Type 38 rifle

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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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Arisaka Type 38 1
Arisaka rifle 1
Type 38 carbine 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

Referenced by (7)

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

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 99 rifle → designedToReplace → Type 38 rifle ⓘ
Type 99 rifle → replaced → Type 38 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