Arisaka Rifle

The First Model of the Arisaka Rifle was designed by Colonel Nariakira Arisaka in 1897. It was the official service bolt action rifle for the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces from 1897 to 1945. There are five major variants - the Type 30, 35, 38, 44, and the 99. Of all these rifles, the Type 38 long rifle and Type 99 short rifles were the most common and were the rifle most likely to be encountered during the war in the Pacific. There were various sub types, like the 6.5 Type 97 sniper rifle based off of the Type 38 long rifle, the 7.7 Type 99 sniper rifle based off of the Type 99 short rifle, or the 6.5 Type 1 take down paratrooper model converted from Type 38 carbines, but these rifles were rare specialty rifles and only several hundred to several thousand were made of any of these versions. Related to the Arisaka is the Type I long rifle, a rifle made in Italy for the Japanese Navy that utilized the Carcano action but a magazine, stock, and barrel based on the Type 38 long rifle.

The early models of the Type 99 long (discontinued after less than 40,000 were made) and short rifles contained a folding wire mono-pod, flip up sights with "Anti-Aircraft" bars, chrome plated bores, and a dust cover. As the war went on the quality had dropped. These late war rifles where known as substitute standard rifles (commonly called "last ditch" rifles) and were very crudely manufactured with most missing the accessories of the earlier models. Later production substitute standard rifles also had a non-adjustable rear sight and wooden buttplate, and some even replaced the sling with a simple rope passed through a hole in the stock and tied around the barrel (commonly called "rope hole" rifles).

The two most common rifles - The Type 38 was chambered in 6.5x50mmSR and the Type 99 was chambered in 7.7x58mm.

Specifications

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber: 7.7x58mm (Type 99 short and long rifles, Type 2 paratrooper rifle), 6.5x50mmSR (Type 30 carbines and long rifles, Type 35 long rifle, Type 38 carbine and long rifle, Type 44 Carbine, Type I long rifle, Type 1 paratrooper rifle)

• Capacity: 5 rounds

• Fire Modes: Single (Bolt Action)

Arisaka Type 38

The Arisaka Type 38 Rifle has been used by the following actors in the following films:

Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

Films

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
Chapaev		Red Army men and White Army soldiers		1934
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post)		Japanese soldiers		1938
Daughters of China (Zhong Hua nu er)	Zheng Zhang	Hu Xiuzhi		1949
Daughters of China (Zhong Hua nu er)		Japanese soldiers, The Chinese Red Army		1949
Yesterday's Enemy		Japanese soldiers		1959
The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun)	Xijuan Zhu	Wu Qionghua		1961
The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun)	Niu Tie	A´Gui		1961
The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun)		The local militia, The Chinese Red Army		1961
55 Days at Peking		Japanese soldiers, Chinese "Boxers"		1963
None But the Brave	Homare Suguro	Lance Cpl. Hirano		1965
The Chief of Chukotka (Nachalnik Chukotki)		White Army soldier	Type 38 Carbine with bayonet	1966
Jaws		Fisherman/Shark Hunting Party		1975
Dawn of the Dead (1978)			Gun store in the mall	1978
The Battle of Port Arthur (203 kochi)		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1980
The Battle of Port Arthur (203 kochi)	Makoto Satô	Pvt. Uschiwaka		1980
Empire of the Sun		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1987
Dreams	Yoshitaka Zushi	Pvt. Noguchi		1990
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre		Imperial Japanese soldiers		1995
The Thin Red Line		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1998
Pearl Harbor		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2001
2009: Lost Memories		Japanese Soldiers		2002
The Great Raid		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2005
Flags of our Fathers		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2006
Kokoda		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2006
The Border	Tommi Korpela	Heikki Kiljunen	With bayonet	2007
City of Life and Death	Nakaizumi Hideo	Kadokawa Masao	With Model 30 bayonet	2009
City of Life and Death		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	With Model 30 bayonets	2009
Let the Bullets Fly	Fan Liao	Three		2010
Let the Bullets Fly		soldiers		2010
Let the Bullets Fly		henchmen		2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen		resistance fighters		2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen		Japanese troops		2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen		French troops		2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen		German troops	some rubber props	2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen		Shanghai police		2010
Death and Glory in Changde	Wenkang Yuan	Capt. Feng Baohua		2010
Death and Glory in Changde	Mengwei Xie	Er Hu, Miao youth		2010
Death and Glory in Changde		Imperial Japanese soldiers		2010
Shanghai		Japanese Imperial soldiers		2010
The Flowers of War		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2011
My Way	Dong-gun Jang	Kim Jun-Shik	w/ Model 30 bayonets	2011
My Way	Kim In-kwon	Tatsuo Hasegawa	w/ Model 30 bayonets	2011
My Way	Fan Bingbing	Shirai		2011
My Way		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	w/ Model 30 bayonets	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	w/ Model 30 bayonets	2011
Cold Steel (Bian di lang yan)	Peter Ho	Wu Liangfeng		2011
Cold Steel (Bian di lang yan)	Rongguang Yu	Colonel Zhang		2011
Cold Steel (Bian di lang yan)		Japanese and Chinese troops		2011
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (Jian hu nu xia Qiu Jin)	Xin Xin Xiong	Ao Feng		2011
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (Jian hu nu xia Qiu Jin)		Chinese rebels and Imperial soldiers		2011
Unbroken		Japanese soldiers		2014
Attack On Titan		Garrison soldier	.	2015
Bravo V		Communist terrorists	.	2015

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notes	Air Date
Baa Baa Black Sheep		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1976 - 1978
Kokoda		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2010
The Pacific		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		2010
Parer's War		Japanese soldiers	Rifles and carbines	2014

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notes	Release Date
Commandos 2: Men of Courage	"Japanese Rifle"	incorrectly shown with box magazine	2001
Forgotten Hope		Type 38 Carbine	2003
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun			2003
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault			2004
Hidden & Dangerous 2			2003
Karma Online		Type 38 Carbine	2011
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm			2011
The Passion Leads Army (aka Glorious Missions)		Non-player weapon, used by Imperial Japanese Army Soldiers and Terrorists	2012

Arisaka Type 44

Arisaka Type 44 Carbine - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

The Arisaka Type 44 Carbine has been used by the following actors in the following films:

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notes	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault			2004

Arisaka Type 99

The Arisaka Type 99 Rifle has been used by the following actors in the following films:

Arisaka Type 99 short rifle - 7.7x58mm

Arisaka Type 99 short rifle with monopod - 7.7x58mm

Arisaka Type-99 Substitute Standard - 7.7x58mm

Arisaka Type 99 long rifle - 7.7x58mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
Gung Ho!		Chinese Troops	.	1943
Dead Reckoning		War Trophy	.	1947
Halls of Montezuma		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1951
The Bridge on the River Kwai		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1957
Thunder Road	Trevor Bardette	Vernon Doolin	.	1958
Hell to Eternity	.	Japanese Army	.	1960
Merrill's Marauders	.	Japanese Army	.	1962
None But the Brave		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	short rifles and substitute standard rifle	1965
Hell in the Pacific		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1968
Too Late the Hero		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1970
Game of Death	.	Extras	.	1978
Attack Force Z		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1982
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	1983
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1990
Leprechaun 4: In Space	Tim Colceri	MSgt. Metal Head Hooker	Bayonet Attached	1997
Pearl Harbor		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2001
Windtalkers	Adam Beach	Pvt. Ben Yahzee		2002
Windtalkers		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2002
Warbirds		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2006
Flags of our Fathers		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2006
Letters from Iwo Jima		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2006
Ip Man		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	.	2008
The Front Line (2011)	.	North Korean Army	.	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai		Imperial Japanese Soldiers	w/ Model 30 bayonets	2011
Unbroken		Japanese soldiers	w/ monopod	2014
Bravo V		Communist terrorists	.	2015

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notes	Air Date
Baa Baa Black Sheep		Imperial Japanese Soldiers		1976 - 1978
A-Team, The		Various		1983 - 1988

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notes	Release Date
Forgotten Hope			2003
Call of Duty: World at War			2008
Call of Duty: Black Ops			2010
7554	bayonet	long rifle configuration	2011
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm			2013

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Inu x Boku SS	hanged on the wall	"Kagerō" (S1E11	2012

Arisaka Type 2

The Arisaka Type 2 Paratrooper Rifle has been used by the following actors in the following films:

Film

Arisaka Type 02 Paratrooper Takedown rifle - 7.7x58mm

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
The Manchurian Candidate	Laurence Harvey	Raymond Shaw	.	1962
Dirty Harry	Andrew Robinson	The Scorpio Killer	Sporterised	1971
The Deadly Tower	Kurt Russell	Charles Whitman	Sporterized	1975

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notes	Air Date
Mission: Impossible	Charles Maxwell	Lazloff	"Operation Rogosh" (S01E03)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Peter Lupus	Willy Armitage	"Operation Rogosh" (S01E03)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	"The Phoenix" (S02E23)	1968
Hawaii Five-O Season 7 Episode 17	John Kerry	Hitman (credited as Dix Kercheval)	Sporterized	1975

Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle

Arisaka Type 97 Sniper Rifle with scope - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

The Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle has been used in the following video games and movies:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
Windtalkers		Japanese sniper		2002

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notes	Release Date
Commandos 2: Men of Courage	"Japanese Sniper Rifle"	incorrectly shown with box magazine	2001
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm			2013

Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle

The Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle has been used in the following video games and movies:

Arisaka Type 99 Sniper Rifle with scope - 7.7x58mm Arisaka

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notes	Release Date
Forgotten Hope			2003
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	Type 97 sniper rifle	incorrectly called a Type 97 sniper rifle	2004
Sniper Elite V2		"The Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC	2012
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm			2013