Mitsubishi MH16 knitting machine has 200 needles and seems like a standard-gauge machine with only basic/manual patterning/stitch-manipulation capabilities.

It is similar to its earlier counterpart, Mitsubishi MH-15 but has a needle selection mini-carriage. This carriage probably moves before the main carriage and selects the needles in groups of 8, 10 or 12. Earlier Silver/Silver-Reed machines have similar mechanisms. The next model after MH16, is Mitsubishi MH20, which also features a needle selection mini-carriage.

The carriage is very simplistic and has a screw-on handle, which makes me think that the machine was manufactured somewhere in the 1960s or earlier.

I am not sure what the mini-sinker plate on the left-hand side in the picture below. Maybe for weaving?

Stay tuned as I scout for more information.