CODE – 04-062- 941

NAME – Type 01 Heavy Machine Gun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Japan

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1941

CALIBER – 7.7x58mm (7.7mm Arisaka)

OVERALL LENGTH – 96.5 cm (38 in) without flash hider, 107.6 cm (42.38 in) with flash hider

BARREL LENGTH – 58.9 cm (23.19 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist

LOAD – Spitzer-shaped full jacketed ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.87 mm (0.310 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 11.92 g (184 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 706 m/s (2315 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2969 j (2190 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 15.48 kg (34 lb 2 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 16.48 kg (36 lb 5 oz) loaded with 30 rounds 7.7 ball

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 33.08 kg (72 lb 15 oz) on tripod, loaded with 30 rounds 7.7 ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – Tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 16.60 kg (36 lb 10 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 5.16 kg (11 lb 6 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Aperture, adjustable for range and windage, graduated from 300 to 2,700 meters (328 to 2947 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 1,372 m (1,500 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 450-500 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 30-round brass feed strip

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.17 kg (6 oz)

Ammunition Box for 20 Feed Strips – 1.6 kg (3 lb 5 oz),

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 1.0 kg (2 lb 3 oz) Feed strip loaded with 30 rounds 7.7 ball

Ammunition Case with 18 Feed Strips (LOADED) – 19.6 kg (43 lb 3 oz) 540 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Six cases of 18 Feed strips each (3,240 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 99.6 kg (219 lb 9 oz)

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Imperial Japanese Military