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Encyclopedia > Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
A Type 44 rifle showing the bayonet folding backwards.
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A Type 44 rifle showing the bayonet folding backwards.

The Type 44 Cavalry Rifle（四四式騎銃Yonyon-shiki kijyuu or Yonjyuuyon-shiki kijyuu) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. It was a development of the Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle, the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards. It entered service in 1911. Image File history File links Japanese Type 44 Cavalry Rifle. ... Image File history File links Japanese Type 44 Cavalry Rifle. ... A bolt-action firearm is typically a rifle that is manually operated (i. ... 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. ... The US Marine Corps OKC-3S bayonet From right to left: a carbine, a straight infantry officer sabre, a short curved infantry sabre (briquet), two bayonets. ...

  • Caliber: 6.5 mm
  • Barrel length: 487 mm
  • Length: 966 mm
  • Weight: 3.3 kg
  • Magazine: 5 rounds
  • Muzzle Velocity: 685 m/s

See also

Type 38 Rifle Type 38 Rifle Type service rifle Nationality Japan Era Russo-Japanese War - WW2 History Date of design 1905 Production period Service duration 1905 -1945 Operators Japan War service Specifications Type Calibre 6. ...


References

  • Leo J. Daugherty III, Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941-1945, ISBN 1862271623

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Type 38 rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (253 words)
For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry.
An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it.
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.
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