62式機関銃 62式7.62mm機関銃
The standard issue 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose [[machine gun]] of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. 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":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Heavy_Industries]-produced [[M249 SAW]] firing the smaller 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge has largely replaced it in the light machine gun role at the squad level in the [[japan ground self-defense force|JGSDF]], the NTK-62 still plays the support role at platoon and company level for the infantry as a medium machine gun firing the more powerful [[ammunition|cartridge]]. It also continues to be used as a co-axial weapon in various armored vehicles, including [[tank]]s and [[armored personnel carrier|APC]]s. Like all modern Japanese-made [[gun|firearms]], it was never exported.

h4. See also

* [[List of Weapons]]
* [[Type 62 (Girls' Frontline)]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Sumitomo Type 62":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Type_62
* "Special ops.org: Sumitomo Type 62":https://special-ops.org/sumitomo-ntk-62-machine-gun/
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