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
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
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka
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The 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka is a semi-rimmed rifle cartridge with a 6.705 mm diameter bullet. It was the standard Japanese military cartridge from 1897 until the late 1930s for service rifles and machine g
Type 38 rifle
…design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 38"). Due to a perceived lack of power in its 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka cartridge, it was partially replaced during World War II with the 7.7×58mm Arisaka Type 99 rifle, but both rifles saw usage until the end of the war…
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (center) with .303 British (left) and .30-06 (right)
Japanese military 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka round (Type 38).
Original Japanese military Type 38 cartridge specification sheet.