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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 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.
Philippines: Captured during World War II and used by Filipino guerrillas. [16] South Korea: 60,000 rifles along with 500,000 ammunitions were provided to Korean Constabulary in January 1946 as service rifle by the United States Army Military Government in Korea, [17] and also obtained from Jinsen Arsenal at Incheon.
Philippines: Filipino guerrillas used captured Type 38 rifles. [48] A handful remained in military and police armories which saw limited use in CAT, ROTC, and military academies. Hukbalahap: Utilized captured rifles from the Japanese occupation and continued using these in limited numbers during the early phase of the Hukbalahap Rebellion.
The Type 99 Rifle, one of Imperial Japan's two service rifles during the war. The most common machine guns used were the Type 96 and Type 99 light machine gun, firing the 6.5mm and 7.7mm round, respectively.
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.
Pages in category "World War II infantry weapons of Japan" ... List of Japanese military equipment of World War II; 0–9. Type 10 grenade; 7×20mm Nambu; 8×22mm Nambu;
Although the Japanese would later introduce the Type 99 sniper rifle to take advantage of the 7.7×58mm Arisaka round (used by the new Type 99 rifle) superior range and penetration, the Type 97 remained in service for the rest of the war, with many IJA snipers preferring the 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka softer recoil and better accuracy at the close ...