| | Type 38 Rifle | | Type | service rifle | | Nation(s) of Origin | Japan | | Era | Russo-Japanese War - WW2 | | History | | Date of design | 1905 | | Production period | | | Service duration | 1905 -1945 | | Operators | Japan | | War service | | | Variants | Cavalry rifle | | Number built | 3,400,000 | | Specifications | | Type | | | Caliber | 6.5 mm | | Barrel length | 800 mm | | Ammunition | | | Magazine | 5 round | | Action | | | Length | 1,280 mm | | Weight | 3.95 kg | | Rate of fire | | | Muzzle velocity | 765 m/s | | Effective range | {{{range}}} | The Type 38 Rifle Arisaka (三八式歩兵銃 Sanpachi-shiki hoheijyuu) was a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was reliable and accurate. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it. Both of these weapons were also known as the Arisaka, after the inventor. Image File history File links Source: http://history. ...
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. ...
In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ...
A bolt-action firearm is typically a rifle that is manually operated (i. ...
A carbine is a firearm similar to, but generally shorter and less powerful than a rifle or musket of a given period. ...
The Type 30 Rifle Arisaka (三åå¹´å¼æ©å…µéŠƒ; Sanjyuu-nen-shiki hoheijyuu) was a bolt-action rifle. ...
Arisaka rifle Nationality Japan Type bolt-action rifle Inventor Nariakira Arisaka Date of design ?? Service duration 1905 - 1945 Cartridge 6. ...
The Type 38 Cavalry Rifle is a short-barreled version of the Type 38. It was used not only by cavalry, but also by engineer, quartermaster and other non-frontline troops. It was introduced into service at the same time as the Type 38, the barrel was shorter at 487 mm, giving an overall length of the rifle of 966 mm and a weight of 3.3 kg The Japanese Type 38 cavalry rifle was a short barreled version of the bolt-action Type 38 Rifle, it was used by the Japanese cavalry during World War II. It entered service in 1905. ...
Other variants developed from the Type 38 were the Type 44 Cavalry Rifle, Type 97 Sniper Rifle, TERA Rifles and the final development, the Type 5 Rifle. A Type 44 rifle showing the bayonet folding backwards. ...
-Type 97 Sniper Rifle Introduced Year : 1937 Caliber : 6. ...
-TERA Rifles The IJA developed some special rifles for paratrooper, called as TERA Rifle. ...
-Type 5 Rifle Experimental Automatic Rifles Japan had developed several experimental models of Automatic Rifle, including a copy of US M1 Automatic Rifle,the Type 5 Rifle. ...
References
- Leo J. Daugherty III, Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941-1945, ISBN 1862271623
External links - Nazarian`s Gun`s Recognition Guide
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