Type 89 (Disambiguation)

Japanese Imperial Year 2589 (1929) or Gregorian year 1989, Type 89 may refer to:

Ground Vehicles

Rank I

• Type 89b I-Go Otsu

Rank VI

• Type 89 IFV

Armaments

Naval Guns

• 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun

Machine Guns

• Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun (7.7 mm) - (Recoil-operated, licence-built of Vickers E (7.7 mm) re-chambered for Japanese 7.7x58mmSR)
• Type 89 dual flexible machine gun (7.7 mm) - (Gas-operated, 2 x modified Type 11 LMGs strapped together)

Even though both are aircraft-mounted MGs, they are unrelated to each other in development and use. One is mounted for a plane's offensive capability, and the flexible is for defensive purposes.

Torpedoes

• Type 89 (533 mm) - (1929 Submarine Torpedo)