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Type 92 machine gun

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The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun was an aircraft-mounted light machine gun developed by Japan for the Imperial Japanese Navy, adopted in 1932 as essentially a licensed copy of the British Lewis gun. It served as the standard flexible, hand-held defensive machine gun in multi-seat Japanese naval aircraft through most of the Pacific War, though its performance in combat proved inadequate and later aircraft were fitted with the improved Type 1 and Type 2 machine guns instead. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
7.7x56mmR 1
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Machine gun 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1932 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 1
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1. Wikipedia: Type 92 machine gun
  • Infobox: service
    1932-1945
  • Wikipedia infobox cartridge/caliber field (w-bbfill-military6-0927)
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Navy, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'
  • Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
  • In Group: Aircraft Machine Guns, Lead sentence
    The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun (九二式七粍七機銃, Kyūni-shiki nana-miri-nana kijū) was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1932. The Type 92 is a light machine gun and not to be confused with the similarly named Type 92 heavy machine gun.
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2. Type 92 machine gun (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q1441148 (P729 service entry): 1932
Quote, Wikidata Q1441148 (P729 service entry): 1932
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1932.
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Wikidata: Type 92 machine gun
Wikidata Q1441148, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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