Technical Specifications

Type	Light machine gun
Country of origin	Empire of Japan
Designer	Kijiro Nambu
Designed	1939
Produced	1939–1945
In service	1939–1945
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War · World War II · Indonesian National Revolution · Hukbalahap Rebellion · Korean War · Chinese Civil War · First Indochina War · Vietnam War
Used by	See Users
No. built	53,000
Unit cost	1,350 yen ($316 USD) in December 1941
Weight	10.4 kg (22.9 lbs)
Length	1181 mm (46.5 in)
Barrel length	550 mm (21.7 in)
Cartridge	7.7×58mm Arisaka
Action	Gas-operated
Feed	30-round detachable box magazine
Muzzle velocity	2,346 ft/s
Rate of fire	550 rounds/min (Japanese Army data) · 800 rounds /min (U.S. survey data)
Range	2000 m
Maximum range	3500 m (7.7×58mm Arisaka)

Data from Type 99 light machine gun (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: Public domain — Nemo5576.

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