Type 93 heavy machine gun
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The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun, known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon, was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Ja
A tripod-mounted single Type 93 HMG on display at the Auckland Museum
Members of the Imperial Japanese Navy operating various artillery, circa 1939. A Type 93 dual-mount is visible in the background.
A Type 93 mounted on a pedestal emplacement on Iwo Jima, 1945.
Heavy machine gun
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A heavy machine gun is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be opera
Type 93 heavy machine gun
…Type 93 heavy machine gun A tripod-mounted single Type 93 HMG on display at the Auckland Museum Type Heavy machine gun, anti-aircraft cannon Place of origin Empire of Japan Service history In service 1935–1945 (Japan) Used by Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese…
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MG 08 system (7.92 mm) and crew circa 1931.