Dropped machine guns during SDF soldiers' descent training...a shot-by-shot boss dead
Mar 14, 2025
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According to Japanese media, including Fuji News, a machine gun crashed at 6:45 p.m. on the 13th at a Self-Defense Forces military base in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. The soldier, who was training at the time, was descending from a helicopter to the ground when the belt was released and the light machine gun he was carrying fell off.
The crashed gun is a 'light machine gun minimi' with 5.56mm rounds, about 1m long and weighing about 7kg.
The machine gun, which was about 15 meters high, hit the chest of a 41-year-old boss who was controlling training on the ground.
He died of 'heart damage' in about two and a half hours while being taken to a hospital for treatment.
The Ground Self-Defense Force has set up an accident investigation committee to determine the cause of the accident.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
