Japanese "Last Ditch" Type-99

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Category: Japanese Firearms
Published: Friday, 19 July 2013 16:58
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bullet Nation: Japan
bullet Adopted: 1939
bullet Designer: Colonel Arisaka
bullet Caliber:  7.7x58mm Arisaka
bullet Capacity: 5 shot
bullet Action: Bolt Action
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Mfg. by: Toriimasto Arsenal, Nagoya; Dai-Nippon Heiki Kogyo, Notobe; Kayaba Kogyo, Tokyo; Toyo Juki, Hiroshima; Tokyo Juki, Tokyo; Jinsen Arsenal, Korea

These rifles exhibit none of the accessories  and finish work of earlier Type 99 rifles.  The desperate situation of Empire in the later war years glaringly apparent in this example.