In Northeast China, the Japanese army felt the lack of firepower of the three-year heavy machine gun, so they proposed to develop a more powerful heavy machine gun. In 1932 (Emperor 2592), the Type 92 heavy machine gun was finalized and entered into service with the Japanese army. It became the standard heavy machine gun for the Japanese army during World War II and was used by the Japanese army and the puppet army.
The 92-type heavy machine gun is essentially an upgraded version of the three-year heavy machine gun. It is based on the three-year heavy machine gun. The caliber is changed from 6.5 mm to 7.7 mm, and the muzzle is removable. For fire caps, etc., the grip is changed from a frame type to a folding type, which is in a figure eight shape, and the trigger is changed from a pull type to a counter-push iron press type. This is to facilitate operation after wearing gloves in cold weather.
The 92-type heavy machine gun adopts the air-guided automatic mode, the lifting and lowering locking structure of the bolt, using air to cool the barrel, and the rigid metal bullet plate for bullets. It can be used Mechanical sights or optical sights aim and shoot, and the gun frame has both flat shooting and high shooting methods. Due to the increased caliber, the kinetic energy of the muzzle and the flame of the muzzle have also increased accordingly. In consideration of aiming and shooting, a fire cap is added in front of the muzzle in the design. After the fire cap is removed, the machine gun The muzzle of the triple heavy machine gun is no different. After the fire cap was installed, it formed a "cockfighting" appearance with the heat sink on the gun body and the overall appearance of the whole gun. In addition, the frequency of shooting was not high, and the gun sounds sounded "cackling", so during the Anti-Japanese War The Chinese military and civilians jokingly called it "chicken neck". The soldiers of the Allies called it "woodpeckers" because of its unique sound.
The total output of Type 92 heavy machine guns is 45,000 pieces, produced by Hitachi and Tokyo Heavy Machinery Industry, and the cost in 1940 was 2,175 yen per piece. 1 Type 92 heavy machine gun forms 1 machine gun unit (1 non-commissioned officer, 10 soldiers, 2 horses), 4 machine gun unit and 1 ammunition unit (1 non-commissioned officer, 10 soldiers, 8 horses) to form 1 A machine gun squadron, 3 machine gun squadrons form a machine gun squadron, an infantry squadron is associated with a machine gun squadron, each infantry squad is equipped with a 92 type heavy machine gun.
Details of the three-year and 92-type heavy machine gun supply plate
Whether it was during the War of Resistance against Japan or after the surrender of Japan, the Kuomintang troops captured and received it A lot of Type 92 heavy machine guns. In order to adapt to the 7.92 mm Mauser 98 bullets commonly used by the Kuomintang army at the time, and to reduce the trouble of logistics support, the 7.7 mm was changed to 7.92 mm, and the words "change seven to nine" were engraved on the barrel of the gun for easy identification. , To prevent using the wrong bullet. In the War of Liberation, most of the combat units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which mainly consisted of 7.92mm bullets, used the captured "Gaiqi 9" bullets, as well as the captured Type 92 heavy machine gun. Until the early days of the War of Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the main force of the Volunteers was still equipped with Type 92 heavy machine guns.
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