# Type 2 machine gun

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{{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
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| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->
| 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](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy)
| wars               = [World War II](/source/World_War_II)
<!-- Production history -->
| designer           = [Rheinmetall-Borsig AG](/source/Rheinmetall)
| design_date        =
| manufacturer       = KK Nihon Seikoujo<ref name="mikesh04"/><br/>[Suzuka Naval Arsenal](/source/Suzuka_Naval_Arsenal)<ref name="mikesh04"/><br/>[Toyokawa Naval Arsenal](/source/Toyokawa_Naval_Arsenal)<ref name="mikesh04"/>
| unit_cost          =
| production_date    =
| number             =
| variants           =
<!-- General specifications -->
| spec_label         =
| weight             = {{Convert|17.4|kg|abbr=on}}
| length             = {{Convert|1170|mm|abbr=on}}
| part_length        =
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = 13×64mmB
| cartridge_weight   =
| caliber            = {{convert|13|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| barrels            =
| action             =
| rate               = 900 [RPM](/source/rounds_per_minute)
| 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](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). It was a license-built copy of the German [MG 131 machine gun](/source/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](/source/Aichi_B7A)
* [Aichi E16A](/source/Aichi_E16A)
* [Mitsubishi A6M5c](/source/Mitsubishi_A6M){{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
* [Mitsubishi G4M](/source/Mitsubishi_G4M)
* [Nakajima B6N](/source/Nakajima_B6N)
* [Yokosuka P1Y](/source/Yokosuka_P1Y)

==References==
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Category:Aircraft guns
Category:Heavy machine guns
Category:Machine guns of Japan
Category:World War II weapons of Japan
Category:World War II machine guns

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