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| Japanese Type 96 machine gun crew in China, 1937; seen in the 1 Sep 1937 issue of the Japanese publication Asahigraph | Japanese troops with a Sumida M.2593 (Army Type 91) armored car and a Type 96 machine gun, circa 1930s | Chinese soldier with Japanese equipment captured during the Third Battle of Changsha, Jan 1942 | A Canadian soldier inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 machine gun, Kiska, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 16 Aug 1943 |
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| Japanese Type 96 light machine gun with Type 99 shield; seen in figure 292 of US War Department's publication "Handbook On Japanese Military Forces" dated 1 Oct 1944 | Type 96 light machine gun as seen in US Army Medical Department's Wound Ballistics publication, 1962 |
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