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The Type 99 was produced in four versions, the regular issue Type 99 short rifle, the Type 99 long rifle (a limited production variant), the take-down Type 2 paratroop rifle, and the Type 99 sniper rifle. The standard rifle also came with a wire monopod and an anti-aircraft sighting device. The Type 99 was the first mass-produced infantry rifle ...
In 1937, the Japanese adopted the Type 97 sniper rifle, which was a standard issue Type 38 rifle with a 2.5x telescopic sight fitted and a bent down bolt handle. The 6.5 mm round lacked power and accuracy at long ranges, so when the 7.7 mm Type 99 rifle was adopted, the Japanese conducted trials with long and short Type 99s modified as sniper rifles in 1941.
The Arisaka rifle (Japanese: 有坂銃, romanized: Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, which were produced and used since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle (村田銃, Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.
The barrels were shortened to 635 mm (25.0 in) from the standard 794 mm (31.3 in) barrel and the stock shortened to match the barrel while the handguard retained its original length. [18] The result is a Type 38 which is similar in size to the Arisaka Type 99 short rifle.
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. [1]
Kokura-made rifles were generally well-made, featuring flat buttplates, spring-retained barrel bands, and polished bolt faces, while Nagoya-made rifles usually had rounded buttplates, an adjustable 2,200 m (2,400 yd) leaf sight, screw-retained barrel bands, chromed bolts and the forend beneath the barrel hollowed out in an attempt to increase ...
The Type I never had the Japanese Imperial Chrysanthemum markings, or other markings that typically interest collectors of Japanese militaria. [3] Many Type I rifles brought back to the United States as war trophies were reportedly captured at Kwajalein Atoll, the Philippines, or from Japan at the conclusion of hostilities. [9] [10]
In 1897, Arisaka completed work on the Type 30 rifle, an improvement on the Murata rifle, which was adopted by the Japanese Army as its standard weapon in time for the Boxer Rebellion. [1] In 1898, he also completed design work on the Type 31 75 mm mountain gun , and his name became known in the world of artillery as well as small arms .