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| Ammunition |
12.7 x 81 SR with AP and HE rounds |
| Projectile
weight |
1.25 ounce (35.4 g) AP 1.16 ounce (33.0 g) HE |
| Velocity | 2560 feet per second 780 meters per secod |
| Range | 2460 feet 750 meters |
| Rate of
fire |
900 rounds per minute unsynchronized 400 rounds per minute synchronized |
| Gun weight |
51 lb 23 kg |
| Gun power |
45 unsynchronized 20 synchronized |
The Type 1 machine gun, which resembled the Browning, was used as
both a fixed and a flexible weapon on Japanese aircraft. It was
basically a simplified Model 1921 Browning adapted
for a less powerful Italian 12.7 x 81 SR cartridge. This made the gun
lighter
and, together with an effective muzzle booster, gave it a higher rate
of fire. However, like all Brownings, it did not synchronize well,
losing much of its rate of fire. It was fed from a disintegrating metal
link belt and used a short recoil rising block locked action.
The fixed version was sometimes used as a flexible
weapon by mounting it in a cradle, and a true flexible version was
developed later in the war. The fixed version was also
known as the Ho-103 while the flexible version was known as the Ho-104.
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