Type 44 Cavalry Rifle

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Type 44 Cavalry Rifle
A Type 44 showing the bayonet in place, and stowed
Type	Cavalry-Carbine
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	1912 - 1945
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II
Production history
Designer	Colonel Nariakira Arisaka
Designed	1911
Produced	1911 - 1942
Specifications
Weight	7.28 lb (3.3 kg)
Length	38.03 in (966 mm)
Barrel length	19.17 in (487 mm)

Cartridge	6.5 x 50 mm SR
Caliber	6.5 mm
Action	Bolt-action
Muzzle velocity	2,247.35 ft/s (685 m/s)
Feed system	5 round internal box magazine, stripper clip loaded

The Type 44 Cavalry Rifle（四四式騎銃Yonyon-shiki kijyuu or Yonjyuuyon-shiki kijyuu) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. It was a development of the Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Rifle, the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards, and lock underneath the barrel.

It fired the 6.5 x 50 mm SR round, and capacity was an internal five round box magazine, it was fed via five round stripper loaded clips.

It entered production in 1911 and entered service in 1912, and served on until the end of the Second World War in 1945, production of the rifle ran until three years prior to the end of the Second World War; 1942.

Japanese infantry weapons of World War II
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