Type 3 heavy machine gun

The Type 3 heavy machine gun (三年式重機関銃, San-nen-shiki juu-kikanjuu), also known as the Taishō 14 machine gun,[1] was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun.

Type 3 machine gun
Type 3 (Taishō 14) heavy machine gun. Musée de l'Armée, Paris
TypeHeavy machine gun
Place of origin Empire of Japan
Service history
In service1914–1945
Used bySee Users
WarsWorld War I
Warlord Era
Second Sino-Japanese War
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
World War II
First Indochina War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Production history
DesignerKijiro Nambu
Designed1914
Produced1914-1932
VariantsModelo 1920
Specifications
Mass55 kg (121 lb 4 oz)
Length119.8 cm (3 ft 11.2 in)
Barrel length737 mm (2 ft 5 in)

Cartridge6.5x50mm Arisaka
7×57mm Mauser
Rate of fire400-450 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity740 m/s (2,400 ft/s)
Maximum firing range4 km (2.5 mi)
Feed system30 round Hotchkiss-style feed strip

Design

The Type 3 heavy machine gun was based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.[2]

A Type 3 on a makeshift anti-aerial tripod

It used an ammo strip for loading rounds. Its tripod could be used as an anti-aircraft mounting, and special anti-aircraft sights were provided.

Users

See also

Notes

  1. Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns David Miller p.478
  2. Musée de l'Armée, Paris
  3. Legendre, Jean-François (July 2009). "Feed Strips for Japanese MGs". Small Arms Review. Vol. 12 no. 10.
  4. Chinese Warlord Armies 1911-30 by Philip Jowett, page 22.
  5. Jowett 2004, p. 86.
  6. "Type 3 Type 92 Heavy Machine Guns - Japan". 2010-10-27.
  7. Kinard, Jeff (2010). "Machine guns". In Tucker, Spencer C.; Pierpaoli, Paul G., Jr. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. 1. A-L (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 535. ISBN 978-1-85109-849-1.
  8. Jowett, Philip S. (2004). Rays of the rising sun : armed forces of Japan's Asian allies, 1931-45. 1, China & Manchukuo. Helion. p. 15. ISBN 9781906033781.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  9. "Vũ khí Việt Nam trong hai cuộc kháng chiến". www.quansuvn.net. Retrieved 2020-07-12.

Bibliography

  • McNab, Chris (2004). Twentieth-century Small Arms. Grange Books. p. 186. ISBN 1-84013-381-3.


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