Type 92 semi-rimmed 7.7 mm

Type 92 semi-rimmed 7.7 mm

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name=Type 92 semi-rimmed 7.7 mm


caption=Various Type 92 rounds
origin=Japan
type=Machine gun round
service=
used_by=Japan
wars=Second World War
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variants=Type 99 rimless 7.7 mm (Ariska), Navy type 7.7 mm
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case_length=2.25
length=3.14
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bw1=203
btype1=(Ball)
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The Type 92 (Semi-rimmed) 7.7 mm (7.7 mm x 58 SR) was a machine gun cartridge and was primarily used with the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun and the earlier Type 89 flexible and fixed aircooled machine guns used on Japanese planes.

Japanese ammunition

All Japanese ammunition used gilding metal jackets for the bullets on ball and the PETN-filled flat-tipped explosive incendiary, cupro-nickel jackets for tracer and phosphorus incendiary and a brass bullet with steel core for armour-piercing.
* Ball - lead core
* Tracer - lead core
* A.P. - hard steel core
* Incendiary - White phosphorus and lead
* H.E. PETN and lead

References

* "TM 9-1985-4, Japanese Explosive Ordnance"
* "Japanese Ammunition 1880-1945 Part 1; Rifle, pistol and machine-gun ammunition up to 20mm" by Ken Elks (2007)


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