A US Marine armed with captured Guntō military sword examines the bodies of dead Japanese Army soldiers with a 7.7mm Type 92 heavy machine gun. The Battle of Philippines, Pacific theater of operations, World War II.
Location: Philippines
Shooting time: 1945
The Type 92 is a Japanese heavy machine gun, created in 1932 to replace the Type 3 machine gun in the army. The name of this machine gun comes from the year of adoption – 2592 according to the Japanese calendar (1932).
This machine gun was manufactured by Hino Motors and Hitachi, with a total production of around 45,000.