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Type 93 heavy machine gun

The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ホ式十三粍高射機関砲 Ho Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kōsha Kikanhō), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.[5][6]

Members of the Imperial Japanese Navy operating various artillery, circa 1939. A Type 93 dual-mount is visible in the background.
A Type 93 mounted on a pedestal emplacement on Iwo Jima, 1945.

References

  1. ^ a b "Type 93 (1933) AA hmg Japanese navy | museumbronbeekblog". www.museumbronbeekblog.nl. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  2. ^ "The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Japanese 13mm/76 AA Gun".
  3. ^ "HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces [Chapter 9]". www.ibiblio.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  4. ^ DiGiulian, Tony (2020-03-20). "Japan 13.2mm/76 (0.52") Type 93". NavWeaps. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  5. ^ "Modern Firearms". 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27.
  6. ^ Lai, Benjamin (29 Jun 2017). Shanghai and Nanjing 1937: Massacre on the Yangtze. Campaign 309. Osprey Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781472817495.