Technical Specifications

Type	Light machine gun
Country of origin	Empire of Japan
Designer	Kijiro Nambu
Designed	1936
Produced	1936–1943
In service	1936–1945
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War · Soviet–Japanese border conflicts · World War II · Indonesian National Revolution · Chinese Civil War · Korean War · First Indochina War · Vietnam War
Used by	See Users
No. built	41,000
Unit cost	1,125 yen ($263 USD) in December 1941
Weight	9 kg
Length	1,070 mm
Barrel length	550 mm
Cartridge	6.5×50mm Arisaka
Action	Gas-operated
Feed	30 round detachable box magazine
Muzzle velocity	735 m/s
Rate of fire	550 rounds/min
Range	800 m
Maximum range	3500 m (6.5×50mm Arisaka)

Data from Type 96 light machine gun (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: Public domain — Nemo5576.

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