Description

      The Type 3 heavy machine gun was developed from the Hotchkiss gun. In early 20th century, the Japanese had bought the licence rights to produce the Hotchkiss machine gun, Japanese engineer Kijiro Nambu improved the original design though to meet better the Japanese Army requirements. At first was produced the Type 38 heavy machine gun, later some more design alterations led to the development and itroduction to service of the Type 3 machine gun. The Type 3 was in service since 1914 and utilized the Arisaka 6.5mm rifle rounds. The Japanese Army used these guns in WW1, all of the inter-war years conflicts and throughout WW2, too. Many of the guns were captured and found their way to Kim Il Sung’s Korea army as well as to Viet-nam communist guerillas.