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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 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 ...
The Type 96 light machine gun (九六式軽機関銃, Kyūroku-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and in World War II. [3] It was first introduced in 1936, and fires the 6.5×50mm Arisaka from 30-round top-mounted magazines.
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]
The Imperial Japanese Army began development of a new rifle in December 1895 to replace the Murata rifle, which had been in use since 1880.The project was handled by the Koishikawa Arsenal in Tokyo under the direction of Colonel Arisaka Nariakira, [3] and was the first in a series of rifles which would be used through World War II.
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 Type 38 Arisaka Revised Edition: A Study of the Japanese Rifles and Carbines Based Upon the Type 38 Ariska Action, Their Variations and History. USA: AK Enterprises. ISBN 978-09614814-4-5. Although the 2007 and 2021 editions of this book have different content and different pagination, they share a single ISBN. Daugherty III, Leo J. (2002).
[67] [68] The Type 4 were the older Chinese standard rifles and common during the Warlord era. In World War II, they were outdated, but still in use by more poorly equipped units. [69] China Germany: Liao Type 13: 7.92×57mm 6.5×50mmSR: A hybrid between Arisaka and Mauser 4 produced in the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo and before. [70]