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The Type 10 50 mm grenade discharger was a Japanese smoothbore, muzzle loaded weapon used during the Second world war. It first entered service in 1921. The Type 10 has a range of 160 meters, greater than the other grenade dischargers of the times. It had a range control device at the base of the barrel in the form of a graduated thimble by which a gas port at the base of the tube can be varied in size. For shorter ranges, part of the propellant gases escape to the side. Due to a translation error, the Type 10 was called the "knee mortar" by the Americans. The manual for the mortar instructed the troops to carry the mortar on the upper thigh, with the baseplate attaached to the belt and the barrel running down the thigh. American troops on Guadalcanal became aware of the name 'knee mortar' and thought the light design allowed it to be fired with the baseplate resting on the thigh. If the Type 10 was fired in this manner it would result in serious injury due to recoil; however once a few troops had been injured the mistranslation was discovered and further experimentation was discouraged. A grenade launcher is weapon that fires or launches a grenade to longer distances than a soldier could throw by hand. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) (KyÅ«jitai: å¤§æ—¥æœ¬å¸åœ‹é™¸è», Shinjitai: , Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... Combatants China Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi, Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai Hirohito, Hideki Tojo, Kotohito Kanin, Matsui Iwane, Hajime Sugiyama, Shunroku Hata, Toshizo Nishio, Yasuji Okamura, Umezu Yoshijiro, Fumimaro Konoe Strength 58,600,000 4,100,000... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Grenade may refer to: The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ...

Contemporary US intelligence thought that the weapon was primarily used to discharge flares, the heavier Type 89 Grenade Discharger being used to fire explosive rounds instead. From left to right, a canvas ammo carrier, a Type 89 grenade, the Type 89 grenade discharger, a Type 91 grenade, a coloured dragon smoke round and a bore cleaning brush. ...

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