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Type 4 rifle

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The Type 4 rifle, sometimes called the Type 5 rifle, was a Japanese semi-automatic rifle based on the American M1 Garand, fitted with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge. Where the Garand used an 8-round en-bloc clip, the Type 4 magazine was loaded with two 5-round stripper clips, and the rifle also carried Japanese-style tangent sights. It was developed alongside several other Japanese semi-automatic rifle designs, but none entered service before the end of the Second World War; only about 250 Type 4 rifles were completed, with many others left unassembled, and jamming and feed problems delayed its testing throughout. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
7.7x58mm 1
Caliber
7.7×58mm Arisaka 2
Service Status
Prototype or Experimental 1
Weapon Class
small arm 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1944 3
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 1
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1. Wikipedia: Type 4 rifle
  • Wikipedia article text
    They were cancelled in the end due to problems encountered during testing.
  • Caliber attribute (type-4-rifle)
    The Type 4 rifle, sometimes called the Type 5 rifle, was a Japanese semi-automatic rifle based on the American M1 Garand, fitted with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge.
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Navy, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'
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2. Wikidata: Type 4 rifle
Wikidata Q705404, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
3. Type 4 rifle (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q705404 (P571 inception): 1944
Quote, Wikidata Q705404 (P571 inception): 1944
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 1944.
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