The Type 93 13 mm heavy machine gun (Japanese: ä¹Âä¸Âå¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂä¸Âç²Âæ©Âé Kyà «-san Shiki Jà «-san MirimÃÂtoru Kijà «), known to the Imperial Japanese Army as the Type Ho 13 mm AA machine cannon (Japanese: ãÂÂå¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂä¸Âç²Âé«Âå°Âæ©Âé¢砲 Ho Shiki Jà «-san MirimÃÂtoru Kà Âsha Kikanhà Â), was a license-built version of the Hotchkiss M1930 machine gun used by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.