lieutenant Hajime Asai and His ten men in SingaporeUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper are accessing their cargo container to get out light machine guns, rifles and grenade launchers during the battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper are accessing their cargo container to get out light machine guns, rifles and grenade launchers during the battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.Imperial Japanese Army · Public domain · source

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