Japan

大日本帝國陸軍航空隊

Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kokutai

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service

Aircraft Code Names & Designations

19?? - 1945

機関銃 Kikan juu (machine gun, automatic firearms up to 11 mm in caliber)

テ Te = 鉄砲 Teppou (musket or military rifle)

Uncommon Aircraft

Manufacturer Project Designation
(Ki Go, Ryaku Go)
Official Designation
(Seishiki Meisho)
Notes
Tokyo, Kokura & Nagoya Army Arsenals -- Army Type 89 7.7 mm Fixed Machine Gun License-built Vickers E
Tokyo, Kokura & Nagoya Army Arsenals Te-1 Army Type 89 7.7 mm Flexible Machine Gun License-built Vickers E
Tokyo, Kokura & Nagoya Army Arsenals -- Army Type 89 7.7 mm Flexible Machine Gun Based on Year 11 Type light infantry machine gun
Tokyo, Kokura & Nagoya Army Arsenals Te-4 Army Type 89 (Modified Single) 7.7 mm Machine Gun Derived from Type 89 (above)
Nagoya Army Arsenal Te-? Army Type 98 7.9 mm Flexible Machine Gun License-built MG 15
Nagoya Army Arsenal Te-? Army Type 98 7.9 mm Fixed Machine Gun License-built MG 17
Giken, Nagoya Army Arsenal Te-? Army Type 100 / Type 1 7.9 mm Flexible Machine Gun Based on ZB 26 (Bren)

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Army Type 89 7.7 mm Fixed Machine Gun


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