| Type 11 LMG | |
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| File:Type 11 LMG.jpg | |
| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Designer | Kijiro Nambu |
| Manufacturer | Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal Mukden Arsenal |
| Produced In | 1922 |
| Type | LMG |
| Rate of Fire | 450-500 rounds/min |
| Magazine | 30 round detachable hopper system |
| Ammunition | 6.5x50mm Arisaka |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Japan |
| Used in vehicles | Type 89 I-Go Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha Type 94 Tokushu Keninsha 
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The first mass-produced Japanese light machine gun. The need for a machine gun of their own was clear after facing the Russians armed with the Madsen LMG which was first used against them during the Russo-Japanese War. Kijiro Nambu designed it taking inspiration from the Hotckiss M1909, production started in 1922, the eleventh year of emperor Taisho's reign.
It has a peculiar feeding system that is comparable to a modern squad automatic weapon. Since it can be loaded with the clips of ammo for the rifle every rifleman carries, which is similar to how a SAW type machine gun is compatible with the magazines used in the rifles by the rest of the squad. Though five round stripper clips provide relatively little ammunition to a machine gun and it's hopper design lets dirt in leading to malfunctions. It was superceded by the Type 96 LMG in 1936 but continued to be used during the whole second world war. Another peculiar thing with the Type 11 was that the barrel was far shorter than the rifles', which meant the muzzle flash was far greater. To decrease the muzzle flash new ammunition with a different powder charge were prodouced.
In FHSW it is the light machine gun used by both forces in the interwar conflict in Japan 226. It is reloaded by switching the hopper system for new one.
Type 91 Machine Gun[]
The Type 11 machine gun variant mounted on vehicles is called the Type 91. It had a higher capacity of 45 rounds maximum, brackets to mount a scope with 1.5x times magnification and a shortened stock more akin to a pistol grip. A bipod and standard stock could be attached to use the machine gun outside the vehicle. It is mounted on early Japanese vehicles.
On the Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha and Type 94 Tokushu Keninsha the visible barrel looks like Type 97 MG with its distinct jacket guard. Both the Type 91 and Type 97 machine guns were mounted in these vehicles.
The Type 97 MG is mounted on most later vehicles, fed with 20 round box magazines and chambered in the same larger caliber as the Arisaka Type 99 rifle. Predominately used only in tanks due to its high weight. While similar to the Type 96 and Type 99 LMG it's an independent design, which like the those already mentioned is based upon the Czech ZB-30.
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