7.7 × 58 mm Arisaka
| 7.7 × 58 mm Arisaka | |
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| general information | |
| caliber | 7.7 x 58 mm |
| Dimensions | |
| Sleeve shoulder ⌀ | 10.9 mm |
| Sleeve neck ⌀ | 8.6 mm |
| Floor ⌀ | 8.0 mm |
| Cartridge bottom ⌀ | 11.9 mm |
| Sleeve length | 57 mm |
| Cartridge length | 75 mm |
| Weights | |
| Bullet weight | 11.3 g |
| Technical specifications | |
| Speed v 0 | 730 m / s |
| Bullet energy E 0 | 3000 y |
| Lists on the subject | |
The 7.7 × 58 mm Arisaka or as a Type 99 rifle 7.7 mm Borderless designated cartridge in 1939 from the 7.7 × 58 mm HR developed (Arisaka Type 92) and by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Type 99 rifle used. It was originally introduced to replace the older 6.5 × 50 mm HR Arisaka, which did not work before the end of the war due to a lack of material. The cartridge contains the same projectile as the British 7.7 × 56 mm R , which together with the rimless German 7.92 × 57 mm gave food for thought for development.
After the war and the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army, no further weapons of this caliber were manufactured. The newly formed Self-Defense Forces replaced it in 1947 by the .30-06 Springfield to that of the United States received M1 Garand to use.
literature
- Chris Bishop: The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Barnes & Nobel, New York NY 1998, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8 .
- SL Mayer: The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan. The Military Press, New York NY 1984, ISBN 0-517-42313-8 .
- Gordon L. Rottman : Japanese Infantryman 1937-1945. Sword of the Empire. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2005, ISBN 1-84176-818-9 , ( Warrior series 95).
- US Department of War: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (1945). Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge LA 1994, ISBN 0-8071-2013-8 ( accessible online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen : small arms . (1945-1985). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , weapons, p. 338 .
