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Type 89 machine gun

Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons

The Type 89 designation covers two distinct and unrelated Japanese aircraft machine guns used by the Empire of Japan from 1929 onward. The fixed type was a recoil operated gun based on the Vickers Class E design, chambered in 7.7x58mm ammunition and synchronized to fire through a fighter propeller arc, while the flexible type used a gas operated mechanism built from a pair of modified Type 11 light machine guns mounted together as a defensive weapon for bomber crews. Both versions served through the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War, and some examples were later encountered during the Korean War.

Facts
Weapon Class
Aircraft machine gun 1
Caliber Class
Small Arms 1
Classification
Caliber
7.7x58mm 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 1
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Operated By

Imperial Japanese Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Type 89 machine gun

Used In

Korean War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Type 89 machine gun
Second Sino-Japanese War, Wars
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World War II, Wars
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Originated In

Japan

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The Type 89 machine gun refers to two unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Type 89 machine gun
  • Infobox: cartridge
  • Caliber attribute (type-89-machine-gun)
    The fixed type was a recoil operated gun based on the Vickers Class E design, chambered in 7.7x58mm ammunition and synchronized to fire through a fighter propeller arc, while the flexible type used a gas operated mechanism built from a pair of modified Type 11 light machine guns mounted together as a defensive weapon for bomber crews.
  • Lead
    The Type 89 machine gun refers to two unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns.
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Army, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Army'
  • Used In: Second Sino-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Korean War
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Korean War
  • Used In: Korean War, Infobox: wars
    Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Korean War
  • In Group: Aircraft Machine Guns, Lead sentence
    The Type 89 machine gun refers to two unrelated Imperial Japanese Army aircraft machine guns.
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Wikidata: Type 89 machine gun
Wikidata Q1390798, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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