Japan did not adopt officially any semi-automatic rifles but several experimental rifles were made, including a version of the U.S. Garand rifle. In the late 1920s and early 1930s records show that the Army Technical Division was keen to acquire Western semi-automatic rifles to convert to their 6.5mm service cartridge and to use their standard 5-round clip. They were interested in the designs of Garand, Pedersen, and in the Czech ZH-29 rifle.
The Japanese knew the U.S. Garand rifle well because they captured several hundred of them in early 1942 in the Philippine invasion, but records about how these guns were treated cannot be found. There is a printed Japanese manual for the U.S. Garand seen so there should be records. The Navy made a very close copy of the Garand, with an improved magazine system, in 1944. This weapon used Japanese rimmed 7.7mm ammunition which was common with Lewis guns and it had a 10-round capacity magazine; five round clips were used to load this weapon. (It was probably developed by the Navy Air Forces which had a lot of stocks of this ammunition.) Several examples of this weapon exist today. All of them were roughly made.
It was thought that Japanese ignored the semi-automatic rifles but every record shows that they were very keen to develop the weapon. Probably the Model 38 rifle was so highly regarded by them and it was difficult to find something that overcame the M-38.
Not sure exactly which rifle you mean. The Japanese primarily used bolt-actions during WWII. However towards the end of the war they tried to copy the M1 Garand, with a few modifications to the magazine. If the article is correct they never got it into service.Did the japenese semi automatic rifle in battlefield 1943 game ever existed?
Unless you can name the gun, we can't help you. Go to the "Video Games" or the "I Don't Have a Girlfriend" section.
Numeric designation please... And 'existed' isn't a word.Did the japenese semi automatic rifle in battlefield 1943 game ever existed?
dont know the gun you speak of
just wanted to say "existed" is a real word, altho it was used wrongly =)
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