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Japan Infantry Weapons
Type 100 The type 100 was the only submachine gun produced in quantity by Japan in World War Two. This submachine gun used a blowback action, which deals with pressure pushing through the cartridge. The rate of fire is 800 rounds per minute. A different version of this gun was made for paratroopers and this came with a folding stock. However, the collapsible stock greatly weakened the gun and they were discontinued. It was made out of cheap parts and was poorly welded, but was very light and had a low recoil.

Type 99 light machine gun The type 99 light machine gun was an improvement of the previous different types the Japanese army had. The gun contained a gas operated action. This type of action is in many automatic weapons, and it is operated by a high pressure gas which comes from the cartridge being fire to extract the used cases and leave room for a new cartridge. Also, the type 99’s barrel was easily removable; this made it easy to switch in another one to prevent overheating.

Type 11 light machine gun The type 11 light machine gun was another gas operated gun used by the Japanese army in World War Two. This was the first machine gun that was mass produced in Japan, and it was created so there would be a machine gun that was easily carried around. The magazine for this gun was very unique in the fact that it wasn’t detachable. There were six cartridge clips that were connected to the bottom of the gun and when one ran out it was shot from the gun and the next one slide into place. This gun was used till the wars end.