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The Type 4 rifle, often referred to as the Type 5 rifle, [2] (Japanese: 四式自動小銃 Yon-shiki Jidōshōju) was a Japanese experimental semi-automatic rifle. It was based on the American M1 Garand with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7×58mm Arisaka cartridge. Where the Garand used an 8-round en-bloc clip ...
The Type Hei rifle was one of three self-loading rifle designs commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Army for military trials. It was designed by Dr. Masaya Kawamura and produced at the Nippon Special Steel company. The first prototypes were constructed in 1932 and it is estimated that around 50 models were made.
Maximum firing range. 3,400 metres (3,700 yd) (7.7×58mm Arisaka) Feed system. 5-round internal box magazine, stripper clip loaded. The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (九九式短小銃, Kyūkyū-shiki tan-shōjū) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Pages in category "World War II semi-automatic rifles" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Type 38 at 128 cm (50.4 in) was the longest rifle of the war, due to the emphasis on bayonet training for the Japanese soldier of the era, whose average height was 160 centimeters (5 ft 3 in). [15] The rifle was even longer when the 40 cm (15.75 inches) Type 30 bayonet was fixed. The Type 38 was fairly heavy, at about 4.25 kg.
Arisaka. 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 most common models include the Type 38 chambered ...
Empire of Japan 1932 Type Kō Rifle: Kokura Arsenal: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Empire of Japan 1933 Type 4 rifle: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal: 7.7×58mm Arisaka Empire of Japan 1944 United States Marine Corps Designated Marksman Rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO United States 2001 Volkssturmgewehr: 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany: 1944 Vulcan V18: 5.56×45mm NATO United ...
2.5x Telescopic sight. The Type 97 sniper rifle (九七式狙撃銃, Kyū-nana-shiki sogekijū) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle, based on the Type 38 rifle adopted in 1937, following Japanese combat experience in Manchuria. Although the Japanese planned on replacing it with the Type 99 sniper rifle, which had superior range and penetration, the ...