, also known as the Taishō 14 machine gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun. The Type 3 heavy machine gun was in a long-line of Japanese Hotchkiss machine gun variants that the Imperial Japanese Army would utilize from 1901 to 1945.

History

thumb|left|A Type 3 on a makeshift anti-aerial tripod

Starting in 1901, Japan began importing Hotchkiss M 1897 heavy machine guns that were compatible with the 6.5mm Arisaka cartridges. Japan eventually bought a license for domestic production, with the type seeing notable service during the Russo-Japanese War.

  • : Purchased for Chang Tso-lin's Fengtian Army. Later used by the Collaborationist Chinese Army
  • : It was used by the Korean People's Army during the Korean War.

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Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun (9885155276).jpg|A Type 3 and Type 92 next to each other at a Beijing museum, showing the similarity

Chilean Type 3 (M1920) machine gun.jpg|A 7-mm export gun in a Chilean museum

Chilean contract Type 3 (M1920) machine gun.jpg|Ditto

Military exercise of Manchukuo Imperial Army.JPG|In service with the Manchukuo Imperial Army

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See also

  • Type 92 heavy machine gun
  • Type 1 heavy machine gun

Notes

Bibliography

  • Japanese machineguns of WW2
  • Catalog of Enemy Ordnance