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Both the pistol itself, and the round it fired, are smaller than the other Nambu pistols, leading to the name "Baby" Nambu. [14] Type B Nambus were produced at the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal. [ 15 ] The first 450 models have the bottom part of the magazine made of wood, and only one diameter firing pin, but later Type Bs have the magazine made ...
A Type 94 pistol from the HK Museum of History. The Type 94 pistol is operated by a different mechanism than previous Japanese sidearms. [8] Unlike previously designed Nambu pistols, the Type 94 operates with a concealed hammer and with a firing pin rather than a striker. [1]
The 8×22mm Nambu is a rimless, bottleneck handgun cartridge introduced in Imperial Japan in 1904, used in the Type 100 submachine gun, Nambu pistols (Type A, the Type B and Type 14) and the Nambu Type 94 pistol. The 8×22mm Nambu cartridge was used in both the Pacific War and Second Sino-Japanese War.
The New Nambu M60 (ニューナンブM60) is a double-action revolver chambered in .38 Special based upon Smith & Wesson-style designs. [ 3 ] It was designed and produced by Shin-Chuō Industries , later merged with Minebea .
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.
Known as the Meiji 26 Nen Ken Ju (meaning 'Pistol, pattern of the 26th year of the Meiji era'), [3] the Type 26 revolver was the first indigenous revolver adopted by the Japanese military. [2] The Type 26 was produced to replace the aging Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 [ 4 ] and was officially adopted March 29, 1894. [ 5 ]
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 ...
During Nambu's tour at the Army Rifle Manufacturing Plant (later renamed the Kokura Arsenal) he developed the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun in 1914 and the Type 11 light machine gun in 1922. In 1922, Nambu was promoted to lieutenant general and placed in charge of the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal. He reorganized the army arsenal system in 1923 and was ...