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60 cartridges burst rifle SCAR : no big deal
a fan-made non-profit mod with "inspiring" description to provide facts / encourage people to learn more : CRITICIZED
What a shame.
colour me surprised
Okay, japanesemachinegunboo.
The reason the army put "few" resources into replacing it is because it performed its specific job well, which was consistent fire support.
As I've said probably three times now, the Type 92 could theoretically be fired forever without stopping due to the way it is loaded and the way the barrel works. If you want to argue, even a 50cal can't do that without the downtime of a reload.
It has giant heat fins all over it (so you never have to replace the barrel.)
It has feeding strips so that the loader can keep feeding them indefinitely.
It has nitro shells to reduce flash and smoke to a vague flicker, rendering them extremely hard to detect (The Japanese were concerned with the amount of smoke and flash produced by their machineguns - in the 1930s they developed double nitro based propellants - nitrocellulose combined with nitroglycerine to reduce smoke and flash)
It was aligned by the naval factories, not the army factories, so the barrels are incredibly accurate.
They were also frequently given scopes, so they could basically be used as automatic sniper rifles. I understand if you are critiquing it because you don't know what it is or how it was used or what parts comprise it, but I assure you it is a beautiful "sum of its parts."
Still, it was one of the most effective Japanese weapons regardless. Which admittedly isn't saying a lot.