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Type 38 rifle

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The Type 38 rifle is a bolt action service rifle designed by Major Kijiro Nambu and adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905, chambered in the 6.5 by 50 millimeter Arisaka cartridge. Roughly three million rifles and more than half a million carbine variants were produced, and the weapon armed Japanese forces from 1906 until the end of the Second World War in 1945, also seeing use well beyond Japan in the Mexican Revolution, the Mexican Border War, the First World War, the Russian Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, the Indonesian National Revolution, the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War. 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
7.7x58mm 1
Caliber
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka 2
Service Status
Retired 2
Weapon Class
Bolt-action rifle 1
Introduced Year
1906 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
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Operated By

Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle

Used In

Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Korean War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Vietnam War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
World War I, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
World War II, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
  • Infobox, Type
    Bolt-action rifle
  • Infobox, In service
    1906-1945 (Japan)
  • caliber
    5×50mmSR Arisaka cartridge, it was partially replaced during World War II with the 7.7×58mm Arisaka Type 99 rifle, but both rifles saw usage until the end of the war
  • service-status
    service = 1906-1945 (Japan)
  • Used In: Mexican Revolution, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Mexican Revolution
  • Used In: World War I, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: World War I
  • Used In: Russian Civil War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Russian Civil War
  • Used In: Spanish Civil War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Spanish Civil War
  • Used In: Second Sino-Japanese War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Second Sino-Japanese War
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: World War II
  • Used In: Chinese Civil War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Chinese Civil War
  • Used In: Korean War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Korean War
  • Used In: First Indochina War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: First Indochina War
  • Used In: Vietnam War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Vietnam War
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Army, Wikipedia article text
    The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 38").
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2. Wikidata: Type 38 rifle
Wikidata Q663662, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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