The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Type 97 Armoured Vehicle Light Machine Gun. All blued steel construction apart from the wooden pistol grip and folding butt. The receiver is marked with the Nagoya Arsenal mark, the serial number and 16.1 (1941 January). The air cooled finned barrel is covered with a slotted armoured cover. On the left side is a graduated one and a half power optical sight with a white rubber (split) eye piece.
This type of gun is a copy of the Czech Bruno gas operated machine gun with a few modifications. It could be removed from the armoured vehicle and used with a bipod.
Type 97 Armoured Vehicle Light Machine Gun. All blued steel construction apart from the wooden pistol grip and folding butt. The receiver is marked with the Nagoya Arsenal mark, the serial number and
Type 98 Aircraft Machine Gun. Tubular receiver with a wood rear cover and pistol grip. The breech is stamped with the Nagoya arsenal mark 18.7 (1943 July) and the serial number. It has a straight bar
Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun. All steel rectangular riveted box construction body with a drilled air cooled barrel jacket and a right hand cocking handle. It has been modified for ground use having a
Chicom Type 58 Machine Gun. Square section steel receiver with a wooden butt and pistol grip. The air cooled barrel with a cone flash suppressor has a slotted cover jacket for half the length and a ca
Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun. All steel rectangular riveted box construction body with a drilled air cooled barrel jacket and a left hand cocking handle. The feed block is fitted but the front top cov
Type 11 Light Machine Gun. Gas operated, fully automatic weapon, firing from an open bolt. All steel construction body with an air cooled barrel. Barrel has machine turned 'Hotchkiss-style' disc fins
