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Type 96 light machine gun

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The Type 96 light machine gun was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and through the Second World War. Designed by Kijiro Nambu and introduced in 1936, it fired the 6.5x50mm Arisaka cartridge from 30 round top mounted magazines. Unimpressive ballistic performance and reliability problems led the Imperial Japanese Army to try to replace it with the Type 99 light machine gun, though both weapons remained in service through the end of the war; about 41,000 Type 96 guns were built. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
6.5x50mm 1
Caliber
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka 2
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Light machine gun 1
Introduced Year
1936 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 1
Connections

Operated By

Imperial Japanese Army, Armed Forces and Units
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Used In

Chinese Civil War, Wars
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First Indochina War, Wars
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Korean War, Wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War, Wars
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Vietnam War, Wars
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World War II, Wars
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Type 96 light machine gun
  • Infobox, Type field
    Light machine gun
  • Introduction, first paragraph
    It was first introduced in 1936
  • service status
    The Type 96 light machine gun (九六式軽機関銃, Kyūroku-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and in World War II
  • Infobox: cartridge
    6.5×50mm Arisaka
  • Infobox: service
    1936-1945
  • Lead section
    It was first introduced in 1936, and fires the 6.5×50mm Arisaka from 30-round top-mounted magazines.
  • Used In: Second Sino-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • Used In: Chinese Civil War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • Used In: Korean War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • Used In: First Indochina War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • Used In: Vietnam War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
  • In Group: Light Machine Guns, Infobox: type
    Light machine gun
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2. Wikidata: Type 96 light machine gun
Wikidata Q1151320, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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