Discussing heavy machine guns about heavy machine guns

  As a writer of gunplay, I have personally handled guns. A 64 pistol was once my companion, and I got used to the weight of "one catty two taels" at my waist. The first time I fired a gun was when I was very young, surprisingly it was a militia's Type 38 Arisaka rifle, with the buttstock resting on the ground and firing into the air. Later, I also fired a Type 56 assault rifle, Type 63 full-automatic rifle, and Type 81 full-automatic rifle. My scores for the 50-meter target, 80-meter target, and 100-meter target were all passable, but not very stable. As for machine guns, I only fired them a few times, including the Type 81 light machine gun and Type 67 general-purpose machine gun, without missing the target. However, the Vickers heavy machine gun and Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun in my writing are ones I've never tried.

  The "Heavy Machine Gun" refers to the Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun. This heavy machine gun was successfully copied by the Jinling Arsenal in 1935 based on the German MG 08, and was named after the Republic of China's 24th year (1935). It was the main equipment of the National Army at that time.

  The Mark V machine gun has a recoil-operated, water-cooled automatic mechanism. It fires 7.92mm ammunition from 100- or 250-round canvas belts. The theoretical rate of fire is 600 rounds per minute, with an effective range of 1,000 meters. The length of the gun is 0.895 meters, and it weighs 20 kilograms without water. The tripod mount weighs 29 kilograms, making the total weight of the gun 49 kilograms (without water).

  The Type 92 heavy machine gun is a Japanese heavy machine gun that was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was based on the earlier Type 3 heavy machine gun, but with a larger caliber of 7.7 mm and a new pistol grip design. The gun also featured a muzzle brake to reduce recoil.

  The 92-type heavy machine gun has an automatic gas-operated system, air-cooled cooling method, firing 7.7mm bullets, using a 30-round rigid metal plate for feeding, with a theoretical rate of fire of 450 rounds/min, a standard range of 2400m, a maximum range of 4200m, and an effective range of 1000m. The gun is 1.156m long, the gun body weighs 23kg, the tripod weighs 32.8kg, and the total weight is 55.8kg. This heavy machine gun has high shooting accuracy, with both flat and high-angle firing modes, and was called by the Japanese army as a heavy machine gun with no defects except for being slightly overweight, making it the most important heavy machine gun equipment used by the Japanese army during the entire invasion of China.

  In terms of various technical parameters, the Madsen heavy machine gun is much better than the Type 92 heavy machine gun. The Madsen's 100-round belt feed has a longer firing time than the 30-round tray feed of the Type 92, with a larger caliber of 7.9mm compared to 7.7mm, and a faster rate of fire at 600 rounds per minute compared to 450 rounds per minute. The entire gun weighs 49kg, which is lighter than the 55.8kg of the Type 92. Moreover, the Madsen's bullets are compatible with the National Army's rifles and light machine guns, while the Japanese army's rifles and light machine guns use 6.5mm bullets, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun uses 7.7mm bullets. However, in my book "Heavy Machine Gun", I had the main characters mostly use the Type 92 heavy machine gun, mainly due to the following considerations.

  Firstly, using the captured enemy's weapons to counterattack the enemy, with a sense of revenge and cruelty in one's heart, is psychologically advantageous. Secondly, although the National Army's rifles and light and heavy machine guns use common ammunition, they are far from sufficient compared to the captured Japanese bullets. Furthermore, there are several technical considerations:

  Here is the translation:

  One, water-cooled heavy machine guns require about one liter of water to evaporate per minute during continuous firing. For a ten-minute sustained fire, at least 10 liters of circulating water are needed, so the heavy machine gun team needs five people, with an additional soldier carrying water. Moreover, the large amount of water vapor produced during firing easily exposes the target. During the Battle of Shanghai, a regiment of the National Army had 36 Maxim heavy machine guns destroyed by Japanese grenade launchers in no time, precisely because the water vapor guided the targets. The Type 92 heavy machine gun is air-cooled and does not have this problem. Although it weighs six kilograms more, it is much lighter than carrying an additional 10 liters of water, and it still maintains a four-man team, saving one person's labor.

  Two, the 92-style heavy machine gun requires a deputy shooter to continuously feed 30 rounds of ammunition, but because the ammunition board is metal, it has a good fixed effect and never jams. The ammunition board can also be reused like the light machine gun's magazine. In contrast, the Maxim's cartridge belt is made of canvas, which makes it easy for bullets to shift and cause jamming. In fact, a deputy shooter must always hold the cartridge chain to keep it smooth and check if the bullets have shifted. Furthermore, if there are not enough bullets, they cannot be fired continuously, so the advantage of firing speed cannot be demonstrated. If it were a metal cartridge chain or like the Gatling heavy machine gun where jammed bullets can be skipped, that would be a different story. Additionally, canvas cartridge belts have another disadvantage: they are prone to damage and if damaged in the middle, the entire belt is rendered useless. If exposed to rain or snow, they become even more susceptible to mold and mildew.

  The Type 92 heavy machine gun's tripod is both high and low, and can be quickly adjusted to convert, which created opportunities for the anti-Japanese troops to shoot down Japanese planes many times.

  It can be seen that the anti-Japanese squad in "Heavy Machine Gun" chose to use the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun at that time, which was a wise decision. It was precisely by using the enemy's own weapons that they created a legend in the battle against the Japanese army.

  After the war, according to rough statistics by the author, the Japanese army's heavy machine gun series had the Meiji 38th year type 6.5mm heavy machine gun and the Taisho 3rd year type 6.5mm heavy machine gun before the Type 92 7.7mm heavy machine gun. After the Type 92 7.7mm heavy machine gun, the Japanese army successively equipped and used the Type 92 Vickers anti-aircraft heavy machine gun, the Type 98 7.7mm water-cooled heavy machine gun for fortress defense works, the Type 1 7.7mm heavy machine gun which was too expensive to popularize, and the Type 92 13.2mm large-caliber heavy machine gun (also known as the Type 92 autocannon because it was used for anti-aircraft and light armor), and the Type 93 13.2mm anti-aircraft heavy machine gun which was often installed in a twin mount on a special anti-aircraft chassis, totaling nine types of heavy machine guns.

  Of course, these heavy machine guns have been eliminated by modern warfare, and the Chinese army has successively developed and equipped 53-type 7.62mm heavy machine gun, 57-type 7.62mm heavy machine gun, 67-type 7.62mm light and heavy dual-purpose machine gun, 67-1 type 7.62mm heavy machine gun, until now 67-2 type 7.62mm heavy machine gun and Gatling six-barrel heavy machine gun.

  The machine gun is always surging in his heart, and the whistling of the divine wind of the heavy machine gun can always be heard by his ears. Only in the fight against evil with justice can one achieve unity with the gun, unleash the power of the heavy machine gun, and shape the mighty men who stand tall and unyielding... The fierce firepower and the fierce "dakka dakka" sound will forever shock people's hearts.

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