Type 38 rifle

E64376
bolt-action service rifle military rifle

The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Type 38 rifle canonical 6
Arisaka Type 38 1
Arisaka rifle 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bolt-action service rifle ⓘ
military rifle ⓘ
action bolt-action ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Type 38 rifle ⓘ
surface form: Arisaka Type 38

Type 38 rifle ⓘ
surface form: Arisaka rifle
barrelLength approximately 797 mm ⓘ
bayonetCompatibility Type 30 bayonet ⓘ
caliber 6.5 mm ⓘ
capturedAndUsedBy Chinese forces ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
cartridge 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
designer Nariakira Arisaka ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
exportedTo China ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
feedSystem 5-round internal box magazine ⓘ
loadingMethod stripper clip ⓘ
material steel barrel and receiver ⓘ
wooden stock ⓘ
muzzleVelocity approximately 760 m/s ⓘ
notableCharacteristic long barrel and overall length ⓘ
low recoil for service rifle of its time ⓘ
overallLength approximately 1270 mm ⓘ
postwarUse used in Chinese Civil War ⓘ
used in Korean War (limited) ⓘ
producedAt Kokura Arsenal ⓘ
Nagoya Arsenal ⓘ
Tokyo Arsenal ⓘ
productionEnd 1940s ⓘ
productionStart 1905 ⓘ
rateOfFire manual, bolt-action ⓘ
reliability noted for reliability ⓘ
replacedBy Type 99 rifle ⓘ
safetyType rear knob safety ⓘ
serviceEnd 1945 ⓘ
serviceEntry 1905 ⓘ
serviceLife long service life ⓘ
sights iron sights ⓘ
standardIssue Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese infantry
stockConfiguration full-length stock ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
variant Type 38 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Type 38 carbine

Type 38 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Type 44 carbine

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Type 38 rifle
Description of subject: The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → usedWeapon → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
Type 38 rifle → alsoKnownAs → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arisaka Type 38
Type 38 rifle → alsoKnownAs → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arisaka rifle
Type 38 rifle → variant → Type 38 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Type 38 carbine
Type 38 rifle → variant → Type 38 rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Type 44 carbine
Type 99 rifle → replaced → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
Type 99 rifle → designedToReplace → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka → usedInFirearm → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
Nariakira Arisaka → notableWork → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
Type 30 bayonet → designedFor → Type 38 rifle ⓘ