The Nambu pistol, which was the standard sidearm of the Imperial Army, was one of the worst handguns ever issued, and the Arisaka rifle, while extremely strong and reliable, would have been fine in World War I, not World War II. Japanese armor was poor, as was their radar, communications equipment in general, and small arms. Also the only last ditch style rifle to use a full length handguard and single screw front barrel band. This series had small production numbers compared to other arsenals. The Long Lance torpedo was superior to our torpedoes (which often failed to detonate), but that was about as far as it went. A rare 9th series Izawa Type 99 w/ intact mum.
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They also wrote a technical manual on the converted rifles, which has become a pretty rare item to find. 30-06 caliber for use by South Korean forces. The Zero fighter was far superior to anything we had at the beginning of the war but was badly outclassed at the end. During the Korean War, the US military converted thousands of captured Japanese Type 99 rifles to. Part of this was because they believed that the superior fighting spirit of the Japanese soldier would overcome any material superiorities of his enemies. The Japanese fought World War II with largely inferior equipment. The Arisaka Type 38 rifle (, san-bachi-shiki hoheij), or also know as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine, was a rifle used by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Civil War, the First World War, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War. I often wondered about that bullet hole did the slug go on to kill the soldier holding the rifle? No one will ever know. My uncle, who was a navy officer in World War II, brought home a number of souvenirs, among which was an Arisaka Type 99 7.7mm Short Rifle with a bullet hole through its buttstock.