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Type 30 rifle

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The Type 30 rifle, known as the Arisaka, is a box fed, bolt action, repeating rifle that served as the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897, the thirtieth year of the Meiji era from which its name is drawn, until 1905. Development was directed by Colonel Arisaka Nariakira at the Koishikawa Arsenal. The rifle saw action from the Boxer Rebellion through the Second World War, and roughly 554,000 rifles and 45,000 carbines of the type were manufactured. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
6.5x50mm 1
Caliber
.303 British 1
Caliber
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka 2
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Bolt-action rifle 1
Introduced Year
1897 1
Introduced Year
1899 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Operated By

Imperial Japanese Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Type 30 rifle

Used In

Boxer Rebellion, Wars
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Chinese Civil War, Wars
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First Indochina War, Wars
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Korean War, Wars
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Russo-Japanese War, Wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War, Wars
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Spanish Civil War, Wars
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Vietnam War, Wars
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World War I, Wars
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World War II, Wars
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Type 30 rifle
  • Infobox, Type field
    Bolt-action rifle
  • Introduction, first paragraph
    was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897
  • Infobox: service
    1899-1945 (Japan)
  • Infobox: cartridge
    6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer 7.62×39mm (post-war Chinese modified) .303 British
  • Used In: Boxer Rebellion, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Russo-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: World War I, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Spanish Civil War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Second Sino-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Chinese Civil War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: First Indochina War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Korean War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Used In: Vietnam War, Infobox: wars
    Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Army, Wikipedia article text
    By 1900, the Imperial Japanese Army had most of its divisions fully equipped with the rifle.
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2. Wikidata: Type 30 rifle
Wikidata Q1143731, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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