Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol

Infobox Weapon
name=Type 14 Nambu pistol


caption=Type 14
origin=flag|Empire of Japan
type=Pistol
is_ranged=yes
is_UK=
service=1925 - 1945
used_by=Imperial Japanese Army
wars=Second Sino-Japanese War,
Second World War
designer=Kijiro Nambu
design_date=1925
cartridge=8x22mm Nambu
caliber=
action=
rate=
velocity= 950 ft/s (289.63 m/s)
range=
max_range=
feed=8 round detachable box magazine
sights=

The Type 14 (十四年式) is a semi-automatic pistol chambered for 8x22mm Nambu and used by the Japanese during World War II.

History

Kijiro Nambu was the designer of the Nambu pistols. He was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army who also developed the Type 38 Heavy Machine Gun and Type 11 Light Machine Gun. In 1904, he developed the first model of the Nambu pistol. Though it was not introduced into the IJA, the Nambu pistol was produced by private enterprise and it was introduced by IJN in 1915.According to Japanese data in Wiki,this pistol was not really designed by Nambu. The real Nambu pistol is another design which is also similar to the Luger P-08: due to misidentification by Americans, Japanese also call this pistol a Nambu type-14 post-war.

In 1925, IJA also introduced the improved model of Nambu pistol as the Type 14 Pistol which was almost the same as the early model except some small improvements. About 279,000 Type 14s were produced. Later production models were fitted with a much larger trigger housing to fit the hand of a shooter wearing gloves.

Nambu pistols were used by officers and MPs of the IJA until Japan's surrender.