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Not to be confused with Type 1 heavy machine gun.

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Machine gun

Army Type 98 / Navy Type 1 machine gun
Army Type 98 or late-variant Navy Type 1 with bipod for field use, captured by Dutch forces in Indonesia, 1947
Type	Machine gun
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1938–1945 (Type 98) 1941–1945 (Type 1)
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army (Type 98) Imperial Japanese Navy (Type 1)
Production history
Manufacturer	Type 98 Nagoya Army Arsenal Type 1 Nagoya Army Arsenal, Tagajo Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Specifications
Mass	7.2 kg (16 lb)
Length	1,078 mm (42.4 in)
Barrel length	600 mm (24 in)

Cartridge	7.92×57mm Mauser
Rate of fire	1,000 RPM
Muzzle velocity	750 m/s (2,500 ft/s)
Feed system	75-round double-drum magazine
Sights	Iron

The Army Type 98 and Navy Type 1 machine gun were license-built variants of the German MG 15 machine gun intended for aerial use and occasional field use in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during World War II.

Installations

Army

Navy

References

^ Mikesh 2004, p. 117.
^ Mikesh 2004, p. 128.

Mikesh, Robert C. (2004). Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-2097-1.

External links

Media related to Type 98 (Army)/Type 1 (Navy) aircraft machine gun at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Japanese infantry weapons of World War II
Bladed weapons	Swords: Guntō, Bayonets: Type 30, Type 2
Handguns	Type 26 revolver Type 14 (Nambu) North China Type 19 Sugiura Type Type 94 pistol Hamada Type 1, Type 2 pistols
Rifles (Arisaka)	Type 30 Type 30 carbine Type 35 Type 38 Type 38 carbine Type 44 carbine Type 97 sniper rifle Type 99 (Type 99 sniper rifle) TERA
Rifles (other)	Type 97 automatic cannon Type Hei rifle Type Kō rifle Type 4 automatic rifle Type I rifle Type Mo
Submachine guns	Experimental Model 1 Experimental Model 2 Type 100 Type Be Type Su Beretta Model 38
Light machine guns	Type 11 Type 89 Type 92 Type 96 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 1
Heavy machine guns	Type 3 Type 92 Type 93 Type 97 Type 1
Hand grenades	Type 10 Type 91 Type 97 Type 98 Type 99 Type 3 Type 4
Grenade launchers and attachments	Type 10 Type 89 Type 100 Type 2
Rocket launchers	Experimental Type 4 Experimental Type 5
Flamethrowers	Number 1 Number 2 Type 93 Type 95 Type 100
Rifle cartridges	6.5×50mmSR Type 30/Type 38 7.7×58mmSR Type 89 7.7×58mmSR Type 92 7.7×58mm Type 97/Type 99 7.7×56mmR British 7.92×57mm Mauser
Handgun cartridges	7×20mm Nambu 8×22mm Type 14 9×19mm Parabellum 9×22mmR Type 26

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