Talk:Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There

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A Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier with a Type 74 on the hull. (Ep.1)

The hull-mounted machine gun looks more like Browning M1919A4, judging by the perforated barrel shroud. Also all sources claim that Type 73 had hull-mounted M1919. Greg-Z (talk) 04:30, 5 July 2015 (EDT)

This is correct since the Allied Forces provided that for the JGSDF in its early years. Ominae (talk) 04:44, 5 July 2015 (EDT)

The Japanese wiki page states the Type 73 APC had M1919A4 during the initial production. They were later replaced with Type 74s in the 80s since they used 7.62x51mm NATO rounds. The ones in the episode does looks like M1919 though...--Wildcards (talk) 04:53, 5 July 2015 (EDT)

I like to stick to the record (to those unfamiliar with modern Japanese military hardware) that these guys aren't totally retired just yet. So these APCs in the show may have been mobilized from secondary combat units. Ominae (talk) 05:09, 5 July 2015 (EDT)