CODE – 04-062-914
NAME – Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
COMMON NAMES – Taishō 14 machine gun
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Japan
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1914
CALIBER – 6.5x50mmSR (6.5mm Arisaka)
OVERALL LENGTH – 119.9 cm (47.2 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 74.2 cm (29.2 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 20 cm (7.88 in)
LOAD – Spitzer-type full jacketed ball
BULLET DIAMETER – 6.65 mm (0.262 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.01 g (139 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 743 m/s (2437 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 2486 j (1833 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 26.63 kg (58 lb 11 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 27.43 kg (60 lb 8 oz) loaded with 30 rds 6.5mm ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 54.78 kg (120 lb 12 oz) on tripod, loaded with 30 rds 6.5mm ball
TYPE OF MOUNT – Tripod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 27.35 kg (60 lb 5 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Tangent with V-notch, Graduated from 200 to 1,500 meters in 100 meter increments (219 to 1,640 yards in 109 yards increments)
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 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 30-round brass feed strip
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.17 kg (6 oz)
Ammunition Case for 20 Feed Strips – 4.57 kg ( lb oz),
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.80 kg (1 lb 12 oz) loaded with 30 rds 6.5mm ball
Ammunition Case with 20 Feed Strips (LOADED) – 20.57 kg (45 lb 6 oz) (600 rds)
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Five cases of 600 rds each (3,000 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 102.85 kg (226 lb 12 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Koishikawa Arsenal, Tokyo, Japan
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – Japanese military, some post-war use in China and North Korea
Produced under license from the French Hotchkiss company, this weapon was based on the line of Hotchkiss machine guns, particularly the Model 1897.
