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Pages in category "Weapons of Japan" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ame-no-ohabari; B.
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.
This was Japan's first locally made service rifle, and was used from 1880 to 1898. An industrial infrastructure, such as the Koishikawa Arsenal had to be established to produce such new weapons. Later, Japan developed the very successful bolt action Arisaka series rifles, which was the Japanese service rifle until the end of World War II. [28]
Japan: Made by Minebea. Introduced in 1999, it is the only domestically produced submachine gun of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It is derived from the Uzi. [6] Assault rifles and battle rifles Howa Type 89: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO Japan: Service rifle, entered service in 1989. Howa Type 64: Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO Japan
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.
Pages in category "Samurai weapons and equipment" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. ... Japanese armour; Japanese sword;
These weapons consisted of; rifles, Pistols, Submachine guns, Machine guns, infantry mortars, grenades and grande discharges, Light anti-aircraft weapons, Anti-tank weapons, Flamethrower, and Military swords. These weapons were utilized to help build the strength of the Japanese Imperial Navy but also defend and attack against opposing Navies.
Japan quickly transformed in one generation from an isolated feudal society to a modern industrialized nation state and an emerging great power. [55] After a long period of peace, Japan quickly rearmed and modernized by importing western weapons, then manufacturing them domestically, and finally by manufacturing weapons of Japanese design.