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Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol Image File history File links Japanese_Type_14. ...
Image File history File links Japanese_Type_14. ...
Introduced Year : 1925 Caliber : 8 mm Barrel Length : 117 mm Length : 230 mm Weight : 900 g Magazine : 8 rounds Production Qty : 280,000 Kijiro Nambu was the designer of the Nambu pistols . He was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army , and developed the Type 38 Heavy Machine Gun and Type 11 Light Machine Gun . In 1904, he developed the first model of the Nambu pistol . Though it was not introduced into the IJA, the Nambu pistol was produced by a private enterprise and it was introduced by IJN in 1915. Kijiro Nambu Kijiro Nambu (1869-1949) A prolific Japanese small arms designer. ...
Nambu Pistol Model 14 (1925) The Nambu pistol was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. ...
General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ...
The Imperial Japanese Army (: å¤§æ¥æ¬å¸åé¸è» Shinjitai: å¤§æ¥æ¬å¸å½é¸è» Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945 when it was Imperial Japan. ...
The Type 11 Light Machine Gun (ä¸ä¸å¹´å¼è»½æ©é¢é) was a Japanese machine gun produced after the First World War. ...
Nambu Pistol Model 14 (1925) The Nambu pistol was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. ...
In 1925, IJA also introduced the improved model of Nambu pistol as the Type 14 Pistol which was almost the same as the early model except some small improvements. About 279,000 Type 14s were produced. Later production models are distinguished by an enlarged, oblong shaped trigger guard.
Nambu pistols were famous for accuracy. They were used by officers and MPs of IJA.
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