The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 the top slide on the bolt. The action is marked with the Kokura Arsenal stamp and 14.6 (1939 June). The wooden pistol grip is damaged and it has a large plate steel guard to cover the fingers. A folding butt is attached to the rear of the action. It has a gimble bracket near the breech and a central pivot, sheet steel, post mount underneath. There are no sights.
This type of weapon would have been fitted to Japanese Army aircraft in a flexible position.
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 100 Twin Barrel Aircraft Machine Gun. Air cooled barrels with piston tubes underneath. It has two wooden pistol grips with independent triggers. A canvas strap fits on a frame between the pistol
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
Chicom Type 56 Light Machine Gun. Machined and pressed metal construction receiver with a right hand cocking lever. It is marked with three Chinese characters and 36 within a triangle. Serial number
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
