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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 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.
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. History [ edit ]
Submachine guns Minebea 9mm Machine Pistol: Submachine gun: 9×19mm Parabellum 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
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.
Unlike the Siamese Type 66 (แบบ ๖๖), this rifle is a standard Japanese Type 38 in 6.5x50sr that was sent as aid from Japan to Thailand in 1940. These were taken straight from assembly lines at Nagoya and Kokura arsenals, after the Japanese Imperial Chrysanthemum was canceled out by zeros along the petals.
Following Japan's invasion of China in July 1937, domestic rifle production could not keep pace with wartime demands. This necessitated the purchase of foreign rifles such as the Karabiner 98k and Vz. 24. [5] Unlike those, the Type I was designed from the ground up for Japanese forces.
Model 96 25 mm dual-purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun; Vickers Type 40 mm dual purpose anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun; AA mine discharger (7 or 8 cm) Type 11 75 mm AA gun; Type 88 75 mm AA gun; Type 4 75 mm AA gun; Type 99 88 mm AA gun (based on Krupp 88 mm Flak of the German Navy (8.8 cm/45 SK C/30), which was captured in China) Type 14 10 cm ...