This is an extremely rare original 1936 Imperial Japanese Army manual for the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun ("Ninety-Two Shiki Juuki Kikanju" in Japanese), the standard heavy machine gun of the Japanese Army during WWII. Issued in the 11th year of Showa (1936) by the military-approved publisher "123-kan Bookstore, " this manual features over 45 technical diagrams and illustrations. The manual covers the assembly, maintenance, operation, and tactical use of the weapon, complete with highly detailed fold-out schematics. These manuals were distributed to Imperial Army machine gun crews, ...