| Type 96 LMG | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Designer | Kijiro Nambu |
| Manufacturer | Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal Mukden Arsenal |
| Produced In | 1936 |
| Type | LMG |
| Rate of Fire | 450-500 rounds/min |
| Magazine | 30 round detachable box magazine |
| Ammunition | 6.5x50mm Arisaka |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Japan |
| Scope | 2.5x Telescopic Sight |
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The Japanese 6.5mm Type 96 LMG was introduced in 1936. A number of ideas were taken from the Czechoslovakian ZB 26 (an LMG design manufactured at the small arms factory in Brno, Czechoslovakia) and the Hotchkiss machine gun. The Type 96 LMG had a curved 30-round box magazine and a cyclic rate of 550 rpm. The reduced-power Meiji 30 cartridge produced a muzzle velocity of 730m/s/2,394ft/s; this cartridge should not have caused a feed problem but in fact the gun still needed an oil dispenser to ensure a smooth feed. The Type 96 had a quick-change barrel and drum or telescopic sights. It could be fitted with a Model 30 sword bayonet, although launching a bayonet charge carrying a 9kg/20lb LMG would have been rather challenging to slightly built Japanese soldiers.
Due to mounted scope, accurate fire on long distance is possible. While the other scoped automatic weapon, the Stg 44 has a similar scope it is less accurate during continous fire since it does not have a bipod.
Bayonet can't be used as it is only a decoration.
Type 96 Model by Omni
Type 96 LMG (Suppressed)[]
| Type 96 LMG (Suppressed) | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Type | Suppressed LMG |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Japan |
| Scope | 2.5x Telescopic Sight |
The Type 96 is the only light machine gun that has a variant with both a suppressor and scope mounted. Making it the best silenced weapon for medium to long range combat. Since it has a much higher magazine capacity and rate of fire compared to rifles and carbines, and more range than sub-machineguns. Although machinegun fire is not as discrete as single shots from a rifle at distance, there is still less muzzleflash compared to the regular version.
Although it has been said another reason for the suppressor was that it made the gun more pleasant to shoot. Alleviating the user from the loud noise and muzzle flash.
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