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Nambu Type 96 / 99 light machine gun
Type 99 light machine gun
In 1938-1939, Japan developed the new 7.7x58mm HR cartridge to replace the older and weaker 6.5x50mm Arisaka cartridges. The army ordered the creation of a weapon firing this cartridge. Both a bolt-action rifle and a light machine gun. Thanks to this, the Arisaka Type 99 rifle was created based on the Arisaka Type 38 rifle and the Type 99 light machine gun based on the Type 96 light machine gun. The 7.7x58mm HR cartridge used was too powerful to power the Arisaka Type 99 rifle, so its power was reduced from 3,500 J to 3,000 J and introduced into service as a standard 7.7x58mm Arisaka rifle cartridge. The Type 99 light machine gun could use both cartridges, but HR cartridges were preferred. The Type 99 light machine gun never replaced older productions. Although introduced into service in 1939, it served alongside the older Type 11 light machine gun and Type 96. The Type 99 was produced at Kokura, Nagoya Arsenal and Mukden, with total production of approximately 53,000 weapons.
Specifications
(Production: 1939 – 1945)
- Type: Light machine gun
- Country of Origin: Japan
- Caliber: 7.7mm
- Cartridge: 7.7x58mm Arisaka (Type 92 / Type 97 / Type 99)
- Weight: 22.9 lbs (10.4 kg)
- Length: 46.5 in (118.1 cm)
- Barrel length: 21.7 in (55 cm)
- Capacity: 30-round detachable box magazine
- Rate of fire 750-850 rpm
The Type 99 light machine gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Thin Man Goes Home | Edward Brophy | Brogan | 1944 | |
| William Powell | Nick Charles | |||
| Lloyd Corrigan | Dr. Bruce Clayworth | |||
| Daughters of China (Zhong Hua nu er) | Japanese soldiers | 1949 | ||
| Retreat, Hell! | Japanese soldiers | 1954 | ||
| Never So Few | Japanese soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Merrill's Marauders | Japanese soldiers | 1962 | ||
| MacArthur | Japanese soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) | Imperial Japanese soldiers | 1981 | ||
| Farewell To The King | Japanese soldiers | 1983 | ||
| Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | Japanese soldiers | 1983 | ||
| The Last Emperor | Puyi's bodyguard | 1987 | ||
| Farewell To The King | Japanese Soldiers | 1989 | ||
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Imperial Japanese Soldiers | 1991 | ||
| The Thin Red Line | Japanese soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Windtalkers | Nicolas Cage | Sergeant Joe Anders | 2002 | |
| Japanese soldiers | ||||
| The Great Raid | Japanese soldiers | 2005 | ||
| Flags of our Fathers | Japanese soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Letters from Iwo Jima | Japanese soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Kokoda | Japanese soldiers | 2006 | ||
| City of Life and Death | Japanese soldiers | Anachronistic, standing in for the Type 96 light machine gun | 2009 | |
| Oba: The Last Samurai | Mao Inoue | Chieko Aono | 2011 | |
| The Wolverine | Japanese soldiers | 2013 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baa Baa Black Sheep | Japanese soldiers | 1976-1978 | ||
| Kokoda | Japanese soldiers | 2010 | ||
| The Pacific | Japanese soldiers | 2010 | ||
| The Spoils of Babylon | Brian Takahashi | Japanese Soldier #2 | "The War Within" (E2) | 2014 |
| Bosch - Season 4 | hanged on the wall, "The Wine of Youth" (S4E06) | 2018 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1942 | 2002 | |||
| Forgotten Hope | Man-portable, mounted in bunkers and machine gun nests and on the Daihatsu landing craft | 2003 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | "T-99" | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | "Type 99" | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts | "Type 99 LMG" | 2008 | ||
| Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm | "Type 99" | can be equipped with Type 30 bayonet | 2013 | |
| Far East War | "Type 99 light machine gun" | 2013 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | "Bren - Royalty" | Cosmetic variant of the Bren gun | 2017 | |
| Enlisted | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors | Imperial Japanese army soldiers | 1945 |