Type 93 heavy machine gun

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Type 93 heavy machine gun
A tripod-mounted single Type 93 HMG on display at the Auckland Museum
Type	Heavy machine gun, anti-aircraft cannon
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1935–1945 (Japan)
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese Navy Indonesian National Armed Forces^[1]
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution
Production history
Designed	1933
Manufacturer	Toyokawa and Yokosuka naval arsenals^[2]
Produced	1933–1945^[3]
No. built	14,390^[4]
Specifications
Mass	42 kilograms (93 lb) (empty)
Length	140 centimeters (55 in)
Barrel length	988 millimeters (38.9 in)

Shell	13.2×99mm Hotchkiss
Caliber	13.2 mm
Action	Gas-operated fully automatic
Elevation	-15 / +85°
Traverse	360°
Rate of fire	450 rounds/min^[5]
Effective firing range	1,000 meters (3,300 ft) (against aircraft)^[6]
Sights	Spiderweb anti-aircraft iron sight

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.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Type 93 (1933) AA hmg Japanese navy | museumbronbeekblog". www.museumbronbeekblog.nl. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
^ "HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces [Chapter 9]". www.ibiblio.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
^ 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.
^ "Modern Firearms". 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27.
^ Lai, Benjamin (29 Jun 2017). Shanghai and Nanjing 1937: Massacre on the Yangtze. Campaign 309. Osprey Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781472817495.

v t e Japanese infantry weapons of World War II
Bladed weapons	Swords: Guntō, Bayonets: Type 30, Type 2
Handguns	Type 26 revolver Type 14 (Nambu) North China Type 19 Sugiura Type Type 94 pistol Hamada Type 1, Type 2 pistols
Rifles (Arisaka)	Type 30 Type 30 carbine Type 35 Type 38 Type 38 carbine Type 44 carbine Type 97 sniper rifle Type 99 (Type 99 sniper rifle) TERA
Rifles (other)	Type 97 automatic cannon Type Hei rifle Type Kō rifle Type 4 automatic rifle Type I rifle Type Mo
Submachine guns	Experimental Model 1 Experimental Model 2 Type 100 Type Be Type Su Beretta Model 38
Light machine guns	Type 11 Type 89 Type 92 Type 96 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 1
Heavy machine guns	Type 3 Type 92 Type 93 Type 97 Type 1
Hand grenades	Type 10 Type 91 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 3 Type 4
Grenade launchers and attachments	Type 10 Type 89 Type 100 Type 2
Rocket launchers	Experimental Type 4 Experimental Type 5
Flamethrowers	Number 1 Number 2 Type 93 Type 95 Type 100
Rifle cartridges	6.5×50mmSR Type 30/Type 38 7.7×58mmSR Type 89 7.7×58mmSR Type 92 7.7×58mm Type 97/Type 99 7.7×56mmR British 7.92×57mm Mauser
Handgun cartridges	7×20mm Nambu 8×22mm Type 14 9×19mm Parabellum 9×22mmR Type 26

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