Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War
Production history
Designed
1937
Produced
1937–1945
No. built
18,000
Specifications
Mass
12.4 kg (27 lb 5 oz)
Length
1,145 mm (45.1 in)
Barrel length
700 mm (28 in)
Cartridge
7.7×58mm Arisaka
Action
Gas-operated
Rate of fire
500 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
724 m/s (2,375 ft/s)
Effective firing range
540 m (590 yd)
Maximum firing range
3.42 km (2.13 mi)
Feed system
20-round detachable box magazine
Sights
Blade front sight and aperture rear sight
The Type 97 heavy tank machine gun (九七式車載重機関銃, Kyū-nana-shiki shasai jū-kikanjū) was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and as a heavy machine gun by infantry forces.[1] This weapon was not related to the Type 97 aircraft machine gun used in several Japanese Navy aircraft including the Mitsubushi A6M Zero, or the Type 97 automatic cannon used as an anti-tank rifle.
^Bishop, The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
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