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Type Light machine gun
Place of origin Japan
Service history
In service 1939–1945
Used by War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg Imperial Japanese Army
Wars Second Sino-Japanese War,
World War II,
Korean War,
Chinese Civil War,
Vietnam War
Production history
Designer Kijiro Nambu
Designed 1939
Produced 1939–1945
Specifications
Weight 10.4 kg (23 lbs)
Length 1181 mm (46.5 in)
Barrel length 550 mm (21.7 in)
Cartridge 7.7×58mm Arisaka
Action Gas-operated
Rate of fire 700 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity 730 m/s (2,400 ft/s)
Feed system 30 round detachable box magazine