October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

World War I, World War II, Japanese Empire, Rifles, Bolt Action, 6.5x50mm, 1921, Koishikawa Arsenal, Arisaka Walter Gurske World War I, World War II, Japanese Empire, Rifles, Bolt Action, 6.5x50mm, 1921, Koishikawa Arsenal, Arisaka Walter Gurske

Type 38 Arisaka

Problems with Japan’s first smokeless powder rifle prompted a redesign of the mechanism, leading to one of the strongest and simplest rifles ever produced, which would serve the Empire for almost half a century.

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