I inherited a model 99 from my dad. It had sat there for at least 70 years without being fired. I recently started reloading and loaded up some 7.7x58 for it. First I cleaned it and ran a borescope through to to make sure there were no obvious problems, then I took it to the range. I gingerly fired one round, then two. I ended up putting about 60-70 rounds through it over the next few weeks. It’s amazing that a rifle that old still functions flawlessly and shoots great. It’s a testament to the engineering know-how back then. I should also mention that I dated it to around 1939 so it’s an early war model and at this point is around 85 years old. I heard some of the late war models were more hurried and less well made.
My dad has been collecting vintage guns since he retired in 95 and he says that guns will never lose its value and they will kill someone just as well today as they did when they were new.😎😎
Oh the late est models are what's called the "last ditch arisakas". I recommend watching "last ditch axis weapons of WW2" by the simple history Channel. It goes in-depth about the Japanese rifle mentioned in the vid
If it was made in 39 it was probably the most well manufactured version of that rifle. War was on but not to a point where the Japanese economy was stretched by any sense of the word. You should give it a really good clean and an oil, give it a kiss and put it to bed in the back of your safe. The next time it might get fired could then be with your grand kids when Grampa takes it out to show them what was used 100 or so years ago with a rifle that probably looks like it was made a year ago :)
Early Type 99's were well made rifles. I have one in my collection that has an intact Chrysanthemum, or simply Mum, which means it was captured and sent home by a Soldier or Marine as a war trophy. Japanese Troops were order to destroy the Chrysanthemum, as it was the symbol of the Emperor, before surrendering their rifles to Allied forces. I also have one that was brought home post war, with Mum scratched through that has had the bolt turned down and converted fire to .300 Savage. Both are excellent shooters.
I was surprised to discover that the bores of at least some of the early Type 99s were chrome plated and are as shiny and new looking as the day they were made.
These are among the best videos of the early 20th century. 80 years later, Gun UA-camrs are still making the same types of videos as these US Armed forces training videos.
The U.S army walked so guntubers could run. Ngl, I love that they show how the weapons are assembled and the commentary, and seeing less known firearms or even allied weapons such as Soviet, British, French and Aus/Can commonwealth weapons that were either used or considered for use. My one complaint isn't as much as it is a critique and a quality of these films that I appreciate, being that when assessing German small arms and Japanese tanks the U.S. is very dismissive. The tanks make sense, Japan fielded some small and underpowered armor, but the German small arms discussion was like "yeah, they've got a higher rate of fire but our groupings are slightly better and we don't run out of ammo as quickly! Accuracy beats volume!" And that was bad advice. The MG-34 and 42 sections did give good advice as to paying attention to when the enemy MG nest was running low on ammo by firing less, but with a massive volume of fire with bullets hitting their mark and some of the area around made them excellent at suppressing Allied forces and at least benefitted from the video saying to knock the machine gun out or suppressing it as the German squads heavily relied upon it. Maybe explain "we use slow firing MGs and BAR support rifles, but we also use M1 Garands and this means if we lose our machinegun the volume of fire our boys can lay down is retained more than if the Germans lost theirs and had to rely on bolt action Mausers." Still, WW2 era propaganda is hilarious and informative. "Mission to Moscow" is one of my favorite movies and deeply ironic in hindsight, so hokey films for us to mock were also introduced around this time. Despite losing many tens of millions of human lives and led to even more death with the cold war/present day, but hot damn did humanity get a lot of out WW2 in the long run!
No warning not to place the buttplate of the grenade discharger on you knee or thigh when firing it. Some soldier apparently tried that. The model 98 was known as the "knee mortar," but knee smasher was more accurate.
there has never been a verified documented case of that ever happening! most historians think it got that name due to having to take a knee to fire it!
a mistranslation apparently, the manual said put your knee close to the plate to fire, so kneel on one knee next to it, somehow that got mistranslated into, put on knee to fire!
High-quality manufacturing, poor design. Too much gun for too little firepower, and it required lubricated ammo - that weapon wouldn't have been accepted by any European military in WW2.
The arisaka rifle has the most "illiterate farmboy friendly" disaasembly of ANY bolt action. That bolt is literally idiot-proof. Design genius of very rare quality.
Japanese people could read and write even if they lived in rural areas. The Japanese were surprised to find out that there were quite a few people in the U.S. military who could drive trucks, but Americans were also surprised to find that even the lowest-ranking soldiers were educated to be able to read and write to a certain degree
In fact, yes! It's quite interesting topic, US rifle slings were intricate designs with hooks and keepers to create arm loops, made to be usable as stabilisation for your rifle. There were several techniques and firing positions teached to fire rifles while using slings as stabilisation, shooting rest or even makeshift grip (if interested, TheFirearmBlog has article on M1907 sling) American soldier trained in marksmanship in this way would indeed expect slings to have more purpose than just carrying strap, so it was good to inform him of it beforehand
Almost no infantryman used the sling as designed for “gravel belly” competition shooters. They were not found on M14 or M16, or later US weapons And what is with the demonstrator’s thumb behind the bolt?
I find it particularly interesting that we were referring to the Type 11 as the model 1922. It makes sense as Taisho year 11 was 1922, but all of the other weapons are referred to by their Japanese era years.
My first gun was a Type 38 Carbine in 6.5. I was 16 when I bought it and still have it 43 years later. I believe it's an earlier model, since the fit and finish are absolutely gorgeous. The mum is only slightly defaced, with no pitting and pristine bluing.
I have almost all of the Japanese Arisaka variations . I need the Type 30 Carbine , which is doable . Cost wise the sniper & paratrooper most likely will be unaffordable for me . Arisaka’s rifle design was good , plus simple , Nambu improved on it for the Type99 . They do have Mauser influence . Later they were tested & found they could with stand chamber pressure above any other bolt actions of the time , and Japan did defeat Russia in the Russo-Sino war in 1904-05 . And later during WWI they sold rifles to Russia since they didn’t have enough Mosin Nagants to equip their army ,also Japan made the Siamese ( Thailand ) Type 45/46 rifle for them and also the Type I for Italy
Damn, you weren't kidding about the prices of the sniper and paratrooper variants. I actually knew a guy back in the 1980s that chopped up and "sporterized" an Arisaka sniper bringback from the Pacific. Back then it was "just an old rifle".
@@dullahan7677 that is what happened to a lot of the military rifles . They were cheaper to buy then new commercial made rifles . I think because they were military rifles , (1) they were heavier , & longer barreled they cut the barrels down and the stocks . (2) because they were military rifles they wanted to move away from that perception and did not matter because they were cheaper & as you said just an old rifle . Not that I remember , but my dad use to buy them , clean the cosmoline off them and then resell them for a higher price , wish he would have keep them .
@@dogwoodhillbilly the recoil on the 6.5 is less then the 7.7 and is easier to handle then the long rifle and you are correct the action of the Arisaka’s are very strong
Good to know enemy weapons, in WW1 my grandpa told me the story of his 1903 Springfield being destroyed. Grandpa picked up a Mauser And Stayed in the attack.
Don't have to use capital letters where they're not needed, some guy who used to be the US president does that, & he's dumb as a rock, don't be dumb as a rock like him too.
@@IntrospectorGeneral Mauser sued but never won. As part of reparations against Germany after WW1 the US had the German Government dismiss the law suit filed by Mauser.
These must have been older weapons lost by the Japanese in China. The allied forces initially were not capturing any Japanese equipment. The Czech ZB-26 light machine gun captured from the Chinese and its Japanese Type 97 derivation (Bren lookalikes) were absent.
What’s interesting is they managed to get a hold of the Type 99 with all its accessories, that thing was new at the time along with the Type 99 lmg(Type 97 successor)
The Solothurn MP34 sub-machine gun was purchased from a Swiss subsidiary of German manufacturer Styer pre-war, and was designated the S1-100 by the IJN. The Japanese-issue version of the S1-100 was chambered in 7.63mm Mauser, not 9mm. The MP34 was available in many calibers, 9mm being the most popular, but also chambered in .45.
Japan purchased a very limited number of Solothurn MP34 in the original 9mm caliber before starting the production of Type 100. Maybe this weapon demonstrated here is one of these guns.
@15:27 The type 92 HMG was a copy derived from the French Hotchkiss. The Chinese Communist army has used it's tri-legged pod to mount the Soviet SGM machine gun on top as main firepower in trenches or bunkers when they fought with the Vietnamese army 1978~1986!
I don't think I can stress enough how much of a game changer it was for America to use a semi-automatic rifle as the standard issue weapon. Everyone else was issuing bolt-action rifles, which meant even our basic infantrymen were pumping lead out much faster and with heavier weight.
I got to fire my grandpas garand one time. It kicks pretty good and was sorta heavy. He snuck it home after the war in europe. He was 82nd airborne. That was his home prtection gun for as long as i was alive until he passed.
@@chadhaire1711 that’s not a standard infantry weapon though. That’s fire support and fire superiority. It was meant to keep heads down so the infantry could maneuver and destroy the enemy from a better angle off their cover. If it killed infantry all the nicer but that wasn’t its primary function.
@@FlameDarkfire WRONG...the MG42 was the fighter, the surrounding infantry with bolt action rifles were there to protect the MG gunner and carry their ammo.
Japan was late in introducing the submachine gun to its armed forces. Although around 6,000 models of the SIG Bergmann 1920 (a licensed version of the German MP 18) and a few Solothurn S1-100s were purchased from Switzerland and Austria in the 1920s and 1930s, and were used in the invasion of China in 1937] mass production of a native submachine gun did not begin until 1944.
@@stvdagger8074 That's what I thought. And considering the amount of jungle fighting they were involved in it is a wonder they didn't produce one earlier.
Japan didn’t really invest in a sub machine gun during the war, not even a crude “last ditch” one like the Sten or MP-3008, I suppose that’s fortunate for us because I imagine the close combat on those pacific islands would have been even more hellish with them rocking SMGs
The Japanese Navy purchased a few European smgs to use in China, which is probably where the Solothurn here was captured and passed on to the allies. The Japanese Army had a low opinion of the type and while development of the type 100 began in the late 30s it wasn’t adopted until 1942, and in very small numbers. Aside from a few that made it to Guadalcanal most seem to have found by allied troops later in the war in the hands of Army rather than Navy troops. They were frequently issued to various Japanese paratrooper outfits.
Really good for WWI, but not WWII. I don't know what they were thinking with those bizarre machine gun magazines. Only 30 round capacity and seem like they'd be easily jammed up in mud or broken in the field. Plus the hopper one for the light machine gun would take way too long to load for just 30 rounds. but everything else wasn't too bad
Logistics mostly, all these weapons were very good against the Chinese but they didn't have the ability to switch over due to limited resources and capabilities with all the commitments they had. Design also had the problem of increasing hostility between armed services and the fact that prestige was more important than sheer quality if you wanted something approved, you better have influential friends otherwise the commission would go to someone with high military rank. The politics by assassination really created a climate of fear and made people act in a way irrational if you don't thank in the context of young officers murdering politicians for not approving of their interpretation of patriotism in the right why, their were loads of different little factions of officers who did this so everyone was on eggshells as different things could insult different people and you likely wouldn't have even known about them before they targeted you.
@@captaincritter1898 Their infantry weapons were all based on WW-1 French Hotchkiss design using either a box magazine or stripper clips and once the war started it was too late to interrupt weapon production to try and make something better and were already struggling to produce enough of that design and figured well at least it works, why risk making something else that might have problems and be less reliable than what we know works. The Japanese suffered the most in their anti aircraft guns , because those too were a outdate design, one of the main defensive guns on their ships was a 25 mm cannon which also was fed by a box magazine that only held 15 rounds which reduced its firepower and slower to reload , before the war started the Japanese thought 25 mm was good enough to engage low level and medium level attacking planes but again as the war continued they found that 25mm cannon not up to the task but could not afford to stop production and go with something else, their solution was to simply mount more of them on the ships to compensate for the poor capabilities.
The fact that the americans were aware of the MP-34 and not the type 100 as the japaneses SMG shows how limited the type 100 were used during the war. Very diferent from what we see in WW2 games that features the pacific theatre.
My father, an Army Combat Engineer in the Pacific Theater, told me that after surrender on Okinawa they bulldozed huge piles of small arms taken from the Japanese soldiers. Made me sick. I do own 3 Type 99's and a Type I (For Italian) passed down to me by a Soldier and a Marine Raider. I was hoping this film would include the Type I. Maybe they didn't know about them at the time.
for your infomation periscope film: This restricted WWII era Signal Corps training film conveys information about common weapons used by the Japanese military. It covers the basic function of each weapon including various features, as well as information about how to load, aim, fire, and disassemble it in a field situation. The film features close up footage of all the weapons and the different constituting parts. The M38, M99, Solothurn SMG, Type 89 Grenade Discharger, Nambu Model 1922 SMG, and the Model 1932 Heavy Machine gun are featured.
2:51 "The dust cover is removed by the [Japanese] in combat to ensure silent operation of the bolt." This is just bullshit. First off, it's silent enough in the heat of combat when you're surrounded by rifle fire, machine gun fire and mortar shells landing around you--you wouldn't even hear your sergeant screaming at the top of his lungs from 5 feet away. But even if you were to somehow manage to hear the rattling of the dust cover as the bolt is being cycled, doesn't mean you're at an advantage 'cause by the time you react to the dust cover jittering as the bolt is being cycled, he would already have a fresh round chambered and could easily shoot you dead. Either that or any of his rifle buddies besides him would take you down, or they may have a machine gunner on standby who would easily rip you to shreds. And it's worth noting that not all dust covers are created equal as some are so quiet when operated, you just hear the bolt cycling like with any other rifle. Second, I believe this was originally published in 1943, by then they were still producing new Types and adding the dust cover, and in that year they introduced the TERA Type 2 Parachutist Rifle, fit with dust cover. The dust cover had it's start on the Type 35, in 1902 but was of a completely design. It had this hook on the right-hand side to slide it forward which had to be done before operating the bolt. It was added due to their experiences with fouling during the Russo-Japanese War when they were armed with the Type 30 from 1897. But the original design was seemingly not simple enough for them, so 3 years later they introduced the Type 38 in 1905 with the new and improved dust cover design. Since then, it has been on every variant and Type: Type 38 rifle, Type 38 carbine, Type 44 carbine, Type 97 marksman, Type 99 long rifle, Type 99 short rifle--there was even a prototype for a Type 99 carbine that never saw official service to my knowledge, and yes it was fitted with a dust cover--TERA Type 1 parachutist rifle* and the TERA Type 2 parachutist rifle. If it took them 5 years to realize they need a dust cover and another 3 years to improve the dust cover, I don't think it would've taken them 4 decades and 8 different rifles and carbines to notice they need to get rid of the feature... * According to Wikipedia, the TERA Type 1 was never officially adopted due to unreliability in the folding mechanism. Still thought it was worth a mention though as it still had a dust cover.
To the gentleman who said that Japanese rifles were better made than our own. From my knowledge, rifles made in the 1930s and before were of reasonable quality. Those made during the '40s were much lower in quality. I have seen films where rifles are being worked on/assembled by middle school children.
To be fair due to the design they still would have been better in the trenches of WW1, the grand though put out such firepower as to basically be a step up from them even if they were exceptional as bolt actions (also later on it the war it was the katanas they really lowered the quality of, I've seen a late war one which had seen combat and come out looking like butter that had been of the wrong side of a hot knife, you can only go so far with the steel quality of guns before they start blowing up in your face and at that point you might as well issue them with sharpened bamboo instead).
He never said bad. He simply said they lagged behind, which is true because any bolt action at that time was completely outclassed by the M1 Garand. The Mauser was developed in the 1890s, so everything based on it would be using tech of that era as well. The Garand was about 40 years newer
US Army soldiers at the time used the semi-automatic Garand. You pulled the trigger and the gun would fire and use the recoil energy to eject the case and load the next bullet. you can shoot three times as fast with a Garand compared to a Mauser or Japanese rifle. So they were correct. They actually did not call them bad, but said, that they are NOT bad, but lacked behind US weapons in design. Which is perfectly true.
The Japanese tried to copy the M-1 Garand but in 7.7x58 and using 5 round stripper clips rather than 8 round enbloc clips. They copied bolt, receiver and gas system exactly to then discover their 7.7 round didn't quite have enough power to work action 100% reliably. A redesign was impossible and very few of the rifles were made and even fewer exist to this day.
" their 7.7 round didn't quite have enough power to work action 100% reliably. " Considered the Garand was developed for the .276 Pedersen, I call BS on the power being the issue.
@Johan Metreus You're right, it has nothing to do with the round. Garands are no different than any other gas operated rifle. They've been rechambered in tons of calibers, including .458 Win Mag. To add another reason as to why OPs comment is bunko 7.7 Japanese is very similar to 30-06. The 7.7 Japanese case is derived from 8mm Mauser. The .303 Caliber bullet was used because of the common usage of .303 British in Japanese armed service. The case length of 7.7 is 58mm, while the 30-06 is longer at 63mm. Using identical bullet weights, the velocities and pressures are, for all practical purposes, damn close, with 30-06 having a slight edge. The point being that there are a LOT of reasons why the Type 4 didn't work out, be it because of the process prototype machining and tolerances, the effects of the war on industry, and how much time it takes to tune a very complicated weapon from scratch, especially when redesigning the feed system. The gas regulation is the easy part if anything.
Interesting fact: like all nations in the interwar period, the Japanese were interested in a self-loading rifle for their infantry, one of the contestants was the Pedersen rifle, which famously was close to becoming the U.S. infantry rifle before the Garand took its place.
Yeah if they had followed the Army Generals advice to invade Siberia instead of following the Navy Admirals advice to invade the Philippines, Japan would have won the War. Most of the Army are all seasoned veterans from fighting the Russians and Chinese and would have easily secured the Siberian oil fields.
@@ShadowMoon878 Just a couple problems there. First, Tojo was a general, not an admiral (though you're right that the Southern strategy was the Navy's pet and the Northern more of an Army fave). Second, it's not at all clear that they would have been able to seize much territory from the Russians. Khalkin Gol didn't exactly go great for them. Third, if they had... the Siberian oil fields weren't even discovered until the 1960s. So... If you need oil and you're given a choice between invading a region with oil reserves and refineries versus invading... somewhere... and... I guess... just hoping that geologists will find oil there in twenty years? Well, you can see why the Southern strategy was chosen.
Of all the WWII rifles I own, I think I have to say the T99 is one of the best (of the bolt actions). It's very light, not bulky, strong action, decent trigger, bolt works well, and the sight is unique but very easy to use despite the barley corn.
They had NC-machines and much wider tolerances. You can maneuver manual machines pretty accurately to once you've gotten a feel for them. The first mill I used was from the 50s and it was still decent though it had digital measurements
Not at all. CNC machines and CAD software only streamline processes already invented about two hundred years prior. They already had all the formulas and gauges developed, they simply had to do it analog.
It's not it's easy to break it's only real purpose is to protect the end of the wood from getting dinged up, in a pinch it can work as a makeshift bipod.
Certainly the most deadly that an infantry squad would have. I imagine it's one of the few bits of Japanese kit that the Americans would have liked for themselves, though the radio meant that waiting a bit would turn the contest quite one sided.
Some of the Arisakas 99 have a redish lacquer...this resin was made from a plant of the nightshade family. It is highly poisonous if you sand the finish and the particles become airborne and you inhale them. Some soldiers were known to have died from the resin as they sanded and polished the rifles they acquired in battle, on ships heading back home. I have one...the resin is beautiful and is an excellent wood preservation finish. Don't sand without a mask.
The 99 actions are indestructible in the early models. The Japanese discarded the dust covers as bothersome..if you have an Arisaka, you will greatly enhance the value by replacing the original dust cover.
That type 89 grenade launcher looks pretty damned useful to me. I've never been in combat or even served so I wouldn't know what we've got like that. But that one looks light, handy and uses pretty common ordinance. .
Japanese small arms and aircraft weapons looked to me like a logistics nightmare. Most of them fired different ammunition, and many of their light machine guns used reduced-load 6.5 Arisaka rounds that had to be oiled.
It wasn't the cartridge type that needed to be oiled, it was the machine gun construction demanding lubricated ammunition. The 6.5 mmm was the better infantry round, while the 7.7 mm was a better MG round for heavy machine guns, much like the 5,45/5.56 mm and 7.62 mm today.
Not to mention how 12.9mm is not the same between the IJA and IJN arsenals. This is a byproduct of their disagreements ever since the 30s, their interservice rivalry
I didn't hear any derogatory tone when the narrator said the 3 letter word for Japanese. In other circumstances it probably was there but I suspect that the emphasis was increased after Neville fought with George in the attic.
Lucky you. There is no such thing in Portugal and probably the whole EU. When you die, all your firearms must go to someone with a firearms Licence. As there are so few and dwindling, most of the times the State confiscates the guns, that sometimes are auctioned but normally for lack of buyers end up destroyed. Isn't it wonderful?
@@Einwetoko, that’s actually an American myth. The Weimar Republic had very strict firearms laws, and they were mostly unchanged when the NSDAP took over. They later loosened gun laws for party members, while the restrictions on their political opponents were strengthened. Regular citizens had the same gun rights as they always did. Germany had no direct authority to regulate anything in Austria before the Anschluss, and the Anschluss was welcomed or met with indifference by most Austrians anyway.
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@@PeriscopeFilm I agree and sympathize with you. But could you make your water mark more transparent? Another archiver has the whole frame water marked but its transparent enough to not block the video . Still support your channel but your mark kinda diminishes the quality a little bit.
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That is exactly how the US bayonets operated, and the cleaning rod button was very secure and you don't need to whip out your cleaning rod in a hurry anyways.
@@reedlrrp I'm old school 1980s , we used to buy Norma ammo back then. I had 3 Mausers , 8 mm widely available, surplus and commercial back in the day..........
Wow with the machine-guns. The Nambu seems to use the rifle clips in the hopper. That & the 7.7mm version really didn't have much capacity for their feed, just 30 rounds.! That's barely 3 seconds of full rock & roll.
The Bren gun only had 29 rounds in the magazine when running reliably. The trick was to have an assistant doing the reloading, which in the hopper could be done continuously. But yes, getting a fistful on sand into the box should slow the rate of fire considerably.
@@redtra236 Only difference between a LMG and a MMG is bipod or tripod. Go back to the Great War and you'll find plenty of fixed machineguns that wasn't beltfed.
@@johanmetreus1268 This can be true but that was an HMG not a GPMG/LMG. In WW1 it would have been reasonable but a clip fed HMG like that was pretty outdated by WW2.
@@kirbyculp3449 the man testing the ariska, bears a strong resemblance to the actor that played the part of "milo minderbinder" in the remake of the film "catch 22". But yes, i am probably crazy.
@@landbeforetimeee well those vids were great for the public. I suspect that they had hands on training for the staff and what not but was referring to those info-vids that the government put out back in the day that was still use to this day when we learn about WW2 stuff or things that happened shortly afterwards like what NASA was up to. Granted, nowadays, I wouldnt believe anything that they put out but that's a different topic all together lol
@@tonybarnes3858 uhm, hate to break it to you but yes, we're in both now actually. It just looks different than how you expect. China released a biological weapon against the West 3 years ago, is engaged in financial, economical, psychological, biological warfare against the West. Heck, they're even training their kids to kill Americans right this moment. And when i mean kids, i mean 6 to 8 year olds. You have China bullying nations down in the South China Sea and else where in the region. And I havent even touched on Russia - do American businesses or Russian businesses really do business with each other? Cheers mate.
Had the Type 100 been more readily available it would have been interesting war. Their were like 1000 japanese rifles for every 1 submachine gun. America was like for every 20 semi autmatic rifle a submachine gun or browning automatic.
I’ve always liked the look of some of the Japanese prototype SMGs like the Type 1 (which had the magazine in the pistol grip long before the Uzi popularized it) and Type 2 (my favorite looking of the two), the Type 100 is kinda generic looking, not standing out among the other early SMGs that had that side magazine thing going on like the MP-28 and S1-100.
That martial music behind the narration on that film.... Oh my! So bizarre and out of place. They didn't usually do that from what I see on other training films.
i find it funny how here there are comments that everything in japan is nice and beautiful and friendly people remember that now you are seeing the japanese of third or fourth generation do not look anything like the old imperialist, neither the post war ones do not exist anymore.
Watching this with the type 99 my grandfather brought back from Japan after the war on my lap. He fought in the European Theater but didn't have enough points after VE day and was on a troop transport in the Pacific on his way to stage for the invasion of mainland Japan when the atomic bombs fell and Japan surrendered.
The Japanese use of bayonets quite reminds me of the swedish carolean pikes. Weapons thought obsolete used by small nations that needed to punch above their weight
Guntubers aren't allowed to show assy / disassy of firearms here on YT. I guess this is okay because it's historical. Anyway, censorship of any kind is absurd.
Really? Ian at Forgotten Weapons shows it all the time, often on new or currently available weapons. He is not a fan of youtube for other reasons, but his channel has not been taken down
You have no idea howuch is actually censored from you that you don't notice. America is the best country in history of using propaganda. Where do you think the nazis learned it from?
The Arisaka rifle was designed by Colonel Arisaka Nariakira (有坂 成章; 1852-1915), who was later promoted to lieutenant general and also received the title of baron from Emperor Meiji, in 1907. Over the course of various wars several productions runs and variants were made, including the transition from the 6.5mm Type 38 cartridge to the larger 7.7mm Type 99, and the introduction of a paratrooper rifle that could be disassembled into two major parts for airborne operations. Tests on samples of Arisaka rifles conducted after the war showed that their bolts and receivers were constructed of carbon steel "similar to SAE steel grade No. 1085 with a carbon content of 0.80% to 0.90%, and a manganese content of 0.60% to 0.90%."[1] During destructive tests, the Arisakas were shown to be stronger than the M1903 Springfield, Lee-Enfield, and Mauser rifles.[2] The Arisakas were also one of the only guns of the era to use polygonal rifling in its barrels, rather than the more traditional lands and grooves. Some of the early issue Type 99 rifles were fitted with a folding wire monopod intended to improve accuracy in the prone position. The rear sights also featured folding horizontal extensions to give a degree of lead suitable for firing against aircraft. Near the end of World War II, last-ditch ersatz models were being made in various cost-cutting feature variations with the goal of cheaply bolstering the imperial armed forces; for example, the ovoid bulb-shaped bolt of earlier runs were replaced by a smaller and utilitarian cylindrical shape, the handguard on the barrel was omitted, and crude fixed sights were fitted.
Yup, you're right. Though about the handguard, the finger groove is the one omitted. I presume you are referring to that, if not, then the upper half of it is. Also, sticking to Japanese tradition of charging with bayonets, the bayonet lug is retained
Type 30 rifle was designed by Arisaka Nariakira, but the Type 38 and Type 99 (and their derivatives) were actually designed by Kijirō Nambu. The 6.5x50mmSR cartridge also was "Arisaka", but the 7.7x58mmSR - I have no idea, but it came much after Arisaka's death.
@@rifleshooterchannel208 No. Generaly they were very high quality rifles. They had a weak ammo (6.5) and some weird features (AA sight, monopod, dust cover, etc) but they were overbuilt and well finished. Those last ditch rifles were crude. But some sources says that actually they were heat treated enough to be useable.
@@Cuccos19 The 6.5mm was probably the best cartridge as an infantry man, the only reason why the japs switched was due to incorrect conclusions about the benefits of the more powerful 7.7mm, a normal infantry man will never fight in combat ranges that allow for the advantage of the 7.7mm to take hold
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For the 1920s, very good indeed. That 'type 99' meant year 99, which was 1940, so about twenty years behind... type 38 (year 38), is decades earlier and they're only different in detail. Even that 'Solothurn' type 100 was from 1941, and is much the same as a gun made in Germany in 1918. Similar design can be seen in the first Star Wars film though, the L2A3 Sterling SMG made by British firms, so I have nothing to boast about...
@@stevetheduck1425the type 99 was the best bolt action used in world war II. Strong reliable rugged. And a great caliber. Even better than the Germans kar 98 imo.
Thats the reason your basic ww2 g.i. could lay down more fire. Because we had the m1 garland semi auto who Japan had the arisaka and the other and the basi for Germans was the Mauser also a bolt action.I not talking specialized weapons like the machine guns or anything.
I inherited a model 99 from my dad. It had sat there for at least 70 years without being fired. I recently started reloading and loaded up some 7.7x58 for it. First I cleaned it and ran a borescope through to to make sure there were no obvious problems, then I took it to the range. I gingerly fired one round, then two. I ended up putting about 60-70 rounds through it over the next few weeks. It’s amazing that a rifle that old still functions flawlessly and shoots great. It’s a testament to the engineering know-how back then. I should also mention that I dated it to around 1939 so it’s an early war model and at this point is around 85 years old. I heard some of the late war models were more hurried and less well made.
My dad has been collecting vintage guns since he retired in 95 and he says that guns will never lose its value and they will kill someone just as well today as they did when they were new.😎😎
Oh the late est models are what's called the "last ditch arisakas". I recommend watching "last ditch axis weapons of WW2" by the simple history Channel. It goes in-depth about the Japanese rifle mentioned in the vid
If it was made in 39 it was probably the most well manufactured version of that rifle. War was on but not to a point where the Japanese economy was stretched by any sense of the word. You should give it a really good clean and an oil, give it a kiss and put it to bed in the back of your safe. The next time it might get fired could then be with your grand kids when Grampa takes it out to show them what was used 100 or so years ago with a rifle that probably looks like it was made a year ago :)
Early Type 99's were well made rifles. I have one in my collection that has an intact Chrysanthemum, or simply Mum, which means it was captured and sent home by a Soldier or Marine as a war trophy. Japanese Troops were order to destroy the Chrysanthemum, as it was the symbol of the Emperor, before surrendering their rifles to Allied forces. I also have one that was brought home post war, with Mum scratched through that has had the bolt turned down and converted fire to .300 Savage. Both are excellent shooters.
I was surprised to discover that the bores of at least some of the early Type 99s were chrome plated and are as shiny and new looking as the day they were made.
These are among the best videos of the early 20th century. 80 years later, Gun UA-camrs are still making the same types of videos as these US Armed forces training videos.
The U.S army walked so guntubers could run. Ngl, I love that they show how the weapons are assembled and the commentary, and seeing less known firearms or even allied weapons such as Soviet, British, French and Aus/Can commonwealth weapons that were either used or considered for use.
My one complaint isn't as much as it is a critique and a quality of these films that I appreciate, being that when assessing German small arms and Japanese tanks the U.S. is very dismissive. The tanks make sense, Japan fielded some small and underpowered armor, but the German small arms discussion was like "yeah, they've got a higher rate of fire but our groupings are slightly better and we don't run out of ammo as quickly! Accuracy beats volume!" And that was bad advice. The MG-34 and 42 sections did give good advice as to paying attention to when the enemy MG nest was running low on ammo by firing less, but with a massive volume of fire with bullets hitting their mark and some of the area around made them excellent at suppressing Allied forces and at least benefitted from the video saying to knock the machine gun out or suppressing it as the German squads heavily relied upon it. Maybe explain "we use slow firing MGs and BAR support rifles, but we also use M1 Garands and this means if we lose our machinegun the volume of fire our boys can lay down is retained more than if the Germans lost theirs and had to rely on bolt action Mausers."
Still, WW2 era propaganda is hilarious and informative. "Mission to Moscow" is one of my favorite movies and deeply ironic in hindsight, so hokey films for us to mock were also introduced around this time. Despite losing many tens of millions of human lives and led to even more death with the cold war/present day, but hot damn did humanity get a lot of out WW2 in the long run!
Wouldn't it be funny if the narrator or the soldier who disassembled the firearms was related to Ian McCollum
The real difference is that the Japanese weapons came with a five-year, unlimited mileage warranty.
LOL
This man is an uncle or a father
Kamikaze planes came with a lifetime guarantee.
we tried to reach you about your weapons extended warranty
NGL, Mitsubishi and Subaru have far better prices than even good ol' Ford does these days (Canada).
The best bit is when you reassemble the machine gun and realise you've still got a part you have no clue what it does !
You've obviously bought from IKEA! 😂
No warning not to place the buttplate of the grenade discharger on you knee or thigh when firing it. Some soldier apparently tried that. The model 98 was known as the "knee mortar," but knee smasher was more accurate.
there has never been a verified documented case of that ever happening! most historians think it got that name due to having to take a knee to fire it!
Yes! My old church friend knew if them as "Knee mortars" too. Silent, spring loaded? pretty clever.
More of a "knee-high" mortar than fire it from the knee lmao
a mistranslation apparently, the manual said put your knee close to the plate to fire, so kneel on one knee next to it, somehow that got mistranslated into, put on knee to fire!
The most likely typographical error
The model 92 Heavy machinegun looked like it had some very fine machining.
And an expensive one also.
Very fine machining, terrible design flaw in the ammo. Those 30 round sticks aren't protected by anything except oil.
High-quality manufacturing, poor design. Too much gun for too little firepower, and it required lubricated ammo - that weapon wouldn't have been accepted by any European military in WW2.
Wrong
This machine gun is a derivative of the French Hotchkiss model 1914.
The arisaka rifle has the most "illiterate farmboy friendly" disaasembly of ANY bolt action. That bolt is literally idiot-proof. Design genius of very rare quality.
Japanese people could read and write even if they lived in rural areas.
The Japanese were surprised to find out that there were quite a few people in the U.S. military who could drive trucks, but Americans were also surprised to find that even the lowest-ranking soldiers were educated to be able to read and write to a certain degree
My first rifle was a type 99 that I bought from the GI who brought it back from Okinawa. I still have it, now over 50 years later.
Lucky guy you are. It must be a beauty of a weapon, isn´t it? All of tem look plenty good.
does it still have it's Chrysanthemum?
Probably has a cut in the stock. They called them a duffel cut. So they would fit in the duffel bag.
Is it registered?
a bitch to find ammo for i bet!!
I'm glad how he explained how the sling "serves no other purpose than to carry the rifle" - I was a bit confused there !
In fact, yes! It's quite interesting topic, US rifle slings were intricate designs with hooks and keepers to create arm loops, made to be usable as stabilisation for your rifle. There were several techniques and firing positions teached to fire rifles while using slings as stabilisation, shooting rest or even makeshift grip (if interested, TheFirearmBlog has article on M1907 sling)
American soldier trained in marksmanship in this way would indeed expect slings to have more purpose than just carrying strap, so it was good to inform him of it beforehand
Almost no infantryman used the sling as designed for “gravel belly” competition shooters. They were not found on M14 or M16, or later US weapons
And what is with the demonstrator’s thumb behind the bolt?
Some slings are designed to be used to brace/steady the rifle when firing as well as carrying it
I find it particularly interesting that we were referring to the Type 11 as the model 1922. It makes sense as Taisho year 11 was 1922, but all of the other weapons are referred to by their Japanese era years.
I think that the loading using 5-rd clips is just so cool. 'Just keep stacking 'em' as the MG was being fired. Subject to fouling, but so cool.
My first gun was a Type 38 Carbine in 6.5. I was 16 when I bought it and still have it 43 years later. I believe it's an earlier model, since the fit and finish are absolutely gorgeous. The mum is only slightly defaced, with no pitting and pristine bluing.
I picked up a model 38 at auction, there was a ton of WWII firearms from an individual’s collections.
I have almost all of the Japanese Arisaka variations . I need the Type 30 Carbine , which is doable . Cost wise the sniper & paratrooper most likely will be unaffordable for me . Arisaka’s rifle design was good , plus simple , Nambu improved on it for the Type99 . They do have Mauser influence . Later they were tested & found they could with stand chamber pressure above any other bolt actions of the time , and Japan did defeat Russia in the Russo-Sino war in 1904-05 . And later during WWI they sold rifles to Russia since they didn’t have enough Mosin Nagants to equip their army ,also Japan made the Siamese ( Thailand ) Type 45/46 rifle for them and also the Type I for Italy
Damn, you weren't kidding about the prices of the sniper and paratrooper variants. I actually knew a guy back in the 1980s that chopped up and "sporterized" an Arisaka sniper bringback from the Pacific. Back then it was "just an old rifle".
@@dullahan7677 that is what happened to a lot of the military rifles . They were cheaper to buy then new commercial made rifles . I think because they were military rifles , (1) they were heavier , & longer barreled they cut the barrels down and the stocks . (2) because they were military rifles they wanted to move away from that perception and did not matter because they were cheaper & as you said just an old rifle . Not that I remember , but my dad use to buy them , clean the cosmoline off them and then resell them for a higher price , wish he would have keep them .
@@dogwoodhillbilly the recoil on the 6.5 is less then the 7.7 and is easier to handle then the long rifle and you are correct the action of the Arisaka’s are very strong
Beautifully engineered
Good to know enemy weapons, in WW1 my grandpa told me the story of his 1903 Springfield being destroyed. Grandpa picked up a Mauser And Stayed in the attack.
That's coz 1903 Springfield is a copy of Mauser.
@@АзарЯвед-э4м To the point where Mauser successfully sued the United States Government for royalty payments.
@@IntrospectorGeneralI didn't know that. Thanks for the fun fact. I really admire early 1900s/late 1800s bolt action rifle
Don't have to use capital letters where they're not needed, some guy who used to be the US president does that, & he's dumb as a rock, don't be dumb as a rock like him too.
@@IntrospectorGeneral
Mauser sued but never won. As part of reparations against Germany after WW1 the US had the German Government dismiss the law suit filed by Mauser.
These must have been older weapons lost by the Japanese in China. The allied forces initially were not capturing any Japanese equipment. The Czech ZB-26 light machine gun captured from the Chinese and its Japanese Type 97 derivation (Bren lookalikes) were absent.
What’s interesting is they managed to get a hold of the Type 99 with all its accessories, that thing was new at the time along with the Type 99 lmg(Type 97 successor)
They are not bren lookalikes and share very little in common with them apart from top feeding gravity assisted magazine placement
@@vista8863 The Bren is heavily based on the Zb. 26. For all intents and purposes, it's a modified Zb in .303 and made in the UK.
The Solothurn MP34 sub-machine gun was purchased from a Swiss subsidiary of German manufacturer Styer pre-war, and was designated the S1-100 by the IJN. The Japanese-issue version of the S1-100 was chambered in 7.63mm Mauser, not 9mm. The MP34 was available in many calibers, 9mm being the most popular, but also chambered in .45.
Japan purchased a very limited number of Solothurn MP34 in the original 9mm caliber before starting the production of Type 100. Maybe this weapon demonstrated here is one of these guns.
@15:27 The type 92 HMG was a copy derived from the French Hotchkiss.
The Chinese Communist army has used it's tri-legged pod to mount the Soviet SGM machine gun on top as main firepower in trenches or bunkers when they fought with the Vietnamese army 1978~1986!
I don't think I can stress enough how much of a game changer it was for America to use a semi-automatic rifle as the standard issue weapon. Everyone else was issuing bolt-action rifles, which meant even our basic infantrymen were pumping lead out much faster and with heavier weight.
I got to fire my grandpas garand one time. It kicks pretty good and was sorta heavy. He snuck it home after the war in europe. He was 82nd airborne. That was his home prtection gun for as long as i was alive until he passed.
Great until they ran up against the belt fed MG42......
@@chadhaire1711 that’s not a standard infantry weapon though. That’s fire support and fire superiority. It was meant to keep heads down so the infantry could maneuver and destroy the enemy from a better angle off their cover. If it killed infantry all the nicer but that wasn’t its primary function.
@@FlameDarkfire WRONG...the MG42 was the fighter, the surrounding infantry with bolt action rifles were there to protect the MG gunner and carry their ammo.
@@FlameDarkfire .....I think you're reading from the manual way too much...
one of my uncle's fought The Japanese Army in the south Pacific during WW2. in New Guinea in particular.
First I have heard about the Japanese using the Solothurn. I thought their first submachine gun was the Type 100.
Japan was late in introducing the submachine gun to its armed forces. Although around 6,000 models of the SIG Bergmann 1920 (a licensed version of the German MP 18) and a few Solothurn S1-100s were purchased from Switzerland and Austria in the 1920s and 1930s, and were used in the invasion of China in 1937] mass production of a native submachine gun did not begin until 1944.
@@stvdagger8074 That's what I thought. And considering the amount of jungle fighting they were involved in it is a wonder they didn't produce one earlier.
Japan didn’t really invest in a sub machine gun during the war, not even a crude “last ditch” one like the Sten or MP-3008, I suppose that’s fortunate for us because I imagine the close combat on those pacific islands would have been even more hellish with them rocking SMGs
@@fleebogazeezig6642 Yes it would be.
The Japanese Navy purchased a few European smgs to use in China, which is probably where the Solothurn here was captured and passed on to the allies. The Japanese Army had a low opinion of the type and while development of the type 100 began in the late 30s it wasn’t adopted until 1942, and in very small numbers. Aside from a few that made it to Guadalcanal most seem to have found by allied troops later in the war in the hands of Army rather than Navy troops. They were frequently issued to various Japanese paratrooper outfits.
I’m really glad they didn’t have near the manufacturing capabilities that we had. Their designs were solid.
Really good for WWI, but not WWII. I don't know what they were thinking with those bizarre machine gun magazines. Only 30 round capacity and seem like they'd be easily jammed up in mud or broken in the field. Plus the hopper one for the light machine gun would take way too long to load for just 30 rounds. but everything else wasn't too bad
Logistics mostly, all these weapons were very good against the Chinese but they didn't have the ability to switch over due to limited resources and capabilities with all the commitments they had. Design also had the problem of increasing hostility between armed services and the fact that prestige was more important than sheer quality if you wanted something approved, you better have influential friends otherwise the commission would go to someone with high military rank. The politics by assassination really created a climate of fear and made people act in a way irrational if you don't thank in the context of young officers murdering politicians for not approving of their interpretation of patriotism in the right why, their were loads of different little factions of officers who did this so everyone was on eggshells as different things could insult different people and you likely wouldn't have even known about them before they targeted you.
@@captaincritter1898 Their infantry weapons were all based on WW-1 French Hotchkiss design using either a box magazine or stripper clips and once the war started it was too late to interrupt weapon production to try and make something better and were already struggling to produce enough of that design and figured well at least it works, why risk making something else that might have problems and be less reliable than what we know works. The Japanese suffered the most in their anti aircraft guns , because those too were a outdate design, one of the main defensive guns on their ships was a 25 mm cannon which also was fed by a box magazine that only held 15 rounds which reduced its firepower and slower to reload , before the war started the Japanese thought 25 mm was good enough to engage low level and medium level attacking planes but again as the war continued they found that 25mm cannon not up to the task but could not afford to stop production and go with something else, their solution was to simply mount more of them on the ships to compensate for the poor capabilities.
Only the American army used a semi auto
Rest used bolt actions
Our 1.1 and 40mm were fed by clips
We had a Model 1932 HMG in front of our Barracks at B. Co, NAS Cubi Pt., Philippines.
The fact that the americans were aware of the MP-34 and not the type 100 as the japaneses SMG shows how limited the type 100 were used during the war. Very diferent from what we see in WW2 games that features the pacific theatre.
My father, an Army Combat Engineer in the Pacific Theater, told me that after surrender on Okinawa they bulldozed huge piles of small arms taken from the Japanese soldiers. Made me sick.
I do own 3 Type 99's and a Type I (For Italian) passed down to me by a Soldier and a Marine Raider. I was hoping this film would include the Type I. Maybe they didn't know about them at the time.
for your infomation periscope film:
This restricted WWII era Signal Corps training film conveys information about common weapons used by the Japanese military. It covers the basic function of each weapon including various features, as well as information about how to load, aim, fire, and disassemble it in a field situation. The film features close up footage of all the weapons and the different constituting parts. The M38, M99, Solothurn SMG, Type 89 Grenade Discharger, Nambu Model 1922 SMG, and the Model 1932 Heavy Machine gun are featured.
WOW! Sure glad you told me what I’D JUST WATCHED! Don’t know what I would have done without your insightful listing…
2:51 "The dust cover is removed by the [Japanese] in combat to ensure silent operation of the bolt." This is just bullshit. First off, it's silent enough in the heat of combat when you're surrounded by rifle fire, machine gun fire and mortar shells landing around you--you wouldn't even hear your sergeant screaming at the top of his lungs from 5 feet away. But even if you were to somehow manage to hear the rattling of the dust cover as the bolt is being cycled, doesn't mean you're at an advantage 'cause by the time you react to the dust cover jittering as the bolt is being cycled, he would already have a fresh round chambered and could easily shoot you dead. Either that or any of his rifle buddies besides him would take you down, or they may have a machine gunner on standby who would easily rip you to shreds. And it's worth noting that not all dust covers are created equal as some are so quiet when operated, you just hear the bolt cycling like with any other rifle.
Second, I believe this was originally published in 1943, by then they were still producing new Types and adding the dust cover, and in that year they introduced the TERA Type 2 Parachutist Rifle, fit with dust cover.
The dust cover had it's start on the Type 35, in 1902 but was of a completely design. It had this hook on the right-hand side to slide it forward which had to be done before operating the bolt. It was added due to their experiences with fouling during the Russo-Japanese War when they were armed with the Type 30 from 1897. But the original design was seemingly not simple enough for them, so 3 years later they introduced the Type 38 in 1905 with the new and improved dust cover design. Since then, it has been on every variant and Type: Type 38 rifle, Type 38 carbine, Type 44 carbine, Type 97 marksman, Type 99 long rifle, Type 99 short rifle--there was even a prototype for a Type 99 carbine that never saw official service to my knowledge, and yes it was fitted with a dust cover--TERA Type 1 parachutist rifle* and the TERA Type 2 parachutist rifle.
If it took them 5 years to realize they need a dust cover and another 3 years to improve the dust cover, I don't think it would've taken them 4 decades and 8 different rifles and carbines to notice they need to get rid of the feature...
* According to Wikipedia, the TERA Type 1 was never officially adopted due to unreliability in the folding mechanism. Still thought it was worth a mention though as it still had a dust cover.
To the gentleman who said that Japanese rifles were better made than our own. From my knowledge, rifles made in the 1930s and before were of reasonable quality. Those made during the '40s were much lower in quality. I have seen films where rifles are being worked on/assembled by middle school children.
To be fair due to the design they still would have been better in the trenches of WW1, the grand though put out such firepower as to basically be a step up from them even if they were exceptional as bolt actions (also later on it the war it was the katanas they really lowered the quality of, I've seen a late war one which had seen combat and come out looking like butter that had been of the wrong side of a hot knife, you can only go so far with the steel quality of guns before they start blowing up in your face and at that point you might as well issue them with sharpened bamboo instead).
To be fair you don’t know what your talking about
No captured Type 99 light machine gun?
Narrator said the design was bad. I see some nice features. Plus it's based off the mauser which was the best military bolt action
Rifles and 'knee mortar' are good, while machine guns are belong to WW1 era, too heavy and with strange feeding mechanisms.
They are propaganda films, You can't have them saying they are a superior design , the yanks would be demoralized. LOL
He never said bad. He simply said they lagged behind, which is true because any bolt action at that time was completely outclassed by the M1 Garand. The Mauser was developed in the 1890s, so everything based on it would be using tech of that era as well. The Garand was about 40 years newer
@@aussiefarmer8741 Thank goodness they weren't......right?! You eat a lot of sushi these days? LOL
US Army soldiers at the time used the semi-automatic Garand. You pulled the trigger and the gun would fire and use the recoil energy to eject the case and load the next bullet. you can shoot three times as fast with a Garand compared to a Mauser or Japanese rifle.
So they were correct. They actually did not call them bad, but said, that they are NOT bad, but lacked behind US weapons in design. Which is perfectly true.
I have a Type 38 Arisaka Rifle, its a pretty good shooter
The original forgotten weapons. 🤣
Thanks for your comment -- love the icon!
My great-grandfather and grandfather were company and squad commanders in the Japanese Army. I was a lieutenant and still respect them to this day.
The Japanese tried to copy the M-1 Garand but in 7.7x58 and using 5 round stripper clips rather than 8 round enbloc clips. They copied bolt, receiver and gas system exactly to then discover their 7.7 round didn't quite have enough power to work action 100% reliably. A redesign was impossible and very few of the rifles were made and even fewer exist to this day.
" their 7.7 round didn't quite have enough power to work action 100% reliably. "
Considered the Garand was developed for the .276 Pedersen, I call BS on the power being the issue.
@Johan Metreus You're right, it has nothing to do with the round. Garands are no different than any other gas operated rifle. They've been rechambered in tons of calibers, including .458 Win Mag.
To add another reason as to why OPs comment is bunko 7.7 Japanese is very similar to 30-06. The 7.7 Japanese case is derived from 8mm Mauser. The .303 Caliber bullet was used because of the common usage of .303 British in Japanese armed service. The case length of 7.7 is 58mm, while the 30-06 is longer at 63mm. Using identical bullet weights, the velocities and pressures are, for all practical purposes, damn close, with 30-06 having a slight edge.
The point being that there are a LOT of reasons why the Type 4 didn't work out, be it because of the process prototype machining and tolerances, the effects of the war on industry, and how much time it takes to tune a very complicated weapon from scratch, especially when redesigning the feed system. The gas regulation is the easy part if anything.
Interesting fact: like all nations in the interwar period, the Japanese were interested in a self-loading rifle for their infantry, one of the contestants was the Pedersen rifle, which famously was close to becoming the U.S. infantry rifle before the Garand took its place.
There are a couple other ideas that might have helped...1) not putting Tojo in charge of everything. 2) crocodile proof soldiers. 3) food
Yeah if they had followed the Army Generals advice to invade Siberia instead of following the Navy Admirals advice to invade the Philippines, Japan would have won the War. Most of the Army are all seasoned veterans from fighting the Russians and Chinese and would have easily secured the Siberian oil fields.
@@ShadowMoon878 Just a couple problems there. First, Tojo was a general, not an admiral (though you're right that the Southern strategy was the Navy's pet and the Northern more of an Army fave). Second, it's not at all clear that they would have been able to seize much territory from the Russians. Khalkin Gol didn't exactly go great for them. Third, if they had... the Siberian oil fields weren't even discovered until the 1960s. So... If you need oil and you're given a choice between invading a region with oil reserves and refineries versus invading... somewhere... and... I guess... just hoping that geologists will find oil there in twenty years? Well, you can see why the Southern strategy was chosen.
Of all the WWII rifles I own, I think I have to say the T99 is one of the best (of the bolt actions). It's very light, not bulky, strong action, decent trigger, bolt works well, and the sight is unique but very easy to use despite the barley corn.
What launches the grenade from the grenade discharger?
the uk also used a .303 variant for "light anti aircraft" duty, i wonder how effective the rifle calibers were in action vs .50bmg variants
The really impressive part is that there wasn't a computer or CNC setup ANYWHERE on those factory floors back in the day....
(not today)
They had NC-machines and much wider tolerances. You can maneuver manual machines pretty accurately to once you've gotten a feel for them.
The first mill I used was from the 50s and it was still decent though it had digital measurements
Not at all. CNC machines and CAD software only streamline processes already invented about two hundred years prior. They already had all the formulas and gauges developed, they simply had to do it analog.
I never know arisaka rifle has monopod? Wow... And that looks sturdy asf.
It's not it's easy to break it's only real purpose is to protect the end of the wood from getting dinged up, in a pinch it can work as a makeshift bipod.
Cool to see the old knee mortar demonstrated. Probably my favorite Japanese weapon, other than the Katana and the 18.1" main guns of the Yamato.
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Certainly the most deadly that an infantry squad would have. I imagine it's one of the few bits of Japanese kit that the Americans would have liked for themselves, though the radio meant that waiting a bit would turn the contest quite one sided.
have you seen Ukrainians using such a mortar?
Ah yes, so you like Katanas and the artificial reef that is the Yamato, I smell weeb.
Isn't that sub-machine gun just a copy of the German Bergmann??
No, its just that a lot of post WW1 guns looked similar. The gun is Austrian made by Steyr.
The rifle had the airplane sights removed, as well as the narrator not even mentioning the feature.
Was it a classified secret??
too bad there was nothing on the Type 96 and Type 99 LMGs
They are capable of shooting bullets at a lethal velocity.
There I said something nice about Japanese sidearms.
Some of the Arisakas 99 have a redish lacquer...this resin was made from a plant of the nightshade family. It is highly poisonous if you sand the finish and the particles become airborne and you inhale them. Some soldiers were known to have died from the resin as they sanded and polished the rifles they acquired in battle, on ships heading back home. I have one...the resin is beautiful and is an excellent wood preservation finish. Don't sand without a mask.
The 99 actions are indestructible in the early models. The Japanese discarded the dust covers as bothersome..if you have an Arisaka, you will greatly enhance the value by replacing the original dust cover.
That type 89 grenade launcher looks pretty damned useful to me. I've never been in combat or even served so I wouldn't know what we've got like that. But that one looks light, handy and uses pretty common ordinance. .
Ukrainians are using such mortar now
Japanese small arms and aircraft weapons looked to me like a logistics nightmare. Most of them fired different ammunition, and many of their light machine guns used reduced-load 6.5 Arisaka rounds that had to be oiled.
It wasn't the cartridge type that needed to be oiled, it was the machine gun construction demanding lubricated ammunition.
The 6.5 mmm was the better infantry round, while the 7.7 mm was a better MG round for heavy machine guns, much like the 5,45/5.56 mm and 7.62 mm today.
Not to mention how 12.9mm is not the same between the IJA and IJN arsenals. This is a byproduct of their disagreements ever since the 30s, their interservice rivalry
Funny enough the Italians also had a similar issue during the war with having to deal with a new 7mm round and an older 6mm round.
I didn't hear any derogatory tone when the narrator said the 3 letter word for Japanese. In other circumstances it probably was there but I suspect that the emphasis was increased after Neville fought with George in the attic.
"Um, will this be on the exam?"
It's a tough exam: better study hard!
Learned a lot I am getting a long 99 and a 38 from my grandparents (inheritance)
Lucky you. There is no such thing in Portugal and probably the whole EU. When you die, all your firearms must go to someone with a firearms Licence. As there are so few and dwindling, most of the times the State confiscates the guns, that sometimes are auctioned but normally for lack of buyers end up destroyed. Isn't it wonderful?
@@duartesimoes508 Didn't Germany pull that right before the Anchluss?
@@duartesimoes508 I do have a license to purchase and own guns
@@Einwetoko, that’s actually an American myth. The Weimar Republic had very strict firearms laws, and they were mostly unchanged when the NSDAP took over. They later loosened gun laws for party members, while the restrictions on their political opponents were strengthened. Regular citizens had the same gun rights as they always did.
Germany had no direct authority to regulate anything in Austria before the Anschluss, and the Anschluss was welcomed or met with indifference by most Austrians anyway.
Very clean and clear video my only gripe is the solid watermark,I understand you need to protect your property but please consider making it more see through it ruins the video you spent time and money on preserving.
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@@PeriscopeFilm I agree and sympathize with you. But could you make your water mark more transparent? Another archiver has the whole frame water marked but its transparent enough to not block the video . Still support your channel but your mark kinda diminishes the quality a little bit.
Let me get this straight -- another company marks the entire frame with a semi-transparent watermark, and you feel that's *less distracting* than a burn-in that takes up a portion of the lower part of the screen, and in many cases is effectively covered up by a UA-cam ad bar? I don't buy it. Also, we did experiment with semi-transparent watermarks at one time. The result? They were easily blurred by people who wanted to download and re-post our content. So it basically encouraged their theft.
@@PeriscopeFilm yes the watermark is in the center of the video but its ghosted and it isn't interfering in the video I don't remember the CO. But if I see it again I'll let you know if your interested. Again I understand that you need to protect your investment but allowing that black band more see through would improve viewing a lot.
1:00 that's...certainly not how you would want to detach a bayonet
Meanwhile the cleaning rod have a whole mechanism to detach it
That is exactly how the US bayonets operated, and the cleaning rod button was very secure and you don't need to whip out your cleaning rod in a hurry anyways.
They're cool to collect but ammo impossible to get
Reloading is simple. RCBS sells reloading dies
@@reedlrrp I'm old school 1980s , we used to buy Norma ammo back then. I had 3 Mausers , 8 mm widely available, surplus and commercial back in the day..........
We have another restricted episode again they know how to use there weapons well even though it's Japanese
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Ever seen a Nambu or Baby Nambu? I have and I'm not interested in collecting any of them. Katani swords are impressive though.
Here is where the fuddlore of “removing the dust cover” came from.
Great guide for Rising Storm weapons
The Soldier showing the 9mm submachine gun has the creepiest fingernails I have ever seen.
Ian from Forgotten Weapons is a time traveler...
Gun channels get a strike if they show anything like this.
No sticker?
I love the Monty Pythonesque music
obviously an early war job the type 99 light machine gun wasn;t in it!!
Wow with the machine-guns. The Nambu seems to use the rifle clips in the hopper. That & the 7.7mm version really didn't have much capacity for their feed, just 30 rounds.! That's barely 3 seconds of full rock & roll.
Imagine using those feed systems on islands full of sand and ground coral. I mean it’s entirely open.
The Bren gun only had 29 rounds in the magazine when running reliably. The trick was to have an assistant doing the reloading, which in the hopper could be done continuously.
But yes, getting a fistful on sand into the box should slow the rate of fire considerably.
@@johanmetreus1268 Yeah but the Bren is a LMG
@@redtra236 Only difference between a LMG and a MMG is bipod or tripod.
Go back to the Great War and you'll find plenty of fixed machineguns that wasn't beltfed.
@@johanmetreus1268 This can be true but that was an HMG not a GPMG/LMG. In WW1 it would have been reasonable but a clip fed HMG like that was pretty outdated by WW2.
The reason Japanese weapons are the same as American is because it was the US that trained the Japan military since Commodore Perry.
Japan was also heavily influenced by the German army.
Is it me or was "milo minderbinder" testing the ariska?
Are you crazy?
@@kirbyculp3449 the man testing the ariska, bears a strong resemblance to the actor that played the part of "milo minderbinder" in the remake of the film "catch 22".
But yes, i am probably crazy.
i miss when the US Government took time to make videos like these and educate both the public and their servicemen.
Now it's mostly PowerPoint presentations with hands on training.
@@landbeforetimeee well those vids were great for the public. I suspect that they had hands on training for the staff and what not but was referring to those info-vids that the government put out back in the day that was still use to this day when we learn about WW2 stuff or things that happened shortly afterwards like what NASA was up to. Granted, nowadays, I wouldnt believe anything that they put out but that's a different topic all together lol
thankfully we're not in a world war or on a cold war footing.
@@tonybarnes3858 uhm, hate to break it to you but yes, we're in both now actually. It just looks different than how you expect. China released a biological weapon against the West 3 years ago, is engaged in financial, economical, psychological, biological warfare against the West. Heck, they're even training their kids to kill Americans right this moment. And when i mean kids, i mean 6 to 8 year olds. You have China bullying nations down in the South China Sea and else where in the region. And I havent even touched on Russia - do American businesses or Russian businesses really do business with each other? Cheers mate.
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The Japanese didn’t remove their dust covers
The GIs did bringing them back
The beginning just reminded me I need to clean my Mauser..
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I think that Narrator is or was Mike Wallace of 60 minutes.
Had the Type 100 been more readily available it would have been interesting war.
Their were like 1000 japanese rifles for every 1 submachine gun.
America was like for every 20 semi autmatic rifle a submachine gun or browning automatic.
I’ve always liked the look of some of the Japanese prototype SMGs like the Type 1 (which had the magazine in the pistol grip long before the Uzi popularized it) and Type 2 (my favorite looking of the two), the Type 100 is kinda generic looking, not standing out among the other early SMGs that had that side magazine thing going on like the MP-28 and S1-100.
YES YES This SHALL be useful to me, When I invade Imperial Japan! Just have to finish my TimeMachine first.
That martial music behind the narration on that film.... Oh my! So bizarre and out of place. They didn't usually do that from what I see on other training films.
Ah! Your comment beat me to it. xD
The sound of the orchestra would have made John Phillips Sousa proud.
Will Gun jesus approve this video?
why did they have to learn this? didnt they have any american guns in stock?
Type 99
I was expecting an Asian guy with coke bottle glasses and buck teeth.
Ah, so. 😂
That is the movie, Guadalcanal Diary
i find it funny how here there are comments that everything in japan is nice and beautiful and friendly people remember that now you are seeing the japanese of third or fourth generation do not look anything like the old imperialist, neither the post war ones do not exist anymore.
Now I know.
Watching this with the type 99 my grandfather brought back from Japan after the war on my lap. He fought in the European Theater but didn't have enough points after VE day and was on a troop transport in the Pacific on his way to stage for the invasion of mainland Japan when the atomic bombs fell and Japan surrendered.
Terribili , un arma peggio del altra 🤔
The Japanese use of bayonets quite reminds me of the swedish carolean pikes. Weapons thought obsolete used by small nations that needed to punch above their weight
Samurai sword would of been good to mention
Eh, this is propaganda meant to help soldier, not scare them, lol.
Guntubers aren't allowed to show assy / disassy of firearms here on YT. I guess this is okay because it's historical. Anyway, censorship of any kind is absurd.
guess what guntubers do historical too!!! it's just it's easy to get what they do it on!!
Really? Ian at Forgotten Weapons shows it all the time, often on new or currently available weapons. He is not a fan of youtube for other reasons, but his channel has not been taken down
Oh they're allowed. They just tend to lose monetization, so really just like every other yoytube channel that isn't vlogging
You have no idea howuch is actually censored from you that you don't notice. America is the best country in history of using propaganda. Where do you think the nazis learned it from?
Wonder why the soldiers weren't dressed in fatigues?
early war and most likely intel guys!!
@@keithmoore5306 Good point(s)!
In those days the fatigues were only worn in the field. In garrison, the service uniform was used for daily wear.
@@hamie7624 Ok, thanks.
"While their weapons are extremely serviceable and well made........they are also shit". Real good job countering your statement
The Arisaka rifle was designed by Colonel Arisaka Nariakira (有坂 成章; 1852-1915), who was later promoted to lieutenant general and also received the title of baron from Emperor Meiji, in 1907. Over the course of various wars several productions runs and variants were made, including the transition from the 6.5mm Type 38 cartridge to the larger 7.7mm Type 99, and the introduction of a paratrooper rifle that could be disassembled into two major parts for airborne operations. Tests on samples of Arisaka rifles conducted after the war showed that their bolts and receivers were constructed of carbon steel "similar to SAE steel grade No. 1085 with a carbon content of 0.80% to 0.90%, and a manganese content of 0.60% to 0.90%."[1] During destructive tests, the Arisakas were shown to be stronger than the M1903 Springfield, Lee-Enfield, and Mauser rifles.[2] The Arisakas were also one of the only guns of the era to use polygonal rifling in its barrels, rather than the more traditional lands and grooves.
Some of the early issue Type 99 rifles were fitted with a folding wire monopod intended to improve accuracy in the prone position. The rear sights also featured folding horizontal extensions to give a degree of lead suitable for firing against aircraft. Near the end of World War II, last-ditch ersatz models were being made in various cost-cutting feature variations with the goal of cheaply bolstering the imperial armed forces; for example, the ovoid bulb-shaped bolt of earlier runs were replaced by a smaller and utilitarian cylindrical shape, the handguard on the barrel was omitted, and crude fixed sights were fitted.
Yup, you're right. Though about the handguard, the finger groove is the one omitted. I presume you are referring to that, if not, then the upper half of it is.
Also, sticking to Japanese tradition of charging with bayonets, the bayonet lug is retained
Type 30 rifle was designed by Arisaka Nariakira, but the Type 38 and Type 99 (and their derivatives) were actually designed by Kijirō Nambu. The 6.5x50mmSR cartridge also was "Arisaka", but the 7.7x58mmSR - I have no idea, but it came much after Arisaka's death.
Absolute Japanese propaganda that their POS is stronger than the 98 😂
@@rifleshooterchannel208 No. Generaly they were very high quality rifles. They had a weak ammo (6.5) and some weird features (AA sight, monopod, dust cover, etc) but they were overbuilt and well finished. Those last ditch rifles were crude. But some sources says that actually they were heat treated enough to be useable.
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The 6.5mm was probably the best cartridge as an infantry man, the only reason why the japs switched was due to incorrect conclusions about the benefits of the more powerful 7.7mm, a normal infantry man will never fight in combat ranges that allow for the advantage of the 7.7mm to take hold
Do you like the japanese rifle? yes it's a Nissan!
Some of the type 99s were made by Mazda, in fact mine was.
'Compose a piece of music to accompany a short film about... mumble... mumble.' 'Sorry, about what? I'm an artist, I need inspiration, is it a romantic piece?' 'Er, not really...'
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My brother bought a Japanese carbine that looked like it was made in someone's garage. just a horrible machined weapon.
Forgeries of everything from WWII are big bucks, it could have been made in somebody's garage.
Probably been buddied
Type 99 was the only rifle that had chrome lined barrel.
Of world war II yes, but china is very famous for Chrome lining their sks's
I must say the Japanese had efficient weaponry.
For the 1920s, very good indeed. That 'type 99' meant year 99, which was 1940, so about twenty years behind... type 38 (year 38), is decades earlier and they're only different in detail.
Even that 'Solothurn' type 100 was from 1941, and is much the same as a gun made in Germany in 1918.
Similar design can be seen in the first Star Wars film though, the L2A3 Sterling SMG made by British firms, so I have nothing to boast about...
@@stevetheduck1425the type 99 was the best bolt action used in world war II. Strong reliable rugged. And a great caliber. Even better than the Germans kar 98 imo.
Today i learned that the Japanese used the Solothurn smg!
Thats the reason your basic ww2 g.i. could lay down more fire. Because we had the m1 garland semi auto who Japan had the arisaka and the other and the basi for Germans was the Mauser also a bolt action.I not talking specialized weapons like the machine guns or anything.
My fav the one where they say browning mg better than mg42 LOL
They're correct tho
"Our machine gun suck, the equivalent was in platoon weapon squads. Now go die"
The Browning conserves more ammunition, is it any worse or better I'm not sure