Arisaka Rifle

Specifications

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber: 7.7x58mm (Type99), 6.5x50mm (Type38)

• Capacity: 7 rounds

• Fire Modes: Single (Bolt Action)

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, 38, 44, 97 and the 99. Of all these rifles, the Type 38 and Type 99 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 7.7 Sniper or the 6.5 Take Down Paratrooper model, but these rifles were rare specialty rifles and only several hundred were made of any of the rare versions.

The two most common rifles - The Type 38 was chambered in 6.5x50mm Arisaka and the Type 99 was chambered in 7.7x58mm Japanese.

Arisaka Type 38

Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka

Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mm Arisaka

Used by Japanese Soldiers in the following:

Films

• Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japanese soldiers in Mainland China who shoot Captain Danny Walker

Arisaka Type 99

Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm

Used by Japanese Soldiers in the following:

Films

• Warbirds (2008)

• Flags of our Fathers (2006)

• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

• The Great Raid (2005)

• Windtalkers (2002)

• Empire of the Sun (1987)

• Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

• Attack Force Z (1982)

• Too Late the Hero (1970)

• Hell in the Pacific (1968)

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• Dead Reckoning (1947)

Television

• Baa Baa, Black Sheep

• Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

• Ricco Ross as Arlen Dregors in The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Video Games

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (with bayonet fixed)