This section needs additional citations for verification. However, not all units received the new weapon, and the mixture of types with incompatible cartridges led to considerable logistics issues during World War II. Designated the Type 99 rifle, this new rifle used the more powerful 7.7×58mm Arisaka cartridge already in use with the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the Type 97 light machine gun. However, a concern that the 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka cartridge did not compare favorably to the ammunition used by the other great powers in the war led to the introduction of a further generation of rifles in 1939, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. By 1940 more than three million Type 38s had been issued to the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1939, the Type 38 rifle manufactured by these arsenals cost 75.9 yen per unit. In what is now Shenyang) arsenal from 1937 to 1944: 148,800 units (est.) Hoten (was called Mukden Arsenal before the Japanese took it over.Jinsen (in what is now Incheon) arsenal from 1942 to 1942: 13,400 units (est.).The weapon was produced in several locations: A dust cover was added because of experiences in the Russo-Japanese War that left rifles inoperable from dust. Nambu reduced the number of parts making up the Type 30's bolt from nine to six and at that same time simplified manufacture and disassembly of the bolt without the need for tools. Major Kijiro Nambu undertook a redesign of the Type 30, which was introduced in 1906. These included bursting cartridges, a poorly designed lock in which excess gunpowder tended to accumulate, burning the face of the shooter, frequent misfires, jamming, difficulty in cleaning, and cartridge extraction. However, the weapon had numerous shortcomings, which were highlighted by combat experience in the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army introduced the Type 30 rifle in 1897. 2.11 Mexican Model 1913 rifle and carbine.Due to a lack of strength in its 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka cartridge, it was partially replaced during the war with the Type 99 rifle, but both rifles saw usage until the end of the war. The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 38"). The Type 38 rifle ( 三八式歩兵銃, sanhachi-shiki hoheijū) 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. Source: Wikipedia.Type 38 rifle from the collections of the Swedish Army Museumħ.62×39mm (post-war Chinese modified) ħ62 m/s (2,500 ft/s) Type 38 cartridge ģ66–457 m (400–500 yd) (with iron sight) Ģ.37 km (1.47 mi) ( 6.5×50mm Arisaka) In all, 3,400,000 Arisaka Type 38 rifles were built. After WW2, they saw action during the Chinese Civil War with both sides and the Korean War with the Communist Chinese forces. Manufacturing of Arisaka Type 38 rifles did not cease until the end of WW2, but existing models remained in service. Many Chinese troops, both Nationalist and Communist, used captured Arisaka Type 38 rifles against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Many captured Arisaka Type 38 rifles were also used in neighboring countries as they become captured. The two models served concurrently in the Japanese Army. They were also used in the British Royal Navy, the Russian Army, and in Finland.īy the mid-1930s, however, it was clear that the design was becoming outdated, and resources were invested to create that would become the Arisaka Type 99 rifles, which entered production in 1939. In addition to being the standard rifles in pre-WW2 Japan, they were also exported the Czech Legion that fought in the Russian Revolution, for example, carried Arisaka Type 38 rifles, among other weapons. A shorter carbine version of the rifle was also manufactured, used mainly by cavalry units and non-frontline troops the carbines were only 966-mm in length. They were the longest rifles among their contemporaries even before the 400-mm Type 30 bayonets were attached, making them rather unwieldy the length of the rifles reflected the emphasis of bayonet fighting in Japanese Army doctrine during that era. Peter Chen ww2dbaseThe Arisaka Type 38 bolt-action rifles, also known as Meiji 38th Year (1905) rifles, were the standard infantry rifles of the pre-WW2 Japanese Army.
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