Type 2 machine gun

{{Infobox weapon | name = Type 2 machine gun | image = File:MG 131 13mm.JPG | caption = A German MG 131, which the Type 2 was adapted from | origin = Empire of Japan | type = Heavy machine gun  | is_ranged = yes  | service = 1942–1945<ref name="mikesh04">{{cite book |first=Robert C. |last=Mikesh |year=2004 |title=Japanese Aircraft Equipment 1940-1945 |url= |language=EN |location=Atglen, PA |publisher=Schiffer Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7643-2097-1 |pages=128–129}}</ref> | used_by = Imperial Japanese Navy | wars = World War II  | designer = Rheinmetall-Borsig AG | design_date = | manufacturer = KK Nihon Seikoujo<ref name="mikesh04"/><br/>Suzuka Naval Arsenal<ref name="mikesh04"/><br/>Toyokawa Naval Arsenal<ref name="mikesh04"/> | unit_cost = | production_date = | number = | variants =  | spec_label = | weight = {{Convert|17.4|kg|abbr=on}} | length = {{Convert|1170|mm|abbr=on}} | part_length =  | cartridge = 13×64mmB | cartridge_weight = | caliber = {{convert|13|mm|in|abbr=on}} | barrels = | action = | rate = 900 RPM | velocity = {{Convert|750|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}} | range = | max_range = | feed = Disintegrating belt | sights = Iron }}

The '''Type 2 machine gun''' was developed for aerial use for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was a license-built copy of the German MG 131 machine gun.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/J/a/Japanese_13mm_Type_2_gun.htm |title=Japanese 13mm Type 2 Machine Gun |encyclopedia=The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia |year=2013 |accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref>

==Installations== * Aichi B7A * Aichi E16A * Mitsubishi A6M5c{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} * Mitsubishi G4M * Nakajima B6N * Yokosuka P1Y

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