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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 92 (Semi-rimmed) - 7.7-mm Ammunition |
Ball |
A.P. |
Tracer |
Incendiary |
H.E. |
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Over-all length |
inch |
3 9/64 |
3 9/64 |
3 9/64 |
3 9/64 |
3 5/64 |
Length of case |
inch |
2 1/4 |
2 1/4 |
2 1/4 |
2 1/4 |
2 1/4 |
Lenght of projectile |
inch |
1 25/64 |
1 29/64 |
1 1/2 |
1 1/2 |
1 1/2 |
Weight of projectile |
grams |
203 |
162 |
155 |
162 |
162 |
| Construction: |
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Type |
Projectile Jacket |
Projectile Core |
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Ball |
CuNi |
Lead. |
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Tracer |
CuNi |
Lead. |
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A.P. |
CuNi |
Hard steel. |
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Incendiary |
CuNi |
W.P. and lead. |
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H.E. |
CuNi |
P.E.T.N. and lead. |
| Weapons in which used: |
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Type 89 Flexible A.C.M.G. |
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Type 89 Felxible A.C.M.G. (special). |
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Type 89 Fixed A.C.M.G. |
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Type 92 H.M.G. |
| Color and markings: |
| Type | Bands |
| Ball | Pink. |
| Tracer | Green. |
| A.P. | Black. |
| Incendiary | Magenta. |
| H.E. | Purple. |
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Remarks: The type 92 heavy machine gun uses feed strips of 30 rounds. When used for aircraft flexible machine gun, this ammunition is packed in 5-round clips in a manner cor-responding to the packing of rimless, rifle ammunition, but the clip is of larger size to ac-commodate the larger bore of the semirimmed type. |
| The P.E.T.N. in the H.E. round is set off by the heat of impact. |
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Figure 203 – Type 92 (Semirimmed) 7.7-mm Ammunition. |
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