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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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

Bruh, the Type 99 and 96 MGs and the Bren Gun are my favorite ww2 machine guns. They just look perfect for anti air, which is also something I love.

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

These episodes are great. Keep it up, man.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for sharing such videos with us.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Great video!

"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

Nice video, I grew up studying WWII.

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

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.

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

Good work

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

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.

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

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. :)

Any machine gun is better than having no machine gun.

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.

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.

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"

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

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

new favorite channel, great presenter voice!

Good job Johnny

Great video, was wondering if you would ever do a video on war movies (particularly WWII) with a Canadian perspective, thank you.

Great video, mate. You just got yourself a subscriber.

Very nice video 👍

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

Nice video, just one thing : ZB was not Czech, but Czechoslovak weapon

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

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.

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

good job Johnny

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

Please make a video of soviet era rifles esp mosin nagant, thanks

Could you do a video on the FT 17?

You cover some interesting things, many of which are only rarely mentioned, like afterthoughts. Thank you for it, and again I've added to my list. edit: I forgot to mention how pleasantly surprised I was to see Asta!

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

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

You should talk about Banzai Tactics

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

Another phenom video, greatly enjoyed, thanks Johnny!! Now it's time for my morning Timmy's. Things are good, eh?

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。

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.

A mid day upload from johnny? I must be dreaming

My favourite ww2 light machine gun!

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.

do t-72 era tanks

Beautiful Machine Gun!!

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.

Amazing

Well done.

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😆

Where did you find a way to watch Japans Longest Day I’ve been trying to watch it

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.

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.

that hopper idea is cool.

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.

Alongside the Bren, Zb. 26, FM 24/29, and Madsen Machine Gun, the Type 96/99 LMG is a Damn Personal Favorite Top Magazine Fed Machine Gun of mine, I especially like How they can Have Bayonets, and Scope, 3 Ways of Attack in a Single Gun? YES Please, its also my Favorite LMG in CoD WaW, used to Swap my Weapon for it when I have the Chance in the Campaign as well as In Nazi Zombies Mode, or Use Cheats to Get it if I want it ASAP. Also to Differentiate a Type 96 and Type 99 (In my Opinion, and to me, I could be Wrong) is that the Type 96 lacks the Muzzle Device, while the Type 99 has a Muzzle Device, a Flash Suppressor. Also just a Fun Fact, in the Thumbnail, or in the Scene in Windtalkers, that Focuses of a Type 96 Gunner Unleashing Niponese Brand Firepower, is Stunt Man Simon Rhee. Excellent Video Johnny, and very Informative too, as always! I'm Happy see my Childhood War Film (Windtalkers) and my Favorite Mini Series (The Pacific), and I'm also Glad that Majority of the Films shown in this Video, I've Watches them Before! So Nostalgic to see them Again! Keep up the Amazing Work Comrade! Keep the Good stuff Rolling!

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

Always loved these guns!

I saw these and nambus used in the Bougainville independence struggle in the 80s.

02:08 Really Mr Narrator...So, how come that G.I'S enjoying the low recoil and accuracy of that type 38?

Just wonder what the tune is at the end. By the way great subject keep it up 😎