A Type 99 short rifle between a Mosin-Nagant rifle and Nagant M1895 revolver
Type
Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin
Empire of Japan
Service history
In service
1939–1945 (Japan)
Used by
See Users
Wars
Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Hukbalahap Rebellion Soviet–Japanese Border Wars Korean War Malayan Emergency[citation needed] First Indochina War Vietnam War[1]
Production history
Designer
Kijiro Nambu Nariakira Arisaka
Designed
1939
Produced
1939–1945
No. built
~3,500,000[2]
Specifications
Mass
3.79 kg (8.4 lb)
Length
1,118 mm (44.0 in) or 1,258 mm (49.5 in)
Barrel length
657 mm (25.9 in)
Cartridge
7.7×58mm Arisaka 7.92×57mm Mauser (KMT conversion) .30-06 Springfield (South Korean/Thai conversion) 7.62×39mm (PRC conversion)
Action
Bolt action
Muzzle velocity
2,477 ft/s (755 m/s)
Effective firing range
656 metres (717 yd) with iron sight 1,500 metres (1,600 yd) (short) with telescopic sight 1,700 metres (1,900 yd) (long) with telescopic sight
The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (九九式短小銃, Kyūkyū-shiki tan-shōjū) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
^Voigt (2010), pp. 225.
^Walter, John (2006). Rifles of the World (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 33. ISBN 0-89689-241-7.
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