The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Type 89 Twin Aircraft Machine Guns on a dual mount. The twin air cooled barrels have fluted alloy jackets for half their length. It has twin pistol grips and two rear buffer pads that are missing the leather covers. The receiver tops are left and right feed and there are two cocking levers. The receiver on the left gun is stamped 14.2 (1939 February) and the right gun 14.3 (1939 March) above the serial numbers and the Kokura Arsenal mark. The guns are fitted to a tubular cradle with a central pivot mount. No sights are fitted to the central rib on the cradle.
This type of gun was fitted in dorsal and tail gun positions of Japanese Army aircraft.
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to
Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun. Plain air cooled barrel with a right side recoil piston assembly that makes the weapon look like it has two barrels. The right hand straight cocking lever is attached to
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 92 (Lewis) aircraft machine gun. The air cooled barrel does not have the tubular steel jacket and aluminium cooling fins. The receiver has a wooden pistol grip trigger assembly and there is a lea
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
