Absolutely incredibly put together thread and invaluable to documenting and suggesting Japanese small arms.
I truly do and sincerely thank you DELAVR Killerwolf1024 Slakrrrrrr NonNational skultew1234 VINICIUS LAG@live for every bit of collaborative contribution in this. Along with everyone else who’s put in so much incredible work researching and suggesting items for Japan.
@_DELAVR When you have time you can check this two I dismissed one as fake cuz I have no idea what it is but the other one looks legit:
This is Drum-Fed LMG for Chinese Warlords: the Finnish LS-26/31 Only about 1,200 were shipped before the Japanese government persuaded the Finnish government to cut off exports, as Japan was fighting in China at the time. So its possible that some of those where used by Japan. It has 75-round drum.
And the other one is provided as a east Dutch gun modified by Japan however there is no info about it so I just dismissed it since it doesn’t resemble world war 2 gun :
The second one feels really fake but the Chinese one is very real.
There were no LS 26/31 machine guns in China; in Finland itself, only 50 units were produced with the 75-round drum magazine (which was incompatible with standard models). It is almost certain that China ordered versions of the LS 26 chambered for the 7.92 Mauser cartridge.
It seems pretty obvious to me that this is an AI-generated image. For starters, the rear and front sights are at different heights, making it impossible to aim the weapon. The magazine is very strange and is located directly under the barrel rather than where the bolt should be. The receiver looks like it’s made of aluminum, which was hardly ever used in WWII small arms. There is a barrel visible on the outside, yet it’s missing inside the cooling shroud. And so on…