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The Type 100 saw a production of less than 30,000, a mere fraction compared to just about everyone else and certainly made little to no impact to their war efforts. The same criticism could be made about the Japanese Garand. Light machine guns used by Japan required multiple personnel operators, unlike their German or American counterparts, which could be operated by just two individuals or on occasion, one.
The most popular machine-gun for the US (and the Allies) was the .50 cal, which was a general-purpose, belt-fed weapon. Even the Soviets had a good number of general purpose automatics whereas their Japanese counterpart had often been criticized as being clumsy and bulky.
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