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U.S. Navy. Via Francillon (1979)
| Ammunition
type |
7.92 x 57 AP, API, or HEI |
| Projectile weight |
0.41 ounce (AP) 11.5 gram (AP) |
| Velocity | 2590 feet per second 789 meters per second |
| Range | 1970 feet 600 meters |
| Rate of
fire |
1000 rounds per minute |
| Gun weight |
15 lbs 6.8 kg |
| Gun power |
18 |
The Type 1 machine gun was used in flexible mounts on Navy aircraft. It
was a derivative of the German
MG15, which in turn was a derivative of the Rheinmetall MG 30 used as a
light machine gun in land warfare. It was nearly identical with the
Army Type 98 gun, except for having a second hand grip. Later in the
war, in an unusual display of cooperation, the Navy dropped the second
hand grip and the Army and Navy guns became identical, both being
manufactured by the same manufacturer (Nagoya Army Arsenal) as the Type 1.
The Type 1 used a short recoil
rotating collar locked action and was fed from a 75-round saddle drum magazine (with rounds
fed alternately from each side) that gave the gunner a clear view over
the top of the weapon.
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