Type 1 heavy machine gun

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|name=Type 1 heavy machine gun

|type=Heavy machine gun

|origin= Empire of Japan

|design_date=1940–1941

|production_date=1942–1945

|service=1942–1945

|used_by=Imperial Japanese Army
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|wars=World War II
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|cartridge=7.7×58mm Arisaka

|feed=Metal 30-round feed trays

|action=Gas-operated

|rate=400–450 round/min

|velocity={{convert|770|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}

|weight={{convert|36.8|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (gun & tripod)

|length={{convert|1077|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}

|part_length={{convert|589|mm|in|abbr=on}}

|range={{convert|1.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|max_range={{convert|4.1|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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|sights=Blade front sight with rear peep sight, graduated from 100 to 2,200 meters, with provision for mounting a telescope.

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{{nihongo|The Type 1 heavy machine gun|一式重機関銃|Ichi-shiki jū-kikanjū}} was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the later stages of the Second World War. Though seemingly intended to replace the older Type 92 heavy machine gun, the weapon never underwent the same level of mass production as its predecessor due to either material shortages or the fact that the Type 92 heavy machine gun was deemed as acceptable.{{cite web|title=Japanese Type 1 HMG|year=2014|url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/japanese-type-1-hmg/|publisher=Forgotten Weapons|author=Ian McCollum}}

Description

The Type 1 is essentially a smaller, lighter version of the Type 92 heavy machine gun. It employs the same principles of operation, simply with scaled down components. The barrel is designed to be rapidly changed in the field to prevent overheating, as a result the barrel cooling rings were reduced in size and the barrel jacket was done away with entirely.{{cite journal|journal=Intelligence Bulletin|volume=III|number=10|title=The New Juki|date=June 1945|url=http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/japanese-heavy-machine-gun/index.html|publisher=U.S. War Department}} It was fed from 30-round brass feed strips. The overall rate of fire was higher than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun. Like previous Japanese heavy machine gun models, the Type 1 was strip fed with 30 round strips. It was mounted in the same way as previous Japanese machine guns and issued to machine gun companies at the battalion level.{{cite web | url=https://www.quartermastersection.com/japanese/infantry-weapons/673/Type01 | title=TYPE 01 MACHINE GUN - Quartermaster Section }}

References

{{cite book|title=TM-E 30-480, Handbook on Japanese Military Forces|year=1944|url=https://archive.org/details/TME30-480|publisher=United States War Department}}

Category:Heavy machine guns

Category:World War II infantry weapons of Japan

Category:World War II machine guns

Category:Machine guns of Japan

Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1942

Type 1 heavy machine gun

Description

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References