ARISAKA TYPE 38

The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (Kyukyu-shiki tan-shoju) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, this rifle was designed and produced intended to replace the standard rifle of the...

The Type 38 rifle  (sanhachi-shiki hoheiju) is a bolt-action service rifle that was used by the Empire of Japan predominantly during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Second World War. The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the...

The Arisaka Type 44 Calvary Rifle or Type 44 Carbine was designed by Nariakira Arisaka for the Imperial Japanese Military and entered production in 1911. The reason why it is called Type 44 is that the year 1911 is the 44th year of Emperor Meiji's...

The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action rifle that supplemented the Type 99 Japanese standard infantry rifle during the Second World War.  The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the...

The Imperial Japanese Army introduced the Type 30 rifle in 1897. However, the weapon had numerous shortcomings, which were highlighted by combat experience in the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War. These included bursting cartridges,...