The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun (, Kyūni-shiki jū-kikanjū) was a Japanese heavy machine gun, related to the Hotchkiss machine gun series. It entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II.Known for its reliability, it was used after the war by various forces in East Asia.Designed by Kijiro Nambu and built by Hino Motors ...

177 Type 77 heavy machine gun: 12.7×108mm China: 1977 Type 80 machine gun: China …

The Heavy Machine Gun has held its proper place in modern warfare - proving useful in defeating light armor and fortifications as well as engaging low-flying aircraft. There are a total of [ 22 ] Heavy Machine Guns (HMG) entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z).

The Type 77 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) was a relatively late Cold War-era indigenous development for the Chinese military. The type was conceived of as a large-caliber, heavy machine gun intended for use against low-flying aircraft (including helicopters) and lightly armored vehicles.

M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun History and Description History. The M2 is undoubtedly the world's best-known .50 caliber heavy machine gun. John M. Browning developed the M2 heavy machine gun at the end of World War I. After a series of early water-cooled, aircraft, and tank models were tested in the 1920s,

The M2 is undoubtedly the world's best-known .50 caliber heavy machine gun. John M. Browning developed the M2 heavy machine gun at the end of World War I. After a series of early water-cooled, aircraft, and tank models were tested in the 1920s,

Users. The Type 54 is widely by infantry and found on many armored vehicles and tanks of Chinese origin. It was widely exported to Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Present day it remains in active service with many nations. Even though newer types of heavy machine gun are available it remains in production in China and abroad.

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The W-85 heavy machine gun or QJC-88 vehicle mounted heavy machine gun is a gas-operated heavy machine gun designed in the People's Republic of China.It fires the Soviet-designed 12.7×108mm round. The W-85 was never accepted into the PLA service in its original configuration, only adopted as vehicle mounted machine gun as the QJC-88.

A heavy machine gun or HMG is a belt-fed machine gun that fires full-powered/magnum cartridges and is designed to be significantly more massive than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. As the name implies, heavy machine guns …

Type 77 heavy machine gun: 12.7×108mm China: 1977 Type 80 machine gun: China North Industries Corporation: 7.62×54mmR China: 1980 Type 81 squad machine gun: 7.62×39mm China: 1971 Type 90 machine gun: 205th Armory.50 BMG Republic of China: 2001 Type 92 machine gun: 7.7×56R Type 87 IJN Japan: 1932 Type 92 heavy machine gun…

Types of Machine Guns Machine guns are classified as light, medium, or heavy. Classifications are determined by a combina- ... system weight of a heavy machine gun is substantial.

Several generations of machine guns can trace their roots to the DShK. In China the state-owned small arms industry used it as the basis for three types of lightweight heavy machine guns: the Type 77, the Type 85, and the Type 89. The DShK is a familiar appearance in battlefields.

The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun (, Kyūni-shiki jū-kikanjū) was a Japanese heavy machine gun, related to the Hotchkiss machine gun series. It entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during World War II.Known for its reliability, it was used after the war by various forces in East Asia.Designed by Kijiro Nambu and built by Hino Motors ...

The machine gun evolved into a formidable battlefield element by the time of World War 1 - mounted onto aircraft, on naval warships or as stationary ground-based defensive systems. With it would come the very real threat of increased fatalities from a system that could chew through ranks upon ranks of advancing infantry with presses of the trigger.

T. Type 2 machine gun. Type 3 aircraft machine gun. Type 85 heavy machine gun. Type 97 heavy tank machine gun. V. Vickers .50. Vladimirov KPV-14.5. X.

The Type 3 heavy machine gun was based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition. A Type 3 on a makeshift anti-aerial tripod. It used an ammo strip for loading rounds.

A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns. A GPMG will typically feature a quick-change barrel design calibered for various fully powered cartridges such as the 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×54mmR, 7.5×54mm French, 7.5×55mm Swiss and 7.92×57mm Mauser, and …