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Production history
Designer
Kijiro Nambu
Designed
1922
Unit cost
585 yen ($157 USD) in August 1939[1][2]
Produced
1922–1941
No. built
29,000
Specifications
Mass
10.2 kg (22.49 lb)
Length
1,100 mm (43.3 in)
Barrel length
443 mm (17.4 in)
Cartridge
6.5×50mm Arisaka
Action
Gas-operated
Rate of fire
500 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
736 m/s (2,415 ft/s)
Effective firing range
800 m (870 yd)
Maximum firing range
3,700 m (4,000 yd) (6.5×50mm Arisaka)
Feed system
30-round, hopper system using 6x 5-round stripper clips
Sights
Iron
The Type 11 light machine gun (十一年式軽機関銃, Jyūichinen-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and during World War II.[3] Adopted as the Imperial Japanese Army's first light machine gun, the Type 11 was designed by Kijirō Nambu and had certain similarities to the Hotchkiss series of machine guns. It had an unusual feed system which required five round clips to be dropped into a hopper, this held up to a total of six clips (30 rounds) and each round was oiled as it was fed into the chamber. Despite good overall performance, this feed system was prone to collect dirt and grit which would jam the weapon while in use. It was issued to troops in 1922 and saw extensive service as a squad weapon until 1945.[4]
^Military catalogue of the Japanese military, p. 48
^Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I, p. 673
^Bishop, The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
^"TYPE 11 MACHINE GUN - Quartermaster Section".
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