Type 99 rifle

Japanese: 九九式小銃 - きゅうきゅうしきしょうじゅう
Type 99 rifle

...The Type 38 rifle, a shortened version of the Type 38 rifle, was adopted for cavalry, artillery, and other non-infantry units. Around 1935, the caliber of rifles in other countries shifted to 7-8 mm, and in 1939 (the 2599th year of the Imperial Era), the Type 99 rifle with a caliber of 7.7 mm was adopted, and it was gradually replaced by the Type 38 rifle, but it did not reach all armies until the end of World War II. Rifle [Masumoto Kiyoshi]. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Type 99 rifle is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…騎兵,砲兵など歩兵以外には三八式小銃を短くした三八式騎銃が採用された。1935年ころには諸外国の小銃の口径が7~8mmとなったことに伴い,1939年(皇紀2599年)に口径を7.7mmとした九九式小銃が採用され,しだいに三八式小銃にかえられていったが,第2次大戦終戦まで全軍には行きわたらなかった。小銃【升本 清】。…

※「九九式小銃」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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