During the Battle of Namul Island, part of the Battle of Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific War, on February 1st 1944, the Japanese army machine gun and the bodies of the crew were scattered after being hit by a direct hit from the American army.

   During the Battle of Namur Island on February 1st 1944, during the American invasion of Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific War, the bodies of Japanese soldiers and the remains of a Japanese machine gun that had been destroyed by a direct hit from an American shell were scattered around the island. Around the Japanese heavy machine gun that had been hit by American artillery, the bodies of three or four Japanese soldiers were scattered.

     During the Battle of Namul Island in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific War, the Army Type 92 7.7mm Heavy Machine Gun, a representative heavy machine gun of the Japanese Army with a high rate of accuracy, was blown up by a direct hit from an American shell. It had a jagged air-cooled cooling system and a tripod. It was capable of firing 200 rounds per minute, and during the Battle of Saipan, four of these guns were deployed to each infantry company of the Japanese Army. The triangular device at the muzzle is a flash suppressor, and there are several strips of mesh-like bands scattered around. The belt-like ammunition band is loaded with bullets from the left side, and when it is empty, it is ejected to the right side. Originally, it was used by the army, but the navy also used it.

     On February 1st 1944, the American army landed on Roi-Namul Island. The airfield on the western half of Roi Island was quickly occupied, and the eastern half of Namul Island fell by midday on the following day, February 2nd. Roi-Namul Island is located in the northern part of Kwajalein Atoll, one of the many volcanic islands and coral atolls that make up the Marshall Islands. The American troops who landed saw the devastating damage to the Japanese military positions from the bombing and shelling that had taken place before the invasion. Destroyed sea walls, uprooted trees, demolished buildings, and wounded positions were scattered everywhere. The Japanese soldiers hid themselves in the rubble, and the Japanese military was decisively annihilated. The Japanese positions were destroyed by explosives and artillery. The intense bombardment caused the vegetation to disappear, and the battle became a street-clearing battle rather than a jungle battle. The piles of rubble and the hollows from the shells were the only places to hide. In the Battle of Kwajalein Atoll as a whole, 313 American soldiers were killed and 502 were wounded. On the other hand, the estimated 3,563-strong Japanese garrison was wiped out.