The Type 97 tank heavy machine gun (九七式車載重機関銃 Kyū-nana-shiki shasai jū-kikanjū) was the standard machine gun used in tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II a light machine gun by infantry forces This weapon was not related to the Type 97 aircraft machine gun used in several Japanese Navy aircraft including the A6M Zero.
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length (km)
1.145
weight (kg)
12400.0
origin
Empire of Japan
type
Light machine gun
used in war
Korean War, Chinese Civil War, World War II, Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
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