TERA rifle

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The TERA Rifles (挺身落下傘小銃"Teishin Rakkasan syoujyu") were Japanese special rifles developed for paratroopers. They could be broken down into two parts and easily assembled/disassembled. There were three types:

  • Type 100 based on the Type 99 Rifle.
  • Type 2 based on the Type 99 Rifle.
  • Type 1 was based on Type 44 Cavalry Rifle. It was not separated but folded. The Type 1 was not introduced, because its folding mechanism was not reliable enough.

Japanese paratroopers also used Bergmann sub-machine guns and Type 100 sub-machine guns.

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