Arisaka Rifle

Featuring specially commissioned color artwork and drawing upon a range of sources, this engaging study casts new light on origins, combat record, and reputation of the Arisaka bolt-action rifles used by Japanese troops during the world wars.

Featuring full-color artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this is the absorbing story of the rifles arming Imperial Japan's forces, from the trenches of Mudken in 1905 to the beaches of Okinawa 40 years later.

Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.

Issued in long and short versions - the latter for cavalry and specialists - the Type 30 was the first main Arisaka model, arming Imperial Japan's forces during the Russo-Japanese War, though after the war it was refined into the Type 38, which would still be in use in 1945. The main Arisaka rifle of World War II though was the Type 99. Lighter and more rugged than the US M1903 Springfield rifle it would face in the initial battles in the Pacific, it was produced in four main variants, including a sniping model and a take-down parachutist's rifle.

Prezentand opere de arta color comandate special si folosind o serie de surse, acest studiu captivant arunca o noua lumina asupra originilor, a recordului de lupta si a reputatiei pustilor Arisaka cu suruburi folosite de trupele japoneze in timpul razboaielor mondiale. ca arhiva si fotografii de aproape, aceasta este povestea absorbanta a pustilor care armeaza fortele Japoniei Imperiale, de la transeele de la Mudken in 1905 pana la plajele din Okinawa 40 de ani mai tarziu. trupe japoneze inarmate si altele prin doua razboaie mondiale si multe alte conflicte, inclusiv razboiul ruso-japonez din 1904-05. Emis in versiuni lungi si scurte - acesta din urma pentru cavalerie si specialisti - Tipul 30 a fost primul model principal Arisaka, armand Fortele Japoniei Imperiale in timpul razboiului ruso-japonez, desi dupa razboi a fost rafinat in tipul 38, care va fi inca in uz in 1945.