Arisaka Nariakira
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Baron Arisaka Nariakira was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. The inventor of the Arisaka rifle, he is regarded as one of the leading arms designers in Japanese history, alongside Ki
Arisaka Nariakira
Type 38 rifle
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The Type 38 rifle is a bolt-action service rifle that was used by the Empire of Japan predominantly during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Second World War. The design was adopted by the Imperial Jap
Arisaka Nariakira
…designer on the project was Captain Kijirō Nambu, who would later attain fame as a weapons designer on his own. The result of this project was the famous Type 38 rifle, otherwise known as the "Arisaka rifle", which was issued to front line infantry troops just in time for the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905…
Finnish Civil War White Guard soldiers were equipped with 6.5 mm M/1905 (Type 38 Arisaka) rifles.
Detail of rear sight of a Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle
Top view of the rear sight on a Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle
Inscriptions on the upper handguard of a Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle