Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. The Type 92 7.7mm machine gun (Kyuni-shiki nana-miri-nana kiju) was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It was the standard hand-held machine gun in multi-place IJN aircraft during the most part of the Pacific War. It proved to be seriously inadequate. Aircraft produced in the later part of the conflict often were equipped with weapons such as Type 1 and Type 2 machine guns or Type 99 cannon.
Essentially a copy of the shroudless post-WWI aircraft-mounted version of the British Lewis gun, the Type 92 was fed with a drum magazine and used in a flexible mount. It was chambered in a Japanese copy of the .303 British cartridge. The main external difference between the two models was the trigger guard, and cooling fins around the barrel and gas piston tube. Neither the post WWI British aircraft Lewis nor the Japanese copy featured the distinctive thick barrel shroud of the original gun (although ground based versions generally retained it). It was deleted as it was found that the airflow past the aircraft was sufficient for cooling the barrel and a few pounds could be saved by simply eliminating the shroud.
This example is exceptional rare, demilled and rebuilt into a non-firing display gun to BATF regulations with a flame cut receiver, this is the only display gun we’ve ever had. It bears all matching serial numbers 8019 on major parts and is offered in very good condition. Magazine bear Japanese naval anchor markings. Included is an original spare operating rod that does not match.
Caliber: 7.7x56R
Length: 99 cm (39 in)
Weight: 8 kg (19 lb)
Rate of fire: 600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 760 m/s (2,500 ft/s)
Used on the following airplanes:
Aichi D1A
Aichi D3A
Kawanishi E7K2[1]
Kawanishi H6K
Kawanishi H8K
Kyushu Q1W
Mitsubishi F1M2[2]
Mitsubishi G3M
Mitsubishi G4M
Nakajima B5N
Nakajima B6N
Yokosuka B4Y
Yokosuka K5Y
Various others
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- This item is completely legal within the USA. International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and Local laws. Everything for sale on ima-usa.com is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America. Every display machinegun and machine gun parts set and gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF).
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