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CHINESE 8th ARMY machine gun squad in defensive position on the Great Wall following a clash between Chinese and Japanese forces on 7 July 1937.

The machine gun is a Japanese manufactured Type 11 light machine gun. NOTE insulated glove on the barrel for gun handling and box of spare cartridge hopper magazines located just below the gun position.


 

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VICKERS Type F machine gun mounted on a Japanese navy landing craft.

The Japanese purchased commercial class F weapons from the British and were used extensively on all types of surface vessels along with Type 92 Lewis guns where small caliber, [7.7 mm] arms were needed. Some were used in Aichi aircraft under the control of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The guns were recorded as Vickers Type 92F machine guns.

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FRENCH HOTCHKISS, 13.2mm in a quad mount configuration.

This weapons system although considered by the French as their main machine cannon in a large caliber, was not put into mass production before the World War II German occupation. In 1927 the Japanese started negotiations with the Hotchkiss firm to produce the weapons. With approval of the French Government the Japanese would license and manufacture the system in their configurations as the Type 93 Automatic Cannon.


 

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The not so famous photo of the IWO JIMA flag raising.

The first flag, [front] was raised at Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945. It was replaced by a larger flag, originally from Pearl Harbor, around noon of that day to provide greater visibility for all to see. The raising of the second flag prompted the more popular Joe Rosenthal photograph.
 

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JAPANESE marine convoy moving through the streets of Shanghai, China, after its capture in November 1937.

The Type 92 [Lewis] machine gun mounted on the cab of vehicle is supported by a portable Hotchkiss style tripod. Note the absence of the cartridge drum magazine.

 

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