Type 93 heavy machine gun
heavy machine gun and anti-aircraft cannon. Type 93 is the IJN's designation for both single and dual-mount versions. Type Ho (as in "Hotchkiss") is the IJA's designation for the dual-mount version.
The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: 九三式十三粍機銃 Kyū-san Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kijū), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ホ式十三粍高射機関砲 Ho Shiki Jū-san Mirimētoru Kōsha Kikanhō), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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