Sumitomo Type 62
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sumitomo-type-62-162-11661405
title:
Sumitomo Type 62
text:
Sumitomo NTK-62 The Sumitomo NTK-62 is the standard issue general-purpose machine gun of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. It's also known as the Type 62 GPMG. When first issued, it fulfilled both light and medium machine gun support throughout the JGSDF. Though the Sumitomo Heavy Industries' M249 firing the smaller 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge has largely replaced it in the light machine gun role at the squad level in the JGSDF, the Type 62 still plays the support role at platoon and company level for
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
General purpose machine gun
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Type_62
date created:
2007-03-13T10:09:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:19:52Z
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13
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