ATF wanted to melt down a Nambu MG

[KillerFord1977]

Good old ATF.
Melt down a WW 2 Jap MG instead of give it to a museum. Glad a Senator prevailed and told them to back off.
That would be pretty cool to see that fire in a MG legal shoot event.

WWII Japanese machine gun from the battle of Attu is returned to Alaska

A Japanese machine gun used in the Battle of Attu during World War II has returned to Alaska and will be displayed in a Whittier museum.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

 

[Belt Fed]

I gots one

 

[SaltyMonkey]

I gots one

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That! Is pretty cool.

 

[Belt Fed]

Even got the original scope they used on them

 

[Belt Fed]

And the bayonet, the long one on the right

 

[KillerFord1977]

And the bayonet, the long one on the right

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I see you have a Jap rifle bayonet next to it. I have one as well

 

[Bassbob]

I gots one

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Jesus dude. I'm starting to think I need you to adopt me instead of Bet7.

 

[Belt Fed]

@BET7 probably got 3 or 4 of them.

 

[Belt Fed]

The barrel on it in that pic is a 308. i have several Bren mags that have been converted to work in it. it works perfect with the 308 which is much cheaper to shoot than 7.7 jap. i also have the original 7.7 barrel and the mag on it is the original 7.7

 

[Recusant]

GIs said they sounded like a woodpeaker

 

[Recusant]

The Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was nicknamed "the woodpecker" by Allied soldiers because of the sound it made when fired. The gun's low rate of fire and a stuttering effect during firing gave it this nickname. The Type 92 was a common tripod-mounted machine gun used by the Japanese during World War II. It was based on the Hotchkiss M1914 and had a caliber of 7.7 mm. The gun could use a rimless or semi-rimmed 7.7×58mm Shiki round, and sometimes a 7.7mm Arisaka round. It had a rate of fire of about 450 rounds per minute and rounds traveled at about 730 meters per second.