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This is a very rare and highly sought after collectible, a Japanese
Machine Gun Camera made during World War II. The official name of the
camera is the Type 89 Rokuoh-Sha made by Konishoruko Manufacturer
Company, later to become Konica.
This camera has a fascinating history in that it was used to train
Japanese machine gunners during WWII. The camera would be mounted inside
or outside the plane. When inside it is manned by the gunner, and
outside it would be controlled remotely by cables. The camera takes
18x24mm pictures on 35mm cine film loaded in 2.5m strips. The Type 89
camera was said to be used to train gunners on the famed Zero fighter
plane, the pilots would do in-air target practice with the camera
recording accuracy. The film would then be processed and reviewed before
true in-air combat (once pilots mastered the Type 89 camera with
improved kills through target practice, the real thing was then mounted
on the aircraft and said pilot was sent into battle).
This camera is an amazing piece of history that is essentially priceless for a collector of unique cameras or WWII memorabilia.
The Rokuoh-Sha
machine gun camera is an exceptionally rare and very sought after piece
of Japanese military history. It was manufactured by the Konishoruko
Camera Company (which later
became Konica)
during world war two, as a way of training Japanese military airplane
machine gunners. The machine gun camera would be mounted on to Japanese
military aircraft, in place of the real machine guns, during training
flights. The gunners would then fire the machine gun camera at various
ground based, or
airborne targets — just as if they were firing the real guns. Instead of spraying bullets, however, they were snapping photos.
The resulting photographs would later be developed and analyzed in
order to determine the gunner.
Still looking for:
- the rifle butt
- The stopwatch (Berna 17 jewel or Seikosha.)
