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Murata Rifle

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The Murata rifle was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle, adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single shot rifle, its designation drawn from the thirteenth year of the Meiji era. Designed by Major Murata Tsuneyoshi after he studied European firearms, particularly the French Gras rifle, the original Type 13 fired an 11 millimeter cartridge and roughly 80,000 were built. A later repeating variant, the Type 22 of 1889, used smokeless powder and an 8 millimeter cartridge, marking a significant advance for Japanese military firearms of the era. 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
11mm 1
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Single-shot service rifle 1
Introduced Year
1880 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Operated By

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

Used In

Boxer Rebellion, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Murata rifle
First Sino-Japanese War, Wars
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Russo-Japanese War, Wars
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World War I, Wars
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Murata rifle
  • Infobox: service
    1880-1919
  • caliber
    caliber = 11mm; 8mm
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Lead and body text
    The original 11-millimeter Murata cartridge used an approximately 6-millimeter Boxer-type primer filled with mercury fulminate.
  • Lead section
    The Murata rifle (村田銃, Murata jū) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single-shot rifle.
  • Operated By: Imperial Japanese Army, Article body
    During the First Sino-Japanese War only two divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army were equipped with the Type 22 rifle, while the rest were equipped with obsolete single-shot versions of the Murata.
  • Used In: First Sino-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Donghak Peasant Revolution First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Siberian Expedition
  • Used In: Boxer Rebellion, Infobox: wars
    Donghak Peasant Revolution First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Siberian Expedition
  • Used In: Russo-Japanese War, Infobox: wars
    Donghak Peasant Revolution First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Siberian Expedition
  • Used In: World War I, Infobox: wars
    Donghak Peasant Revolution First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Siberian Expedition
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Wikidata: Murata Rifle
Wikidata Q4346802, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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