The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun. A licenced copy of the Vickers Class E machine gun, firing a 7.7 mm x 56 mm rimmed round. All steel rectangular riveted box construction body with a drilled air cooled barrel jacket and a right hand cocking handle. The receiver top is marked with Japanese characters within an oval and has 1742 on top and No2437 on the bottom. The feed mechanism is missing.
This type of gun was fitted to most of the light fixed gun positions on Japanese Navy aircraft, including the cowl position in the A6M Zero fighter.
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 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
Japanese Browning Type I Aircraft Machine Gun. Rivetted steel rectangular box section receiver with an air cooled barrel that is covered with a drilled jacket. The top plate is marked with the Nagoya
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 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
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