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The rusty hatch from the USS Arizona on which more than 1,000 men are entombed.......

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JAPANESE TYPE 93 machine gun in caliber 13.2 mm shown on an emplacement on Saipan.

The weapon mounted on a naval pedestal mount served as a dual-purpose installation for anti-aircraft or ground action. The Japanese produced this licensed copy series from the French Hotchkiss firm.

 

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JAPANESE TYPE 96 AUTOMATIC CANNON.

This 25 mm assemblage shown on the triple mount, one of several configurations, was developed from the Hotchkiss system, licensed from the French firm and adopted in 1936. Imported for the Imperial Japanese Navy as early as1933, and with eventual homeland production, they were used extensively throughout World War II for both surface vessel and land installations. Over 32,300 were produced by war’s end in 1945. The Hotchkiss weapon systems would be unique in some ten separate designs adopted by the Japanese military.

 

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NAVAL 7.7mm aircraft machine guns converted for ground troop usage.

Type 97, Vickers system belt feed, fixed pattern, with a metal loop stock and wire sear release. A solenoid used in the original trigger assembly is visible on top of the receiver above the cartridge feed slot.
At times and according to dictates of conditions, aircraft weapons were converted for ground defense usage. Most conversion materials were secured from provisions at hand in the field as seen in the simplistic tripod shown with this specimen.
 

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