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Country of Origin	Japan
Type	Machine Gun
Caliber	7.700 mm
Capacity	30 rounds
Length	1.181 m
Barrel Length	550.000 mm
Weight	10.400 kg
Rate of Fire	850 rounds/min
Muzzle Velocity	715 m/s

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe Type 99 gas-operated light machine guns entered trial service with the Japanese Army in 1939, and mass production of these weapons began in Apr 1942. Their design was essentially the same as the Type 96 light machine guns, with the only major difference being that the Type 96 design used 6.5-mm rounds while the Type 99 design used 7.7-mm rounds. Most of the Type 99 light machine guns were deployed with 2.5 power optical sights, which were powerful enough to allow these weapons to be used as sniper rifles. When situation demanded, Type 99 light machine guns were also used as light anti-aircraft guns.

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Last Major Revision: Nov 2008

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