Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun

Type 3 Machine Gun
Type 3 (Taishō 14) heavy machine gun. Musée de l'Armée, Paris.
Type	Heavy machine gun
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
Used by	Japan
Production history
Designer	Kijiro Nambu
Designed	1914
Specifications
Weight	55 kg
Length	119.8 cm
Barrel length	737 mm
Cartridge	6.5x50mm Arisaka
Rate of fire	400-450 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity	740 m/s (2,400 ft/s)
Effective firing range	4,000 m
Feed system	30 rounds strip

The Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun (三年式重機関銃, San-nen-shiki juu-kikanjuu^?), also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, 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.

It used an ammo strip for loading rounds. Its tripod could be used as an anti-aircraft mounting, and special anti-aircraft sights were provided.