Type 97 heavy machine gun

The Type 97 heavy tank machine gun was the standard machine gun used in tanks, armored vehicles and also infantry on it’s portable version of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and as a general purpose medium machine gun by infantry forces. This weapon was not related to the Type 97 aircraft machine gun used in several Japanese Navy aircraft including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, or the Type 97 automatic cannon used as an anti-tank rifle. The Type 97 Tank machine gun is the only mag-fed general purpose/medium machine gun existed.

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1937 — 1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
18000 produced, 
light machine gun, Japan, 

13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun, 15 mm Besa, Ckm wz.30, heavy machine gun, Kord machine gun, KPV heavy machine gun, light machine gun, NSV machine gun, Rheinmetall RMG.50, Type 1 heavy machine gun, W85, 

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1937 — 1945 Type 97 heavy machine gun

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World War II

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Second Sino-Japanese War

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IJA Type 97 Chi-Ha tank radio operator and vehicle Radio Set Type 96 Mark 4 Bo

Type 97 heavy tank machine gun, infantry version

Type 97 heavy tank machine gun

Type97LMG

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		IJA Type 97 Chi-Ha tank radio operator and vehicle Radio Set Type 96 Mark 4 Bo		Commons
commons	image		Type 97 heavy tank machine gun, infantry version		Commons
commons	image		Type 97 heavy tank machine gun		Commons
commons	image		Type97LMG		Commons