Type 99 Rifle
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| Type 99 Rifle | |
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 Type 99 Rifle |
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| Type | Bolt-action rifle |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1939 - 1945 |
| Used by | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Wars | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1939 |
| Produced | 1939 - 1945 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8.16 lb (3.7 kg) |
| Length | 44.1 in (1,120 mm) |
| Barrel length | 25.87 in (657 mm) |
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| Cartridge | 7.7 x 58 mm |
| Caliber | 7 mm |
| Action | Bolt-action |
| Muzzle velocity | 2,395 ft/s (730 m/s) |
| Feed system | 5 round internal box magazine, stripper clip loaded |
The Type 99 Rifle (From the Japanese 九九式小銃or九九式長小銃 Kyuukyuu-shiki syoujyuu or Kyuukyuu-shiki tyousyoujyuu) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
[edit] History
Although the Type 38 Rifle was an excellent rifle, the small caliber (6.5 mm) bullet it fired was not considered effective enough. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) developed the Type 99 based on the Type 38 but with a calibre of 7.7 mm.
The IJA had intended to completely replace the Type 38 with the Type 99 by the end of the war. However, the outbreak of the Pacific war never allowed the army to completely replace the Type 38 and so the IJA used both rifles during the war.
The Type 99 was produced in four versions, the regular issue Type 99 Short Rifle, the Type 99 Long Rifle (a limited production variant) and takedown Type 2 Paratroop Rifle and the Sniper Rifle Type 99.
[edit] See also
| Japanese infantry weapons of World War II |
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| Side-arms |
| Type 26 Revolver | Nambu Type 1 | Nambu Type 14 | Type 94 |
| Rifles & carbines |
| Type 38 | Type 38 Cavalry Carbine | Type 44 Cavalry Carbine | Type 97 Sniper Rifle | Type 99 |
| Submachine guns |
| Type 100 |
| Machine-guns |
| Type 11 Light Machine Gun | Type 96 Light Machine Gun | Type 97 Light Machine Gun | Type 99 Light Machine Gun Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun | Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun | Type 4 Heavy Machine Gun | Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun |
| Support weapons |
| Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers | Type 10 Grenade Discharger | Type 89 Grenade Discharger | Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle |
