Japanese WW2 Light Machine Guns - In The Movies

[@Stonewielder]

I'm looking for the title of an older B&W WWII movie where a thrown together squad of American soldiers are left to hold a position (possibly a bridge?) against the advancing Japanese. Pretty much the entire movie takes place in and around the American's foxhole where they endure assault after assault by the Japanese before being killed off one by one. A couple things I remember are one of the Americans isn't who he says he is, and after one assault an American was killed by a Japanese soldier who was playing dead. Sorry, not a lot to go on.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I'm not sure on this one. I'll pin the comment and we will see if anyone can help you out.

[@davemcg757]

I have an answer for you my friend. The movie you're looking for is MGM's Bataan that was made in 1943.

[@Stonewielder]

@@davemcg757 Yes, that's it!! You da man! ;-) Big thanks to both you and Johnny!

[@SD1Airsoft]

There's a movie like that called The Steel Helmet, but it's a Korean war film where they defend a temple. There was a North Korean soldier that played dead and hid in the temple to kill off American soldiers. First part of the film is wandering around totally-not-LA Korea, through the woods, and then finally the temple. The main character picks up a kid that follows him around from the beginning to the end. IDK what your WW2 film is, but it sounds strikingly similar to the Korean War "The Steel Helmet" It's an okay film with mediocre firefights.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

@@paleoph6168 Thanks Paleo I'll check it out!

[@weathermanwx9199]

Unfun Fact: in effect, the Japanese had three 7.7 rounds throughout World War II. The 7.7x58mm Type 99 (rimless) cartridge is different from the earlier 7.7x58mmSR Type 92 cartridge. As stated, the Type 99 machine gun chambered the rimless cartridge, however, the Type 92 heavy machine gun chambers the semi-rimmed round, complicating logistics. Further complicating logistics is the fact that the Japanese Navy’s 7.7x56mmR round is a direct copy of the .303 Enfield. That means, depending on the compositions of forces present and the presence of materiel, the Japanese would have to supply three different types of ammunition, all marked 7.7, all of which were not interchangeable, as well as issuing 6.5x50mmSR ammunition.

[@weathermanwx9199]

No fun fact for this one. I know nothing fun about the Japanese firearms industry.

[@waffle-waffle5416]

not to mention beside fighting the Allies the Navy and Army are fighting each other, each of them has their own Air Force and none of them are willing to help each other unless it's urgent, they have their own logistic standard and even their war plan are different, the Navy want to go South while Army want to go West into China and Soviet, it's basically a cold war inside an international war

[@rundownthriftstore]

@@waffle-waffle5416 I’m not sure why you bring up the point that Japan had two separate branch air forces, as America at the time did as well

[@drewdederer8965]

@@rundownthriftstore All branches argued with each other in all countries. BUT, Japan was on another level (virtually no co-ordination, staff meetings very nearly had fist-fights breaking out). It also meant they used entirely different light AA guns (for example).

[@rundownthriftstore]

@@drewdederer8965 I agree 100%, and I guess I’m just being pedantic but I was confused as to why he mentioned the Japanese Air Force seperation

[@alanmacpherson3225]

I remember watching The Great Raid showing the liberation of a pow camp by American's and Philippinos. I distinctly remember a Japanese officer picking up a 96/99 and I was impressed that he actually took a magazine pouch I also think he reloaded. Unlike some movies where machine guns never seem to run out of ammo. The Bren in Lock Stock seems to fire an awful lot more than 30 rounds.

[@KoolKidCG12]

its spelled Filipinos.

[@peterramos9564]

@@KoolKidCG12 he is an American so that's why how he pronounced it.

[@KoolKidCG12]

oh ok

[@alanmacpherson3225]

@@peterramos9564 Actually I'm an Australian and spelt it incorrectly I will not make that mistake again. 🇦🇺👍

[@KoolKidCG12]

i am from the Philippines and the language and the country are spelled different even alan corrected himself

[@griz312]

One thing worth mentioning is that Japan had problems with logistics when it came to ammunition. Japan had at least 4 machine guns that used the 7.7 or the 6.5 Arisaka and they would pair troops rifles that were not interchangeable with the Machine Guns.

[@nalapana2129]

Typically the mismatch would be at the battalion or division level, you wouldn't see platoons of infantrymen next to each other with different ammo since that would be too much of a logistical nightmare lol

[@Autobotmatt428]

I kinda figured that would happen.

[@liammeech3702]

Was 6.5 really *that* bad to justify what amounted to be - logistical nightmare?

[@griz312]

@@liammeech3702 it wasn’t that the 6.5 was a “bad” cartridge, It was that there were three different cases (rimless, rimmed, semi-rimmed) that the 6.5 used. In other words, the cartridges were not interchangeable between guns even though they shared the same chamber. And japan were short on resources to make ammo.

[@liammeech3702]

@@griz312 oh OK. Lol 3 different cartridges - japanese armament boards BTFO'd on that one.

[@Treblaine]

"lag far behind our own in durability" the Garand was absolutely a better military rifle but not due to durability. The Arisaka's bolt was determined to be extremely strong and the action was least vulnerable to fouling while the M1 Garand was most vulnerable to fouling. A worthy sacrifice for more firepower but not without sacrifice.

[@georgespongey127]

Wasn’t the Arisaka really long compared to the average soldiers height as well?

[@Treblaine]

​@@georgespongey127 They loved their bayonet fighting, but a fringe benefit of such a long barrel on the Type-38 rifle is the powder would completely finish burning and cool below the incandescence temperature in the bore so almost no visible muzzle flash. A pretty big deal at night. The type 99 Arisaka was more conventional in calibre and barrel length. The KZbin Channel 9-hole-reviews points out that the Arisaka had sights that were very well suited for medium range snap-shooting. They worked like modern "ghost ring" sights seen on hunting shotguns.

[@paleoph6168]

@@Treblaine 9 Hole Reviews is a good channel. 👌

[@SnakebitSTI]

The Type 38 and Type 99 were possibly the most durable service rifles of the war. The M1 Garand would readily jam if dirt or mud got on the external part of the action, even when it was totally closed up. Bear in mind that a lot of those US weapon familiarization films were utter nonsense, meant to give soldiers confidence in their weapons rather than to inform.

[@Gunga_FAB.50]

@@georgespongey127i think there are two types of type 99 being long and short but i could be wrong

[@davemcg757]

I was visiting my brother in Montana and while I was there I stopped by the Fort Missoula army museum and got to see a Type 99 LMG with the bayonet attachment up close. They had quite the extensive collection of arms there including a Type 92 HMG, a Type 89 "knee" mortar, and a rack of Arisaka rifles dating from prewar 1906 to 1945. The rifles were fascinating as you could really see the quality of craftsmanship drop as the war continued and supplies got scarce. The last one looked so shoddy I'd be afraid to fire it for fear of it exploding in my hands... If it was even in a condition to fire in the first place.

[@itsnodawayitustabe5654]

Makes sense Montana NG fought in the 41st Division in the Pacific

[@calmsoul772]

Last ditch arisaka is actually very safe to shoot, the myth that last ditch arisaka explode come American troop mistake training arisaka that can't handle full power round.

[@janitorizamped]

​@@calmsoul772what?

[@skelejp9982]

Same occurred to the "Type 98" shin guntō (the Military sword), between 1938 and the end of the war in 1945. Late in the war Japan's supply of metal was drying up and shin guntō were produced with painted wooden scabbards, and with cheaper or no brass ornamentation. Some of the final swords produced in the last year of the war utilized cheap copper or blackened iron fittings.

[@Speedy_pig123]

Seeing “The Cockpit” on here makes me happy. I really like the animation.

[@garrisonnichols807]

The Type 96 and Type 99 were a more effective light machine guns than the US BAR. The tripod and quick change barrel and top loaded magazine were a great improvement and the guns had a lighter rate of fire that helped control recoil. People forget that most US Marines fought the Pacific campaign with older world war one weapons as the US Army fighting in Europe got all the new equipment first. It wasn't until early 1943 when the Marines were fully out fitted with M1 Garand semiautomatic rifles instead of the bolt action Springfield 1903s they were using. So firepower was actually equal to the Japanese Army at the first two years of the Pacific war. The US Marines didn't even have enough Thompson submachine guns to go around and were issued the M50 Reising submachine gun as a substitute. The M50 was notorious for jamming in sand and mudd so much that the Marines hated them.

[@paleoph6168]

Nice insight. 👍

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

The paratroopers had a different variant of the nambu called type 98/99

[@peterrobbins2862]

Strang fact other countries and armies also fought in the Pacific Asian theatre

[@Il_Principessa]

Completely biased answer

[@MediocreNed]

That is not a quick change barrel, but rather a manufacturing method to speed up production at the cost of interchangeability. Each of the barrel's head spacing was hand fitted to the gun with washers. If you did swap random barrels you dun goofed up.

[@wolf_7479]

The Type 11 variant mounted in early Japanese tanks was called the Type 91, it had an extended hopper for 9 clips capacity as opposed to the standard 6(so 45 rounds instead of 30), it also features a shorter stock/or in some cases only a grip without stock, an optic mount and armored shield around the barrel (you can see it on the Flowers of War Type 94 Tankettes). It could be attached to an AA mount on most Japanese tanks or like the Soviet DT used outside the tank with a bipod. Another variant of the Type 11 would be the Type 89 flexible (not to be confused with the Type 89 fixed, which is a belt fed gun found on IJA planes), a 7.7 variant in a dual gun setup for aircraft gunner mounts typically found on bombers with two massive quadrant-shaped mags holding a belt made of rifle clips (look it up it's as insane as it sounds). It was also used on Soukoutei-class armored boats in 2 turrets, if you want to see some pictures for the 89 flexible search for 八九式旋回機関銃. One thing you missed mentioning on the Type 99 is the increased rate of fire to 850rpm, also the easiest way to tell the 99 apart from the 96 aside from the less curved magazine would be the flash hider added with the 99. Another hint would be the monopod on the stock, which the 96 didn't have.

[@IndianaJenkins615]

On King Of The Hill, That machine gun took off Cotton Hill's shins during the war.

[@jurtra9090]

The Type 96 and 99 are the only LMGs i know that have bayonet lug But compared to Bren, i think it still lacks in terms of ruggedness

[@arnijulian6241]

Bren advantages where notably intuitive operation, ease of maintenance, weight & that it fired further then the average Basic trained troop would be able to aim. Rugged? I suppose if you got something in it the part are quiet easy to clean but any fire arm will jam or worse if mistreated. The only issue the Bren had as the troops complained about nothing but the small 20 & 30 round magazine that would eventually be solved. Mind the Czech really did the hard ground work.

[@arnijulian6241]

you could argue the type 96 & 99 are less powerful as they use smaller lower calibre arisaka type 36 cartridge if memory serves. But it is shockingly similar to the Bren which makes sense being from the Czechs LMG i never got to strip wither type but have seen the 99.

[@patriotenfield3276]

The truly reliable machine gun, which works in all conditions you would throw it in, for me , is the Soviet PKM . For WW2 , it will be the Bren. plus Indian army has favored this gun (Bren) over their LMG version of INSAS as the standard infantry support LMG for very long time when it comes to mountain warfare, because this gun along with FN MAG, AKM and 84mm CG RCL are the only things , who wouldn't give up in the dreaded Himalayan cold.

[@arnijulian6241]

@@patriotenfield3276 The Bren has it's limitation but can still easily compete today with it's contenders 80years on. People talk about it's reliability yet have never used it. It maintenance is what made it favoured as the average troop could be bothered to strip & clean it. The M42 -MG3 are basically the same gun that replaced the Bren in British service. The 2 mentioned are a better gun in theory & test conditions with well trained troops. What people forget is most troops well, 'leave much to be desired':) The Bren I would argue is better for the common grunt!

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

@@arnijulian6241 There was an experimental belt fed Bren gun. The X11E4 - didn't work out as it was mechanically unreliable.

[@davidgiacomini9250]

Seeing scenes from "A Thin Man Goes Home" was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. It's a personal favorite of mine, and when I first saw the Type 99 appear in it I burst out laughing. The broad selection of movies used in these videos is always impressive.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks for that David. I really try to expose a variety of films and media to give everyone something new.

[@notyomama1306]

my great grandad was in Burma fighting the Japanese and he told me a story of how instead of surrendering there wounded when they were about to retreat, he saw an officer jump um onto the back of a truck full of wounded and mow them down with a 99 he was the scout of his platoon, so he was always far ahead scoping things out and he saw so much of the non-combat stuff that the other men saw R.I.P Sgt. Stanley M. Sasine 5307th composite unit provisional (Merrills Marauders)

[@kyawbhonekhaing7973]

there are a lot of British,indian and American soldiers bodies still found near my town in Myanmar

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

In the 1980s as a young boy growing up in the Philippines I was told by an old carpenter (he made some of my family's cabinets) how he witnessed the unprecedented barbarity of Japanese soldiers to the Filipinos. When the Americans liberated the Philippines in 1945 most young men like him joined the U.S. Army hoping they would be sent to Japan as assault troops. They swore to payback the atrocities committed by the Japanese by doing 10 times more atrocities to the Japanese civilians effectively wiping out the Japanese people. But the atomic bombs were dropped, Japan surrendered and those young Filipino men did not get the chance to wipe out the Japanese civilians. Years later he was sent to Korea during the Korean War. He said they spent their R&R in Japan. He got to see Tokyo and even had a Japanese girlfriend. We called that old carpenter Manong Napo. (Manong is equivalent to "Mr." in english. "Napo" was his nickname so his first name must have been Napoleon. I couldn't recall his family name.)

[@loveofmangos001]

@@kyawbhonekhaing7973 Weird how you can post on KZbin because most KZbin and online anything is blocked by the military government, or power outages they do. My wife can't even reach her sister in Yangon most of the time

[@kyawbhonekhaing7973]

@@loveofmangos001 I use vpn. they blocked Facebook but I can still use KZbin

[@Conn30Mtenor]

What the Asia-Pacific war lacked in numbers itmore than made up for in the ferocity of the fighting there. The most obvious similarities were in the racial aspects. Racial hatreds were a salient feature of that war.

[@chris.3711]

Japan was a very formidable force during the 1930's. But much like Italy, they were in the process of rearming their army with updates weapons. But WWII would break out before they could fully accomplish this. Coupled with a lack of resources after being pushed out of China, and the loss of oil from the U.S. They just couldn't stay in the fight. You need to look at the Type 38 and Type 99 next!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Japanese rifles definitely on the menu in the coming weeks

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Japanese weapon systems can be broken down into excellent, good and terrible. Aircraft, destroyers, torpedoes, LMG's excellent. AA guns, terrible. Worst of WW2.

[@dalek14mc]

0:14 Look at how much effort was put into detailing the machine gun vs the characters. This seems to be a pattern in anime.

[@bryceanderson4864]

Well spotted. And it's not just guns, but often everything BUT the characters. You can learn more about this in Scott Mcloud's book, "Understanding Comics."

[@Rrgr5]

Type 96 and 99 had a pretty interesting locking mechanism, both used a square part, hollow inside passing through the gas piston, it serves as the locking lug and locks almost like a VZ-59 (which is a much more modern GPMG), but it have no tilting points in the bolt, which actually makes it more reliable and easier to produce, it could had been stamped, which most of the tilting locking guns can't, excluding the VZ-59, which doesn't tilt the bolt, only the locking lugs, like a P-38, is a totally different concept.

[@rosaria8384]

In Battlefield V the Type 97 tank machine gun features its iconic tank optic and is the one to one copy of the ZB26. It's very interesting how the Type 97 MG has optics for gunners while other MGs of the time relied on tracers and observation slits to aim.

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Awesome! Glad you included some of the more obscure ones. Exactly what i was hoping for!

[@joshmeads]

The Japanese LGM's were very good. It's too bad for them because they made less than 100,000 of them. In comparison the Germans made over 1,000,000 MG34s and MG42s.

[@melee-dexterdexterious2878]

Especially Type-99, but that LMG reached maturity in 1939, at that time most Japan industrial capacity already full with many other projects.. And thus received only barely enough attention.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Well interwar strategies also limited the full potential.

[@grandcanyon-d4d]

Didn't japan have more colonies than Germany?

[@joshmeads]

@@grandcanyon-d4d they did once they invaded them at the beginning of the Pacific war. Prior to that I don't think they had many. They had Korea and Manchuria, besides that I'm not sure.

[@grandcanyon-d4d]

@@joshmeads they occupied like quarter of China and they had Taiwan too, they could have had a decent industry from those colonies.

[@danielstickney2400]

The Type 11 could use standard rifle stripper clips/chargers in theory. In reality the standard rifle cartridge proved to be too powerful for the Type 11, which meant the IJA had to issue special machine gun cartridges in rifle clips, which only complicated their logistics even more. And the hopper tended to collect dirt.

[@rickerson81]

"Farewell to the King" starring Nick Nolte is a good reference to WW2 Japanese small arms. Great movie too.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

That was on the top of my list for this! Sadly I couldn't find a decent copy. Maybe next time. :)

[@Doe774]

the use of Type 96/99 LMG by female civilian personnel in "Bettle of Okinawa" (1971) also impressed me, from very same director of "Japan's Longest Day", Kihachi Okamoto

[@ニミオチャンネル]

96式と99式軽機関銃は銃剣を着けると命中率が上がりました。 コレは当時中国での戦いにおいて軽機関銃手は歩兵と共に進撃して必要とあれば敵と接近戦をする事を想定して取付られました。 また日本陸軍には短機関銃がほとんど無かったのでこの銃を短機関銃代わりにし、中には片手で扱った者もいたそうです。 陸軍内においては96式から99式への更新が終戦まで完了しなかった為弾薬の供給で問題がありました。 尚日本海軍では海軍陸戦隊という海兵隊の様な組織がありそこではMP18短機関銃や96式軽機関銃が使用されていました。 余談ですが日本軍には空軍が無い為陸軍と海軍の2組織が戦争をしていましたが明治建国以降この2つは仲が悪かったので第二次世界大戦においても協力関係があまり良くありませんでした。

[@MicahdoesIL2Stuff]

how many people thought the type 96 was a Bren gun.

[@Alberto-ow6ib]

Real

[@megazaracklordofdeath]

Or was based on thr bren gun

[@da956jamrock3]

I'm just discovering your channel...I'm truly enjoying your content..🎉❤

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks man welcome to the channel!

[@da956jamrock3]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I'm on my 5th video from ur channel and ain't stopping anytime soon..

[@dareka9425]

96/99... I thought that was the score you gave to Japanese light machine guns. A high score on a scale that would never reach perfection.

[@tedparkinson2033]

"Awlriiight... I'm Johnny!" Love the way that sounds!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Quite a catchphrase....

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

lol easiest catchphrase ever really

[@commandplay]

Thank you for making this. The Type 96 and 99 were also manufactured with optics, these excellent lmgs received too much negative bias from early examinations post WW2.

[@danbuchman7497]

Once again, you hit us with a wonderful scene that is totally spot on but out of left field. Nick, Nora and my favorite movie dog Asta. 😂 You definitely have a lot of movie knowledge. Thanks for keeping my movie queue full.

[@hans1253]

I love how he includes a mobile video game footage And it's one my favorite games btw

[@jurtra9090]

Recommendation: Type 89 Grenade Discharger Type 100 SMG SKS Carbine PKM Machine Gun Krag Bolt Action Rifle Nice video, Johnny. Also i see your videos have improved since i subbed to you around a year ago. Too bad you kinda ignore your other channels like Swords and Shields. Thanks

[@latewizard301]

I want to hear him say Jørgensen 👀

[@arnijulian6241]

@@latewizard301 Kragg Jørgensen? The Norwegian bolt action rifle in ww2. It quiet interesting as the round are pushed down in but dropped side ways in a sort of bracket flap. I liked it as it felt like the rifle made for the arthritic!

[@latewizard301]

@@arnijulian6241 lol, yeah well I feel it would be harder to releoad as the bullets have to be placed quite precisely as to a guided stripper clip

[@antiquatedideas1107]

SKS and Krag are very interesting choices. I can think of one or two movies with a Krag in them, but not really with an SKS. Great little gun that gets no love haha

[@antiquatedideas1107]

@@arnijulian6241 The Krag was around before ww1 and was actually adopted by the US before making the Springfield 1903 as a rip off of the mauser action (we actually lost that lawsuit). The Norwegians obviously did adopt the rifle as it was native to them, and I believe the Danish did as well

[@astraycat5428]

bro that clip at 6:52 absolutely sent me

[@MrLolx2u]

Talking about the Type 99, one have to remember how the 7.7x58mm caliber was even created. During the post-WWI era, Japan was still using the 6.5x50mmSR as the standard caliber since the 1900s and it was only when they purchased some British machine guns around the late 1910s did they realize that the 6.5mm they were using were flatter shooting but due to its shorter range, was practically useless if used in aircraft thus they stuck to the .303 the machine guns were using but were already in development for a new 7.7mm caliber machine gun. Then by 1930, the round was made and it proved to be everything the Japanese hoped it to be. As powerful or more than the American .30-06, lighter than the .303 but firing at the same combat ranges and definitely works well on planes. When the Second Sino-Japanese War kicked off, the same issue with the 6.5mm crept up again. While it was effective about 500-600m, anything above that was practically hard to use for the average Japanese soldier thus soon once 1938 kicked in, they quickly swapped to the Type 99 LMG and also, the same designation for the rifle, the Type 99. Suddenly, the Japanese military saw themselves having the upper hand as the 7.7mm mostly guaranteed them instant kills on the open fields of China's plains and saw them gain stride after stride around 1938-1942 across the Chinese territories with those guns. However, the Japanese used both the 6.5 and 7.7mm guns which in the end would cause massive strain and confusion for logistics which would also be one of the main reason on why Japan lost the war.

[@TyCody28]

Would love to see you cover some more Japanese weapons in the future, namely the type 38 and 99 Arisaka rifles

[@SydneySighs]

My grandpa actually found what looked to be a Type 99 20mm in the Philippines back in the 70s.

[@HandyMan657]

These episodes are great. Keep it up, man.

[@treysmith8917]

I got to shoot a Type99 a few years ago and on my KZbin, there is a video, i thought it was going to be a hunk of Junk. However, it was AMAZING and very smooth

[@bigdapramirez6157]

@6:04 last chance to look at me Hector

[@patriotenfield3276]

The Type 96 and 99 and very limited, Type 11, also saw active combat in the Korean War and the later struggles in the South East Asian conflicts like (all post war conflicts ) 1)Malayan Emergency + civil war 2)Internal struggle in Burma 3)Indonesian war of Independence 4) Vietnam war series ( from 1944/45 up until 1991 , includes all wars involving only Vietnamese history ) 5)Cambodian wars (independence struggle, communist uprisings, war with Vietnam, Civil war 6)Korean war 7)Chinese civil war (extension post war) 8)Indonesian Malaysian confrontation 9)Internal conflicts in Philippines 10)Laos conflicts ( Laotian civil war and insurgency) Plus North Korea also used this Gun features as well as that of Vz 52 LMG and PKM to create their own Type 73 GPMG. also North Korea and still some insurgent forces in South East Asia (particularly Myanmar) have this gun still in service

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks for adding this!

[@TheLordGhee]

well done. I like that you put the thin man clip and the ending at the end.

[@fortis3686]

I actually first encountered the Type 99 with a bayonet on it in Call of Duty World at War

[@regard.pduplessis2109]

I discovered thia channel like 2 weeks ago..... haven't stopped watching anything but this

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Welcome to the channel! Glad you are enjoying the videos :)

[@regard.pduplessis2109]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq hey Johnny thanks man.

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Type 97 vehicle mounted light machine gun is my favorite Japanese LMG especially when it is equipped with a barrel jacket for damage prevention. Looks really cool.

[@jamesgeorge960]

First keep the weapons in films alive Johnny. your my favorite youtuber

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Will do! I appreciate the kind words James.

[@jamesgeorge960]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq anytime my friend

[@TommygunNG]

Thank you for putting me on to "The Thin Man Goes Home." Entertaining movie.

[@CGFIELDS]

Would love to see M-16, AK-47, & P-51 Mustang videos.

[@alokbalsekar]

Somehow. Its difficult not to admire the tenacity of the average Japanese soldier.

[@AgencyIsland]

I love the cut from girls und panzer to the pacific, just funny to imagine the alternate universe where this happens XD

[@julesbenedictcatalan4904]

I remember playing World at War campaign and you can see Type 99s everywhere in the Pacific campaign, I really love shooting this gun against enemies especially they dismember.

[@ノコノコ-r4b]

I'm Japanese. As they tell that the Japanese military is cruel, and they are poor at the Japanese school, most of Japanese do not know the real fighting power of the Japan forces. It helped know it. I show respect from "citizen of enemy country".

[@enclavemajordoorknob3746]

I don't why whenever I saw the Type 96 it nevered occurred to me that it might be a Japanese produced gun and instead I just thought "Wow the IJA have a ton of Bren guns"

[@paleoph6168]

Lol

[@KansaiCool]

Never thought I'd see a clip from Izetta-The Last Witch here. Thanks.

[@callumgriss5422]

not sure why frogs with american accents were fighting krauts with a nip machinegun.

[@Sadieis2qt]

World war heroes has evolved so much as a game and the graphics look so much better then how it was back then

[@TheLilikprasaja]

Remember using type 99 like a sniper rifle in CoD WoW. Good ol' time

[@noahboat580]

Holy shit, never would i thought i would be reminded of World War Heroes, and that type 96 is via microtransaction too...

[@thrasher50]

I can't stress enough how far and wide your research is into the broad range of movies, film, and TV. For an "amateur" Mr Johnny you've probably impressed a lot of professional historians out there I'm sure.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks Shane really appreciate the feedback. Hopefully a movie in there you can enjoy.

[@underpaidJanitor5179]

One movie you can mention is 八佰 Eight Hundred (2020)

[@Records_Old]

4:01 - 4:05 I never knew the type 97 machine gun sounded like a blaster from Star wars.

[@whiskeysk]

love this one! Growing up on the wrong side of the Iron curtain and being fed the glorious soviet ww2 movies, for some reason I've developed an interest in naval warfare and the Pacific theatre of ww2 specifically, eventually taking me to places like Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Truk, Saipan, Tinian, Peleliu, Okinawa or Hiroshima. I wholeheartedly agree on HBO's The Pacific a must watch. Subscribed. Would really love if you could find some more interesting Pacific theatre topics, no matter if ships, planes, tanks or anything.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I can do that! Should be releasing a video on the Zero in the next few weeks. Will feature a number of Japanese films.

[@paleoph6168]

10:20 Oh I definitely found not some, but lots of new movies to watch, especially "None bu the Brave", which I didn't know was directed by Frank Sinatra! This is one of the reasons I watch your content Johnny. :)

[@paleoph6168]

None but the Brave*

[@jasonsantos3037]

How do you find these Japanese light machine guns really interesting.

[@anishchand4420]

Bren Gun was re-barrelled to 7.62x51 Nato from 303 British. Type 99 if re-barrelled to 7.62x51 Nato would have been good also.

[@leewaffe3]

"limited" You sure showed a lot of great new titles to check out. I had the chance to fire a Type 96 with the iron and telescopic sight at Battlefield Las Vegas near Circus Circus. Interesting weapon, greatly enjoyed this video the most for your work in exposing folks to the myriad of movies featuring these lesser regarded weapons that played an essential role in the war. Keep up the great work, always looking forward to your videos. - Your friendly neighborhood Military historian

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks man! I hope to visit that place one day! Amazing the selection they have

[@leewaffe3]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq If not anything else in all of Nevada I would make that the #1 first stop. Ask any of the staff kindly if there is time for a vault tour. It is a real treat to see the astonishing collection there. Not to mention the constant restoration of running armored vehicles. They just put to work a BMP-1 and M4.

[@chip599XX_VGRLeader]

Can you do a Type 100 Submachine Gun? The Type 100 Submachine Gun does not appear in Films and Television Shows The Type 100 Submachine Gun only appears in Anime Shows and Videogames

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Might have be a short video :)

[@chip599XX_VGRLeader]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Okay

[@tomhenry897]

Didn’t make that many SMGs weren’t part of Japanese tactics Mostly a police weapon

[@airmackeeee6792]

Hey Johnny, could you do a vid on the Owen Gun?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Yes! Love the Owen gun. It's on my list but give me a few weeks.

[@airmackeeee6792]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq That sounds awesome. Looking forward to it!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq yep a great example of evolving to local conditions....

[@waverly2468]

I highly recommend "Trench Warfare" on the free "Combat War Channel" on your Roku. The first machine guns were defensive weapons because they required a team of as many as 8 men to move, operate, and keep the guns supplied with ammo. Light automatic weapons like these were unknown in WW1.

[@davidthardy]

Lewis gun.

[@jeffduquette588]

@@davidthardy also Browning Automatic Rifle

[@929Finn]

I'm surprised you didn't include any game footage of the Type 96 or 99 in Red Orchestra: Rising Storm

[@adamhanes4431]

It’s interesting in order to try to keep logistics better majority of the the Japanese army fighting in China would still be armed with the older type 38 rifles and type 11 and 96 lmgs and troops stationed in the pacific would be armed with the newer type 99 lmgs type 99 rifles and the type 92 hmg could fire 7.7x58 rimless without issue as well. But as the war dragged on the Japanese weren’t able to produce this equipment fast enough so they started to reissue old type 38 and older lmgs they had in inventory and caused issues.

[@KH990j]

The Type 99 machine gun was also featured in an episode of the Waltons in one of the later seasons when one of the main characters is interned at a Japanese POW camp.

[@biaIetti]

I’d like to see a maxim machine gun some time soon

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

On the list!

[@ak9989]

My dad fought on Okinawa in 45. He had a lot of respect for the Japanese. I was even born in a Japanese hospital and raised among Japanese. I admire everything Japanese including their weapons. My dad left me some ww2 Japanese items, including a pistol and some SNLF items, helmet, hats.

[@halitiko]

Thanks for sharing such videos with us.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

It's my pleasure

[@Galloway5090]

A mid day upload from johnny? I must be dreaming

[@HamburgerTime209]

That scene where Burgin tells Sledge to check that door and almost gets his head taken off by a guy with a Nambu standing 6 feet away is true btw.

[@peterrobbins2862]

More grandfather fought the Japanese in new guinea and Bouganville in equatorial tropical conditions he faced these weapons and they were definitely effective in combat conditions especially in jungle warfare they most certainly did the job they were intended for

[@Romas65]

Nice video, I grew up studying WWII.

[@JF-xq6fr]

Underrated MGs, just like their service rifles. My full mum, mid-war Type 99 rifle is IMO and experience a very fine combat rifle. Powerful, very smooth and fast action, chrome lined bore and bolt face, Medford rifling, good sights, very fast bolt stripping, very light for a mil rifle with great handling and ergonomics. I have /shot/owned/own many of main battle rifles of WWII, and always look forward to handling and shooting my Type 99.

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Any machine gun is better than having no machine gun.

[@griz312]

The Japanese had some of the best Light Machine Guns in the 1920s-30s but definitely failed to keep up on the arms race when other nations were using belt fed machine guns.

[@rolfagten857]

0:39 : "Non but the brave" (1965) aka how Sinatra won the war in the Pacific! 🤣During filming, on May 10, 1964 in Hawaii, Sinatra was caught in a riptide , but Sinatra was rescued by a bunch of surfers.

[@ak9989]

And yes the Pacific is awesome to watch. My son joined the marines thanks to his grandfather and he wants to go to Okinawa now to see it. It's not the same😆

[@marks1638]

I noticed not a single belt fed machine gun in the entire Japanese ground army from the Type 11 to the Type 99 (unless using captured Chinese, British, or American weapons). Five round rifle clips, 30 round Hotchkiss stripper clips, and 30 round magazines. Maintaining a decent rate of fire was a challenge for machine gunners and their assistant gunners. American gunners with their Browning 30-06 caliber 1917's, 1919's, and 1918 (BAR), plus the infamous M2 (still in production to this day) could load up or link up long belts of ammo (250 rounds and up) to take down or suppress Japanese troops, vehicles, aircraft, light armor (even heavier Japanese tanks with the M2 with AP or API loads). A definite disadvantage for the Japanese in a firefight. The Japanese used their machine guns to good effect with good training (especially in defensive positions), but the US had a much better series of machine guns with commonality of ammo across the board.

[@flailingelbows7073]

Awesome to see some love given to arguably some of the most underrated weapons of the war. Japanese Machine Guns May not have been the best, but they were effective and still gained a deadly reputation amongst Marines.

[@joyogggKids]

Japanese light machinegun type 96 is truly op rather than type 99 , i play on red orchestra 2 rising strom and having scope attacment

[@apollochip7905]

I remember the voting for this video. It's so nice we got it!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

It was fun to make so I'm glad it won!

[@themysteriousgentlemen1763]

Don't forget the ww1 german machine gun with the banna clip. I forget it's name.

[@memazov6601]

You should talk about Banzai Tactics

[@RandyRandomised]

*me realising that my squad is being sniped by a machine gun*

[@channelforadifferentrecome6635]

I just realized that the next WW2 movie will probably star a full squad of heroic women as they fight on the beaches of Normandy

[@andrewdopple6946]

the scopes were not for sniping, it was for focused suppressive fire. Japanese never adopted a formal sniping doctrine. Even their scoped rifles were seen as a squad support role, meant to use precise and focused fire to suppress enemies in entrenched positions.

[@reynaldoangnged1864]

For further insight to the light machine guns, check Ian McCollum's vid in forgotten weapons. One thing I thought was a missing feature in type 96: the dust cover for the muzzle.

[@YamiPheonix531]

The Type 96/99 Light Machine Gun (LMG) were better suited for jungle and guerrilla warfare. The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) needed 4 soldiers to lift and move not including the ammo.

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

Great work. Enlightenment and entertainment as always. Many hours you pour into this effort. Thanks again brother man. 👋👋🔥🔥👍👍💪💪

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks brother for all your support and feedback. Makes a difference 🙏🙏

[@jeremycox2983]

Atomic bombing not Nuclear bombing Johnny. Thermonuclear bombs weren’t created until the mid to late 50s

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I'm not an expert on the subject but fat man and little boy were nuclear fission bombs so I think the terminology is okay. Thermonuclear bombs are also nuclear just more complex involving fusion and hydrogen.

[@CranialExtractor]

My great grandfather had a Bren gun in ww2 fighting for Canada. Wounded in Holland.

[@ncrtrooper7246]

Japanese gun designers making an AA cannon: where bayonet lug

[@marzbitenhaussen]

the bits of humor in these reviews is priceless: “arigatou, arigatou” lol 2:43

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

lol someone who gets what I'm after thank you

[@MrBahjatt]

The Type 99LMG was no doubt the best Japanese LMG of WW2 and possibly the best one of WW2. Realistically, the Japanese Imperial Army was mostly a World War 1 Army fighting a World War 2 army.

[@grenmoyo3968]

The 96 and 99 where really amazing firearms.

[@michaelllames1440]

Can you please watch Heneral Luna or Goyo

[@stuew6]

Good choice of Movie. like Too late be Hero ,