Katsuji Nambu

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Katsuji Nambu was a Japanese firearms designer best known for creating several influential early 20th-century military pistols and machine guns used by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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instanceOf Japanese firearms designer
firearms designer
person
activeInPeriod early 20th century
countryOfCitizenship Japan
designed Type 1 37 mm anti-tank gun NERFINISHED
Type 10 flare gun
Type 100 submachine gun NERFINISHED
Type 11 light machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 14 Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
Type 2 machine cannon NERFINISHED
Type 3 heavy machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 5 rifle NERFINISHED
Type 90 flare gun NERFINISHED
Type 92 heavy machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 94 Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
Type 96 light machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 99 aircraft cannon NERFINISHED
Type 99 light machine gun NERFINISHED
employer Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork firearms design
weapons engineering
genre military weapons design
influenced development of Japanese military small arms in the early 20th century
knownFor design of Japanese light machine guns
design of early 20th-century Japanese military pistols
designing small arms for the Imperial Japanese Army
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
nationality Japanese
notableWork Type 1 37 mm anti-tank gun
Type 10 flare gun NERFINISHED
Type 100 submachine gun NERFINISHED
Type 11 light machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 14 Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
Type 2 machine cannon NERFINISHED
Type 3 heavy machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 5 rifle NERFINISHED
Type 90 flare gun NERFINISHED
Type 92 heavy machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 94 Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
Type 96 light machine gun NERFINISHED
Type 99 aircraft cannon NERFINISHED
Type 99 light machine gun NERFINISHED
Type A Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
Type B Nambu pistol NERFINISHED
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED
workLocation Japan NERFINISHED

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Nambu hasNotableBearer Katsuji Nambu