Type Machine gun Weight 7 kg Cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser | Place of origin Empire of Japan Length 109 cm Caliber 7.9 mm | |
The Type 1 machine gun was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during World War II. It was an adaptation of the German MG 15 machine gun. (Note that the 12.7mm Ho-103 and H-104 machine guns are also known as the "Type 1 machine gun", but are actually a 12.7mm adaption of the Browning M1919 machine gun in fixed and flexible mountings, respectively.)
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