Japanese MG's at Morphy's

[billie32]

selling my Japanese MG's at Morphy's. Type 100, 96, & 89 (TE4)

 

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=602545 (this gun has the original 1946 IRS paperwork that states it was "captured in combat in the pacific"

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=602637

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=602629

[BillyDixon]

that mg89 dont look like any ive seen, ive seen jap made exact copys of the german mg 15 , in cal 8mm mauser and will accept the german double drum, this looks more like a prototype, i wonder what the correct ID of it is ? just sayn

[GEJ]

The 89 is not a Prototype it is indeed a full scale production gun. However the gun was adopted in 1929 and the Type 89. Model TE4. The reason these don't come about is because these guns were bought by the Navy, and they were issued on Navy Bombers. The production rate was low on the 89 TE4s but they were phased out on the late early 40s due to the Type 89 Dual Flexiable machine guns and the later Dual 100s, and even If they did survive till mid to late war they would had have to survive getting shoot down over the Pacific ocean. Really cool Piece though. 

Edited Sunday at 12:12 AM by GEJ