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Vintage Saturday: Arms of the Empire

October 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

Japanese troops with Murata rifles, 1900.

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Book Review: The Early Arisakas

September 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

Are you interested in Japanese weapons and militaria? There is a group you should be aware of – Banzai. Formed in 1982, Banzai has been publishing a newsletter full of Japanese-weaponry-related articles for more than […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Type I Carcano (Video)

August 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

One of the less common Japanese rifles of the WWII era is the Type I (pronounced “Type Eye”). The Japanese Imperial Army and Navy procured small arms independently of each other, and the Army received […]

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Type 46 Siamese Mauser

August 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

Siam, now known as Thailand, was one of the few independent south Asian nations around the turn of the 20th century. Looking to modernize its military to protect against colonial imposition, is decided in 1903 […]

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Vintage Saturday: A Pile O’ Browning

August 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

 

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Book Review: Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns 1893-1945

August 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 8

Japanese Nambu pistols used to be widely ignored as inferior and uninteresting, but prices have been climbing in recent years (as with all Japanese wartime arms). As prices rise, it is beneficial have as much […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Book Review: Military Rifles of Japan (Honeycutt)

July 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 1

I’ve been boning up on Japanese WWII firearms recently, and when it comes to rifles my go-to resource is Fred Honeycutt’s book Military Rifles of Japan 1897-1945. It isn’t the newest book on the subject, […]

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Atmed SMG and an Arisaka Addendum

May 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

First up today, we have some additional information on the scaled-down Arisaka trainer from our video on Monday. Teri from Nambu World gave us some more details (thanks, Teri and Chip!) that we would like […]

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Scaled-Down Arisaka Trainer (Video)

May 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

In many countries prior to WWII, it was not uncommon to begin preparing children for military service at fairly young ages, and several countries produces small-scale rifles for training boys who could not yet handle […]

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Anti-Tank Rifles

Japanese Type 97 20mm Anti-tank Rifle

May 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 45

Today’s article comes to us from, Christopher Bailey, who is particularly interested in finding information and photos of these kinds of antitank weapons.  He is especially interested in high-quality photos, both period and modern. If you […]

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