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The Type 30 bayonet (三十年式銃剣, sanjūnen-shiki jūken) is a bayonet that was designed for the Imperial Japanese Army to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle, which was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles, the Type 96 and Type 99 light machine guns, and the Type 100 submachine gun.
The carbine lacked a bayonet and the cost in 1939 was 67.9 yen per unit. [20] It was produced in a number of locations: Tokyo Arsenal from 1906 to 1931; 209,500 units (est.) [4] Kokura arsenal from 1938 to 1941: 51,500 units (est.) [4] Nagoya arsenal from 1935 to 1942: 206,500 units (est.) [4] Hoten/Mukden arsenal from 1937 to 1944: 52,300 ...
The initial production rifle of the Type 99. Made only by Nagoya Arsenal and Toyo Kogyo under Kokura Arsenal supervision. Only about 38,000 were produced, 8,000 at Nagoya and 30,000 at Toyo Kogyo between summer of 1940 and spring of 1941 when production was switched to the much more common new Type 99 short rifle of which millions were made.
Accession: 77-127-B Bayonet, Japanese, Type 30 19.25"L 1897-1945 Bayonet has a hooked quillion but no serial number or discernible arsenal marks. Bayonet was attached to a Japanese Type 38 6.55mm "Ariska" Rifle which is alo part of the collection. Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command. Date: 9 December 2011, 21:21: Source
The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (三十年式歩兵銃, Sanjū-nen-shiki hoheijū, 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box-fed bolt-action repeating rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 (the 30th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 30") to 1905.
Developed from the Type 38 carbine to provide a cavalryman a carbine with a bayonet and not be encumbered with weapons as before the trooper was required to have a Type 32 cavalry saber, a Type 38 carbine and a bayonet., [1] [10] the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards and locks underneath the barrel.
The Type 99 light machine gun (九九式軽機関銃, Kyūkyū-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.It was similar in design to the earlier Type 96 light machine gun, but designed to fire the new and more powerful 7.7×58mm Arisaka cartridge, which improved energy by over 50%.
Modern jūkendō uses a mokujū (木銃), a wooden replica of a rifle with an attached and blunted bayonet at the end, in place of an actual rifle. [5] The art is practised by both Japanese military personnel and civilians. [7] Training incorporates kata (patterns), two-person drills, and competitive matches using mokujū and protective armor. [7]