Type 93 heavy machine gun

Type 93 heavy machine gun
A tripod-mounted single Type 93 HMG on display at the Auckland Museum
TypeHeavy machine gun, anti-aircraft cannon
Place of origin Empire of Japan
Service history
In service1935–1945 (Japan)
Used by Imperial Japanese Army  Imperial Japanese Navy  Indonesian National Armed Forces[1]
WarsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Indonesian National Revolution
Production history
Designed1933
ManufacturerToyokawa and Yokosuka naval arsenals[2]
Produced1933–1945[3]
No. built14,390[4]
Specifications
Mass42 kilograms (93 lb) (empty)
Length140 centimeters (55 in)
Barrel length988 millimeters (38.9 in)
Shell13.2×99mm Hotchkiss
Caliber13.2 mm
ActionGas-operated fully automatic
Elevation-15 / +85°
Traverse360°
Rate of fire450 rounds/min[5]
Effective firing range1,000 meters (3,300 ft) (against aircraft)[6]
SightsSpiderweb anti-aircraft iron sight

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.[7][8]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Type 93 (1933) AA hmg Japanese navy | museumbronbeekblog". www.museumbronbeekblog.nl. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  2. ^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
  3. ^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
  4. ^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 149). Helion and Company.
  5. ^ "HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces [Chapter 9]". www.ibiblio.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  6. ^ DiGiulian, Tony (2020-03-20). "Japan 13.2mm/76 (0.52") Type 93". NavWeaps. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  7. ^ "Modern Firearms". 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27.
  8. ^ Lai, Benjamin (29 Jun 2017). Shanghai and Nanjing 1937: Massacre on the Yangtze. Campaign 309. Osprey Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781472817495.


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