Murata Gun - Murataju

Japanese: 村田銃 - むらたじゅう
Murata Gun - Murataju

This rifle was designed by Major General Murata Tsuneyoshi, and was the first domestically produced rifle to be adopted as standard by the Japanese Army. In 1880 (Meiji 13), the Murata Type 13 rifle was developed based on the French Gras rifle and the Dutch Beaumont rifle. It was a bolt-action, single-shot rifle with a caliber of 11 mm, a total length of 1294 mm, a weight of 4 kg, and a range of 1500 meters. In 1885, some improvements were made to the Murata Type 18 rifle, and these were used in the Sino-Japanese War. Soon after the establishment of the Type 18 rifle, the era of smokeless powder repeating rifles began, and Murata Tsuneyoshi also completed the Murata Type 22 repeating rifle (caliber 8 mm, total length 1220 mm, weight 4 kg, range of 2000 meters) in 1889, which was adopted.

[Yoshio Kobashi]

[Reference] | Murata Tsuneyoshi

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

陸軍少将村田経芳(つねよし)によって設計された小銃で、日本陸軍で初めて制式となった国産小銃。1880年(明治13)、フランスのグラー銃、オランダのボーモン銃を参考に十三年式村田銃を開発した。ボルト・アクション単発式で口径11ミリ、全長1294ミリ、重量4キロ、照尺1500メートルであった。85年に一部が改良されて十八年式村田銃となり、これらが日清(にっしん)戦争で使用された。十八年式制定まもなく無煙火薬の連発銃の時代となり、村田経芳も89年に二十二年式村田連発銃(口径8ミリ、全長1220ミリ、重量4キロ、照尺2000メートル)を完成、制定された。

[小橋良夫]

[参照項目] | 村田経芳

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