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Type 98 aircraft machinegun

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 86 ↗

Japanese, Type 98 (1938), aircraft machinegun cal. 7.92mm.

ATF lists cal. 7.92mm; this is the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1938–1945.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Japan
Manufacturer
Nagoya Army Arsenal¹²
Type
Machinegun
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
7.92×57mm
Made
1938–1945production; ATF states no date³
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 86 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Type 98/Type 1 machine gun” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer: Type 98 — Nagoya Army Arsenal (Mikesh 2004)
  2. Wikipedia, “九八式旋回機関銃” ↗, maker: infobox 設計・製造: 名古屋陸軍造兵廠 (Nagoya Army Arsenal)
  3. Wikipedia, “九八式旋回機関銃” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it)
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passMaker: Imperial Japanese Army arsenals → Nagoya Army Arsenal. En and Japanese Wikipedia infoboxes name Nagoya Army Arsenal as the Type 98 maker

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Historical context

Type 98 aircraft machinegun

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Aangetroffen of in beslag genomen machinegeweer, Bestanddeelnr 5913.jpg” by Nationaal Archief, CC0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Type 98/Type 1 machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Army Type 98 and Navy Type 1 machine gun were license-built variants of the German MG 15 machine gun intended for aerial use and occasional field use in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during World War II.