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Pages in category "Weapons of Japan" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ame-no-ohabari; B.
Japan: Made by Minebea. Introduced in 1999, it is the only domestically produced submachine gun of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It is derived from the Uzi. [6] Assault rifles and battle rifles Howa Type 89: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO Japan: Service rifle, entered service in 1989. Howa Type 64: Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO Japan
This was Japan's first locally made service rifle, and was used from 1880 to 1898. An industrial infrastructure, such as the Koishikawa Arsenal had to be established to produce such new weapons. Later, Japan developed the very successful bolt action Arisaka series rifles, which was the Japanese service rifle until the end of World War II. [28]
Pages in category "Samurai weapons and equipment" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. ... Japanese armour; Japanese sword;
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945.
Around 1952, Japanese manufacturers began repairing and maintaining equipment for U.S. forces in Asia, and later in 1954, Japan's defense industry began to manufacture and arm the newly established JSDF with U.S. designed weapons. Former zaibatsus, such as Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, made their return to the defense industry. Furthermore, the 1954 ...
Japan quickly transformed in one generation from an isolated feudal society to a modern industrialized nation state and an emerging great power. [55] After a long period of peace, Japan quickly rearmed and modernized by importing western weapons, then manufacturing them domestically, and finally by manufacturing weapons of Japanese design.
Toggle Infantry weapons of the Japanese Navy (WW II) subsection. 3.1 Rifles. 3.2 Pistols. 3.3 Sub machine guns. 3.4 Machine guns. 3.5 Infantry mortar. 3.6 Grenades ...