The Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun (三年式重機関銃, San-nen-shiki juu-kikanjuu?), also known as the Taishō 14 Machine Gun,[1] was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun, based on the design of the Hotchkiss M1914. Although the Hotchkiss used 8mm cartridges, from 1914 Japan produced the Type 3 under license from Hotchkiss using the 6.5x50mm Arisaka ammunition.