Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun crew atop a building in the Dadaocheng area of Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan during an air raid exercise, 1934Japanese Type 92 light machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937Japanese Type 92 light machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937Japanese Type 92 machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937
Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun crew atop a building in the Dadaocheng area of Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan during an air raid exercise, 1934Japanese Type 92 light machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937Japanese Type 92 light machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937Japanese Type 92 machine gun and crew in northern China, 1937
Japanese Type 92 machine gunner and infantry in Mongolia Area, China, Jul 1939; note Soviet BA-6 armored car in backgroundChinese soldiers posing with captured Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns, China, 1940sJapanese soldiers demonstrating their Type 11 machine gun (left edge) and Type 92 machine gun, China, 1940Japanese Type 92 machine gun crew, circa 1940s
Japanese Type 92 machine gunner and infantry in Mongolia Area, China, Jul 1939; note Soviet BA-6 armored car in backgroundChinese soldiers posing with captured Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns, China, 1940sJapanese soldiers demonstrating their Type 11 machine gun (left edge) and Type 92 machine gun, China, 1940Japanese Type 92 machine gun crew, circa 1940s
Manchukuo troops manning a Type 92 heavy machine gun, circa 1940s; seen in the book Machine gun crew of Japanese 4th Division near Miluo River in Hunan Province, China, during Second Battle of Changsha, 22 or 23 Sep 1941Wang Jingwei reviewing puppet Chinese troops, China, date unknown; note Japanese-supplied Type 92 machine gunsAmerican photograph of a captured Japanese ammunition box with ammunition strips for the Type 92 machine gun, Guadalcanal, 1942.
Manchukuo troops manning a Type 92 heavy machine gun, circa 1940s; seen in the book 'Japanese Colonial History, Volume 2' of the 'History of the 100 Million People Under Emperor Showa' collection, published by Mainichi Newspaper CompanyMachine gun crew of Japanese 4th Division near Miluo River in Hunan Province, China, during Second Battle of Changsha, 22 or 23 Sep 1941Wang Jingwei reviewing puppet Chinese troops, China, date unknown; note Japanese-supplied Type 92 machine gunsAmerican photograph of a captured Japanese ammunition box with ammunition strips for the Type 92 machine gun, Guadalcanal, 1942.
Japanese soldiers firing a Type 92 heavy machine gun, China, circa 1944Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun and crew, China, circa 1944Captured Japanese weapons, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marines operating a captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945
Japanese soldiers firing a Type 92 heavy machine gun, China, circa 1944Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun and crew, China, circa 1944Captured Japanese weapons, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marines operating a captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945
Korean military policemen with captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Seoul, Korea, late 1940sJapanese Type 92 heavy machine gun on display at the Yushukan Museum on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 2005
Korean military policemen with captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Seoul, Korea, late 1940sJapanese Type 92 heavy machine gun on display at the Yushukan Museum on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 2005
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