Type 97 heavy tank machine gun
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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.
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Type 97 7.7 mm tank machine gun | |
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![]() Type 97 tank machine gun | |
Type | Heavy machine gun |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1937–1945 |
Used by | Imperial Japanese Army |
Wars | 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 |
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