Type 92 Lewis Aircraft Machine Gun

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number RELAWM29895
Collection type Technology
Object type Firearm
Place made Japan
Date made Unknown
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Type 92 (Lewis) aircraft machine gun. The air cooled barrel does not have the tubular steel jacket and aluminium cooling fins. The receiver has a wooden pistol grip trigger assembly and there is a leather covered spade grip at the rear. A crude bipod has been attached to the barrel for ground use. The sights are missing from this weapon.

History / Summary

This type of gun would have originally been fitted to Japanese Navy aircraft on a flexible mount but it has been modified for ground use with a bipod.