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Arisaka Rifle

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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 were 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:

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Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
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Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

Films

Title Actor Character Notes Date
The Death Ray (Luch smerti) Police Bayonet attached 1925
Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) Red Partisan 1928
Chapaev Stepan Shkurat Petrovich 1934
Chapaev Red Army men and White Army soldiers 1934
Frontier (Aerograd) Boris Dobronravov Aniky Shabanov 1935
Frontier (Aerograd) Leonid Kan Japanese agent 1 1935
Frontier (Aerograd) I. Kim Japanese agent 2 1935
Frontier (Aerograd) sectants 1935
Alamases's Gorge (Ushchelye Alamasov) Li Den Ten Wáng Jì Liáng 1937
Alamases's Gorge (Ushchelye Alamasov) Ivan Koval-Samborsky Vyacheslav Antonovich Viskovsky 1937
Alamases's Gorge (Ushchelye Alamasov) Enemy soldiers, partisans 1937
The Defense of Volochayevsk (Volochayevskiye dni) Boris Blinov Bublik 1938
The Defense of Volochayevsk (Volochayevskiye dni) Bari Haydarov Japanese Soldier 1938
The Defense of Volochayevsk (Volochayevskiye dni) Imperial Japanese Army 1938
Soviet Border (Na granitse) Stepan Krylov White Cossack 1938
Soviet Border (Na granitse) Yelena Tyapkina Stepanida Vlasova 1938
Soviet Border (Na granitse) Zoya Fyodorova Varvara 1938
Soviet Border (Na granitse) Japanese soldiers 1938
Soviet Border (Na granitse) White Cossack 1938
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) Japanese soldiers 1938
Red Tanks (Tankisty) German soldiers Subsitution for Mauser rifles 1939
Pride of the Marines Japanese soldiers 1945
Sands of Iwo Jima 1949
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
Battle Cry Japanese soldiers 1955
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
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) Japanese soldiers Bayonet attached, standart and carbine versions 1971
And on the Pacific... (I na Tikhom Okeane...) Imperial Japanese Army soldiers 1974
MacArthur 1977
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Gun store in the mall 1978
1941 1979
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
Magnificent Warriors Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1987
Magnificent Warriors Richard Ng Luk 1987
Magnificent Warriors Michelle Yeoh Fok Ming-Ming 1987
Under Northern Lights aka Under Aurora (Pod severnym siyaniyem aka Orora no shita de) Japanese Soldiers 1990
Dreams Yoshitaka Zushi Pvt. Noguchi 1990
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1991
Fist of Legend Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1994
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre Imperial Japanese soldiers 1995
The Thin Red Line Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1998
To End All Wars Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2001
Pearl Harbor Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2001
2009: Lost Memories Japanese Soldiers 2002
The Great Raid Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2005
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) Bolot Bairyshev Evenk 2006
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) Vladimir Mashkov Kirill Mazur 2006
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) Prokhor's man 2006
Flags of our Fathers Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2006
Kokoda Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2006
The Border Tommi Korpela Heikki Kiljunen With bayonet 2007
The Children of Huang Shi 2008
Australia (2008) Japanese soldiers 2008
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
Back to 1942 2010
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
The Wolverine Japanese soldiers 2013
The Taking of Tiger Mountain bandits 2014
Unbroken Japanese soldiers 2014
Attack On Titan Garrison soldier . 2015
Bravo V Communist terrorists . 2015
Hacksaw Ridge Imperial Japanese soldiers 2016

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Notes Air Date
Baa Baa Black Sheep Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1976 - 1978
The Cowra Breakout Junichi Ishida Junji Hayashi 1984
The Cowra Breakout Alan David Lee Stan Davidson 1984
Kokoda Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2010
The Pacific Imperial Japanese Soldiers 2010
Parer's War Japanese soldiers Rifles and carbines 2014
The Man in the High Castle Japanese military and police 2015
The Man in the High Castle Japanese military and police 2016

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
Alliance of Valiant Arms 2007
The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific 2007
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

Anime

Title Character Note Date
801 T.T.S. Airbats Imperial Japanese Army soldiers 1994-1996
Kochikame 1996-2005
Sakura Wars OVA Imperial Japanese Army soldiers 1997-1999
Sakura Taisen: École de Paris Norimichi Sakomizu 2003
Zipang 2004-2005
Night Raid 1931 2010
Shiki Oitaro Sato 2011
Gosick Japanese soldiers "Looking at Eternity over the Grim Reaper's Shoulder" 2011
Persona 3: The Movie "Midsummer Knight's Dream" 2013-2014
Survival Game Club! 2014
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA 2015
Joker Game 2016


Arisaka Type 44

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Arisaka Type 44 Carbine - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka

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

Films

Title Actor Character Notes Date
The Taking of Tiger Mountain Hanyu Zhang Yang Zirong 2014

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:

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Arisaka Type 99 short rifle - 7.7x58mm
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Arisaka Type 99 short rifle with monopod - 7.7x58mm
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Arisaka Type-99 Substitute Standard - 7.7x58mm
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Arisaka Type 99 long rifle - 7.7x58mm

Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
Gung Ho! Chinese Troops . 1943
Dead Reckoning War Trophy . 1947
The Naked City 1948
Flying Leathernecks Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 1951
Halls of Montezuma Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 1951
Beachhead Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 1954
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
Beach Red Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 1967
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
Magnificent Warriors Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 1987
Magnificent Warriors Jing Chen Gunrunner . 1987
Magnificent Warriors Uncredited Ngo . 1987
Magnificent Warriors Chindy Lau Chin-Chin . 1987
Magnificent Warriors Tung-Shing Yee Sky 1 . 1987
Magnificent Warriors Richard Ng Luk akimbo 1987
Farewell To The King Gerry Lopez Gwai 1989
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
NCIS - Season 2 Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 2004-2005
Warbirds Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 2006
Flags of our Fathers Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 2006
Letters from Iwo Jima Imperial Japanese Soldiers . 2006
Assembly (Ji jie hao) . 2007
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor . 2008
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
The Twilight Zone - Season 3 Imperial Japanese Soldiers 1961-1962
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
Men of War 2009
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

Animation

Title Characters Notation Date
Archer - Season 6 1st Lieutenant Kintaru "Ken" Sato 2015

Arisaka Type 2

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

Film

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Arisaka Type 02 Paratrooper Takedown rifle - 7.7x58mm
Title Actor Character Notes Date
The Manchurian Candidate Laurence Harvey Raymond Shaw . 1962
The Split Donald Sutherland Dave Negli . 1968
Dirty Harry Andrew Robinson The Scorpio Killer Sporterised 1971
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Cobras train 1973
Cleopatra Jones Mommy’s henchmen Sporterized 1973
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
The A-Team - Season 1 Sporterized 1983
The A-Team - Season 1 Sporterized 1984-1985

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Notes Release Date
Men of War 2009

Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle

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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
Hacksaw Ridge Imperial Japanese sniper 2016
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:

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Arisaka Type 99 Sniper Rifle with scope - 7.7x58mm Arisaka

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Notes Air Date
The Twilight Zone - Season 4 Dana Andrews Paul Driscoll 1963

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
Men of War 2009
Sniper Elite V2 "The Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC 2012
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm 2013