Type 35 rifle
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The Type 35 rifle (三十五年式) was created from the Type 30 rifle for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a replacement for their aging Type 22 Murata rifles and to try to correct the deficiencies of the Type 30. The 35 referred to the adoption date, the Year 35 (1902) in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar.
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Type 35 rifle | |
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Type | Service rifle |
Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1902–1945 (Japan) |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | World War I Spanish Civil War World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War |
Production history | |
Designed | 1902 |
Produced | 1902-1905 |
No. built | approximately 38,200 [1] |
Variants | Type Hiroki sub-caliber training device, 02-45 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4.2 kg (9 lb 4 oz) |
Length | 1,273 mm (50.1 in) |
Barrel length | 797 mm (31.4 in) |
Cartridge | 6.5×50mm Arisaka |
Action | Bolt action |
Rate of fire | 10–15 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 765 m/s (2,510 ft/s) |
Feed system | 5-round internal magazine |
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