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
