Tuesday, August 18, 2009
World War 2 weapon 1 the Arisaka rifle
I'm starting a WW2 weapons blog. I'm doing the Japanese first. I will start with the Arisaka rifle. A bolt action rifle with 5 round clips ( maybe not clips ) which replaced the Murata rifle. It was created by Colonel Nariakira Arisaka. The Japanese used this rifle for the whole war and it was massed produced. There were different variants of it from the Type 30 to the Type 99. Production ceased at the end of the war after the Japanese surrendered and spare ammo was dumped into Tokyo Harbor. The Arisaka served from 1898-1945. If the mum ( symbol ) is still their it's worth more since the Japenese were ordered to destroy their mums. Most leftover Arisakas were imported to other countries.
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