Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›Empire of JapanBrowse ByEmpire of JapanFactsEmpire of JapanSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1Empire of JapanFilter Results9 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (9)Weapon FamilyAllGeneral-Purpose and Medium Machine Guns (1)Heavy Machine Guns (4)Light Machine Guns (4)Introduced EraAll1914 (1)1922 (1)1932 (1)1935 (1)1936 (1)1937 (2)1939 (1)1942 (1)ManufacturerAllHino Motors (1)Hitachi (1)Nagoya Arsenal (1)Suzuka Naval Arsenal (1)Toyokawa Naval Arsenal (1)OperatorAllImperial Japanese Army (8)Imperial Japanese Navy (2)CaliberAll13.2x99mm Hotchkiss (1)6.5x50mm (2)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (3)7.7x56mmR (1)7.7x58mm (2)7.7×58mm Arisaka (3)7x57mm Mauser (1)Service StatusAllRetired (9)Wars Used InAllChinese Civil War (5)First Indochina War (5)Indonesian National Revolution (1)Korean War (7)Second Sino-Japanese War (7)Vietnam War (5)World War II (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Type 1 heavy machine gunEmpire of JapanType 11 light machine gunEmpire of JapanType 3 heavy machine gunEmpire of JapanType 92 heavy machine gunEmpire of JapanType 93 heavy machine gunEmpire of JapanType 96 light machine gunEmpire of JapanType 97 aircraft machine gunEmpire of JapanType 97 heavy tank machine gunEmpire of JapanType 99 Light Machine GunEmpire of JapanSources1. Wikipedia: Machine guntier 2WikipediaMachine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionQuote, Machine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionThe first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.