WWII Japanese Type 99 LMG with electrical tape wrapped magazine privately owned by a politician/warlord in the Philippines

Posted by Brilliant_Ground1948@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 18 comments

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KineticTechProjects@reddit

This is a type 96, and it sort of looks like a 7.62x39 mag, at least in the first couple pics. Hard to tell but that could be part od the conversion block sticking up behind it.

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No_Raccoon_7096@reddit

I wonder how hard it must be to source Japanese cartdriges illegally

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KineticTechProjects@reddit

That is almost certainly a 7.62 mag, so it is likely a chinese conversion. The mag looks skinnier than an original 7.7x58

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I wonder how often someone described as a warlord in the philipenes actually fires his gun or has people for guns on his behalf. Anyone have my insight? I knew there was an isis insurgency, but not warlords

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not_my_real_name404@reddit

Almost all politicians have private militaries or armed groups here.

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AngryAlabamian@reddit

Are they all just flexing muscle for political optics? Or do they go at it with each other?

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not_my_real_name404@reddit

They mostly use their armed groups to protect themselves from other politicians and just pay someone else to unalive rivals or people that they want gone. Like this https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/s/nlQAVJaviw is one of many politician deaths each year.

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Mg42gun@reddit

Iirc Japanese 7.7 mm could work with .303 British or converted into 7.62 NATO with just barrel change

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TacTurtle@reddit

.303 is rimmed, 7.7 Jap is not - you may be thinking of .303 powder load data. You use .30-06 family cases to make 7.7 Jap cases (size and trim to length).

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