Type 30 rifle

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caption=
name=Type 30 Rifle
type=service rifle
origin=flagcountry|Empire of Japan
era=Russo-Japanese War
design_date=1897
prod_design_date=
serv_design_date=1897 -
used_by=Japan
wars=Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War, World War I
spec_type=
caliber=
part_length=800 mm
cartridge=6.5x50mm Arisaka
feed=5-round internal magazine
action=
rate=
velocity=765 m/s
weight=3.95 kg
length=1,280 mm
variants=
number=The Type 30 Rifle "Arisaka" (三十年式歩兵銃; "Sanjyuu-nen-shiki hoheijyuu") was a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was an earlier, but similar weapon to the Type 38 Rifle, which was also used alongside it. Both of these weapons were also known as the Arisaka, after the inventor.

The type 30 is named that way because it was designed in the 30th year of the Meiji Restoration, which means it was designed in 1897.

It comes in Long Rifle and Carbine configurations.

The Type 30 rifle was used in the Russo-Japanese War, and later in Finland. They were replaced by the Type 38 Rifle for World War I.

ee also

*List of World War II firearms

References

External links

* [http://www.castle-thunder.com/model.htm Japanese Rifle Identification]