Type 93 heavy machine gun

{{Infobox weapon

| name = Type 93 heavy machine gun

| manufacturer = Yokosuka Naval Yard{{Cite web|title=Type 93 (1933) AA hmg Japanese navy {{!}} museumbronbeekblog|url=https://www.museumbronbeekblog.nl/?p=235|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.museumbronbeekblog.nl}}

| action = Gas-operated fully automatic

| cartridge = 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss

| part_length = {{convert|988|mm|in|sp=us}}

| weight = {{convert|42|kg|lb|sp=us}} (empty)

| sights = Spiderweb anti-aircraft iron sight

| caliber = 13.2 mm

| length = {{convert|140|cm|in|sp=us}}

| image = 300px

| production_date = 1935–1945

| number = 1,495+ available late war{{cite web | url=http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/J/a/Japanese_13mm_76_AA_gun.htm | title=The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Japanese 13mm/76 AA Gun }}

| rate = 450 rounds/min{{Cite web|title=HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces [Chapter 9]|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9.html#III| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9.html#III| archive-date=2021-10-27|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.ibiblio.org}}{{cbignore}}

| is_ranged = Yes

| caption = A tripod-mounted single Type 93 HMG on display at the Auckland Museum

| type = Heavy machine gun, anti-aircraft cannon

| origin = Empire of Japan

| range = {{convert|1000|m|ft|sp=us}} (against aircraft){{Cite web|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|date=2020-03-20|title=Japan 13.2mm/76 (0.52") Type 93|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_13mm-76_mg.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211027091821/http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_13mm-76_mg.php|archive-date=2021-10-27|access-date=2021-10-27|website=NavWeaps}}

| service = 1935–1945 (Japan)

| wars = Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Indonesian National Revolution

| used_by = {{plainlist|

Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Navy

Indonesian National Armed Forces{{Cite web|title=Type 93 (1933) AA hmg Japanese navy {{!}} museumbronbeekblog|url=https://www.museumbronbeekblog.nl/?p=235|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.museumbronbeekblog.nl}}}}

| design_date = 1933

| elevation = -15 / +85°

| is_artillery = Yes

| traverse = 360°

}}

The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ホ式十三粍高射機関砲 Ho Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kōsha Kikanhō), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.{{cite web|title=Modern Firearms|date=27 October 2010 |url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/machineguns/france-machineguns/hotchkiss-m1930-13-2mm-eng/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://modernfirearms.net/en/machineguns/france-machineguns/hotchkiss-m1930-13-2mm-eng/| archive-date=2021-10-27}}{{cbignore}}{{cite book|last=Lai|first=Benjamin|title=Shanghai and Nanjing 1937: Massacre on the Yangtze|date=29 Jun 2017|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9781472817495|series=Campaign 309|page=26}}

File:Japanese_Navy_Land_Based_Artillery_Early_War.jpg operating various artillery, circa 1939. A Type 93 dual-mount is visible in the background.]]

File:127-GW-304-143339_(24471076393).jpg, 1945.]]