![]() The Type 99 was developed in response to criticisms regarding the Type 96 machine gun specifically, many of the critiques were aimed at the low stopping power of the reduced-load 6.5×50mm cartridge for which the Type 96 was chambered. Along with the Type 96, the Type 99 was one of the main infantry machine guns of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. ![]() The Type 99 (九九式軽機関銃, Kyūkyū-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a Japanese light machine gun designed by Kijirō Nambu. 2,350 feet per second (720 metres per second)
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