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CODE – 04-062-932

NAME – Type 92 Aircraft Model

NAME (NATIVE) – Kyūni-shiki nana-miri-nana kijū [Type 92 7.7mm machine gun]

COMMON NAMES – Type 92 Lewis

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Japan

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1932

CALIBER – 7.7x56mmR (7.7mm Japanese Rimmed)

OVERALL LENGTH – 99.1 cm (39 in) with Spade-grip handle

BARREL LENGTH – 61 cm (24 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 5-Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (1 turn in 10 in)

LOAD – Composite Jacketed Spitzer

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.90 mm (0.311 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 11.21 g (173 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 735 m/s (2411 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3028 j (2233 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.39 kg (18 lb 8 oz) with Spade-grip handle

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 12.49 kg (27 lb 9 oz) with Spade-grip handle, loaded with 97 rounds ball

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 40.16 kg (90 lb 12 oz) on tripod, with Spade-grip handle, loaded with 97 rounds ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – Tripod (for ground work only)

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 27.67 kg (61 lb)

WEIGHT OF SPADE-GRIP – 0.5 kg (1 lb 2 oz)

WEIGHT OF BUTTSTOCK – 0.68 kg (1 lb 8 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Bead on post, Rear sight – Model 2 Speed ring.

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 457 m (500 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 – 250 rpm on Aircraft, 120-150 rpm in ground gun role

CYCLIC ROF – 600 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 47 or 97-round pan-type drum magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 47-round – 0.79 kg (1 lb 12 oz), 97-round – 1.70 kg (3 lb 12 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 47-round – 1.95 kg (4 lb 5 oz) loaded with 47 rounds Ball, 97-round – 4.10 kg (9 lb 1 0z) loaded with 97 rounds Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four – 97-round magazines (282 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 16.4 kg (36 lb 3 0z)

MANUFACTURER – Toyokawa and Yokosuka  Naval Arsenals

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Japanese Navy

     This is a licensed, near exact duplicate, of the British Mark II Aircraft Lewis gun. Normally, only used as aircraft armament, the Type 92 Lewis Aircraft weapon could be used for ground or shipboard duty with the use of the tripod mount. As an intended lightweight weapon for use on board aircraft, the Type 92 Lewis Aircraft gun was normally fitted with a spade-grip and did not carry the cooling system of the ground gun version. A wooden buttstock was available, but not often seen as it would not be of use on board a normal Japanese aircraft.  Replacing the Spade grip with the Buttstock increases the overall length of the weapon by 17.8 cm (7 in) and adds 0.28 kg (10 oz) to the overall weight. The tripod of the Type 92 Lewis could be easily and quickly converted to an Antiaircraft version. Additionally, the feet of the tripod had holes in them that could be used to secure the mount on board the wooden deck of a ship. The Aircraft and Ground Type 92 Lewis weapons were the last of the Lewis gun designed to be produced by a major government. They went out of production in 1945 with the fall of Imperial Japan.

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