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JAPANESE equipment from Guadalcanal allied recapture campaign August 1942.

The top weapon is a Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. The gun on the far left is a .303 caliber British Bren gun. The 4 center guns are Japanese Type 96 light machine guns. [Note the barrel muzzle cover on the weapon second from the left]. The weapon on the far right is a Madsen light machine gun.

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UNITED STATES MARINES patrolling in Shanghai, China to protect the United States interests during the Nationalist/Communist civil war in late 1920’s.

 NOTE:  The Browning and Thompson automatic weapons. The Thompson is a model 1921AC originally purchased for the U.S. Post Office useage. The Chinese Nationalist community considered the Thompson an excellent tool suited for their urban street activities. Eventually the Chinese would manufacture their own copies of the gun when U.S. and Great Britain supplies were unavailable.

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CZvz26 LIGHT MACHINE GUNS from different countries of manufacture.

Top weapon manufactured by Brno Zbrojovka of Czechoslovakia.

Bottom weapon is of Chinese manufacture. In 1939, the Japanese’s first direct purchase was for 2150 of the Czech weapons in 7.92mm for use in their war against the Chinese. The Chinese had already been producing the weapon under license for 10 years before in various arsenals and private industrial firms in China and Manchuria.

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AICHI TOKEI DENKI KK, [AICHI CLOCK AND ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED]

Plan view of the main headquarters and manufacturing plants located at 15 Aza Funakata Chitose, Minami-ku, Nagoya. The machine gun manufacturing plant is located at center right. Most were destroyed by 1945 bombing raids.
 

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