Type 89 MG Marking

[feldgrau33]

Hello gents,

During the exhibition in my old campus 2 months ago, a museum shown a machine gun.


But too bad there's no description about it. And judging from the shape i think this is type 89 (please correct me if i'm wrong in here ). My question is, is anyone know the marking means in here? And from what year this MG was made?

Thank you.

[Bruce Pennington]

The top 3 are Kokura Arsenal stamp and numbers 8 and 9. Someone else will have to translate the rest.

[ghp95134]

八九式 (改單)
Type-89 (Modified Single)

Newer kanji of 單 is 単



--Guy

[ghp95134]

Here's the Japanese Wiki for the Type 89 MG

And in English.

A very good article:
Production began in 1929; licensed from Vickers.

[ghp95134]

Why "89"? It was called "eighty-nine" because it was licensed/produced in 1929, and the 2589th year since the first Emperor of Japan was 1929 (皇紀/Kōki 2589). More about the Japanese Imperial Year.

2589 = 1929
2600 = 1940


--Guy

[feldgrau33]

Thank you very much gents.