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Nambu pistols were symbols of prestige, often carried in fanciful holsters, and were used more as a means of ornament and status rather than for fighting. [2] Japan produced about 400,000 Nambu pistols over the course of the war and the United States made over a million M1911 pistols. [4]
The Type 94 Nambu pistol was designed by Kijiro Nambu after he retired from the Japanese army and founded the Nambu Rifle Manufacturing Company. [5] Design of the Type 94 Nambu pistol commenced in 1929 with the goal of reducing the bulk and price of previous Nambu designs. [3]
The development of three handguns had been promoted at the same time in parallel: .32 ACP caliber semi-automatic pistols, 9×19mm Parabellum caliber semi-automatic pistols, and .38 Special caliber revolvers. Semi-automatic pistols were completed as New Nambu M57, but both of them did not enter into mass production. On the other hand, the ...
Type 94 8mm Nambu pistol: Nambu 8×22mm Nambu: 50 1903 [13] 10,300~ 0.900 Type 14 8 mm Nambu pistol [14] Pistol: Sidearm [15] Recoil operated: Empire of Japan: Type A 8 mm Nambu pistol: Nambu 8×22mm Nambu: 50 [15] 1925 [14] 400,000~ [16] 0.900 Reduced-cost version of Type A - Nambu Type 19 "North China" pistol [17] Pistol: Sidearm: Short ...
The New Nambu M57 (ニューナンブM57) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed by Shin-Chuō Industries, later merged with Minebea. "New Nambu" was named after Kijirō Nambu , a notable firearm designer and the founder of Shin-Chuō Industries.
The 7×20mm Nambu is a rimless, bottleneck handgun cartridge designed in Japan for use in the Type B or "Baby" model Nambu pistol. [1] The cartridge is a scaled-down version of the 8×22mm Nambu used in all other Nambu pistol models. It has a muzzle energy greater than that of the .25 ACP and closer to the .32 ACP.
Nambu Type 94 pistol: Nambu Jūseizōsho: 8×22mm Nambu Japan: 1934 New Nambu M57: Shin-Chuō Industries: 9×19mm Parabellum.32 ACP Japan: 1957 North China Type 19 handgun: North China Engineering Co Ltd: 8×22mm Nambu Japan China: 1944 NP-18: China North Industries Corporation: 9×19mm Parabellum China: NZ 85B: China North Industries ...
The Nambu Type 90 was a flare gun of Japanese origin and manufactured by Nambu. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy [3] and came with two or three barrels. [4] [5] The Type 90 designation is from the last two digits of its year of adoption, which was 2590 (or 1930 AD) on the Japanese Kōki calendar. It first came with three barrels with ...