Arisaka type 30
| Arisaka type 30 | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Military designation: | Type 30 rifle |
| Country of operation: | Japanese Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Arisaka Nariakira (developer) |
| Development year: | 1895 |
| Manufacturer country: |
 Japan
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| Production time: | since 1897 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1280 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 3.85 kg |
| Barrel length : | 797 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 6.5 × 50 mm rear (6.5 × 50 mm Arisaka) |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 5 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | permanently installed box magazine |
| Closure : | Cylinder lock in the bolt handle |
| Charging principle: | Multiple loaders |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Arisaka Type 30 ( Japanese 三 十年 式 歩 兵 銃 , Sanjū-nen-shiki Hoheijū , German "Type 30 infantry rifle") was the standard rifle of the Japanese army between 1897 and 1905. The model name refers to the year of Introduction 1897, the 30th year of the throne of the then reigning Japanese Emperor Meiji .
history
The Murata Type 22 rifle used in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894/95 had been in use since 1889 and is now obsolete. That is why in 1894 the military command of the Japanese Empire commissioned the renowned Colonel Arisaka Nariakira as head of a commission to develop a rifle with a smaller caliber than that of the Murata Type 22 . The development of the new rifle took place in December 1895 in the Koishikawa arsenal under the direction of Colonel Arisakas. The Type 30 was introduced into the army as early as 1897, and with it the new caliber 6.5 × 50 mm HR , which replaced the 8 mm caliber of the Type 22. In the Russo-Japanese War , all infantrymen were equipped with the Type 30. During the war, the rifle showed some weaknesses and the Arisaka Type 38 was introduced as early as 1905 .
technology
The Arisaka rifle was a repeating rifle and weighed 3.85 kg. Five cartridges with a caliber of 6.5 × 50 mm could be fired from a magazine box . It could be reloaded individually or using a charging strip. The type 30 with a blade length of 40 cm was used as a bayonet .
Versions
- Type 30 carbine ( Japanese 三 十年 式 騎 銃 (三 十年 式 騎兵 銃) , Sanjū-nen-shiki kijū (Sanjū-nen-shiki kiheijū) ): barrel length 48 cm, total length 98 cm, no bayonet mountable
- Type 35 naval rifle
The Type 30 in other armed forces
Before the First World War , the Japanese Empire delivered some Type 30s to the British Royal Navy as part of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance . The British later supplied a large number of these rifles to Russia , where they also ended up in Estonia and Finland .
- Estonia
- Russian Empire
- Austria-Hungary (captured weapons from Russian stock after their surrender)
- Finland
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Chinese National Revolutionary Army
- Chinese People's Liberation Army
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
literature
- Frank De Haas: Bolt Action Rifles . Krause, 2003, ISBN 978-0-87349-660-5 , pp. 71 ff .
- Rotem Kowner : Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War . Scarecrow, 2006, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
Web links
- Japan's Type 30 rifle. Retrieved November 18, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kowner, p. 39.
- ↑ Japan's Type 30 Rifle ( Memento from August 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kowner, p. 40.