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Originally Posted by Ruy Horta
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Originally Posted by Tony Williams
I don't know why the Japanese had the electric one as the Ki 61 guns weren't synchronised.
PS I should add that although the German MG 131 was electric primed, the Japanese version of it - the Navy 13mm Type 2 - used percussion priming.
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IIRC the main reason was that Japanese equipment had to operate under generally humid / tropical conditions and they couldn't solve the problems that arose from that. Percussion priming didn't pose any difficulties. |
That ties in with my info also.
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