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| Ammunition
type |
30 x 122 HE |
| Projectile Weight |
12.2 ounce 345 g |
| Velocity | 2460 feet per second 750 meters per second |
| Range | 2950 feet 900 meters |
| Rate of
fire |
450 rounds per minute |
| Gun weight |
154 lbs 70 kg |
The Type 5 came
into production as the war ended, and a few experimental installations were made on large night fighters such as the P1Y2-S "Frances",
but it likely never saw action. However, some 2000 were completed, and,
had the war continued, it would likely have seen widespread use in any aircraft type that could accept it. It was a wholly Japanese design, praised by the U.S. Strategic Bombing
Survey as "original and efficient" (quoted by Mikesh 2004). It was
belt-fed and its action was gas-unlocked blowback with Kjellman
locking, and it used floating firing to reduce recoil forces.
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