THE JAPANESE

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THE JAPANESE GUNS

Japanese WWII Submachine Guns
Top: 8mm Type 100 with Folding Stock ... Middle: 8mm Type 100 (1944 model)
Bottom: 7.63mm Bergmann 1920 (SIG, Swiss) used by Japan

-	Bergmann	Type 100	Type 100 (1944)
*Operation*	Automatic, Blowback
*Caliber*	7.63mm	8mm	8mm
*Muzzle velocity*	1350 fps	1100 fps	1100 fps
*Ammunition*	Mauser - 85gr bullet, 8gr charge	Nambu - 103gr bullet, 3.5gr charge	Nambu - 103gr bullet, 3.5gr charge
*Capacity*	50 round, detachable box	30 round, detachable box	30 round, detachable box
*Weight*	9.5 lb	7.3 lb	8.3 lb
*Overall length*	32 in	34 in (stock ext) 22.2 in (folded)	36 in
*Rate of fire*	600 rpm	450 rpm	800 rpm

North Korea began the war armed with the Shpagin PPSh41 Burp Gun as the standard personal weapon for submachine gunners. The CCF also used it, but employed a bewildering array of other automatic weapons, as well, including these Japanese guns.

Until the thirties, the Japanese purchased Bergmann submachine guns manufactured by SIG in Switzerland. These are basically the MP 18.1 modified for a box magazine and chambered for the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge, with a bayonet mounting bar. The Type 100 was developed as a replacement, in 1940.

The Type 100 may be fitted with a bipod, and comes in three basic models:
With fixed stock and bayonet lug bar, possibly also with a compensator.
With folding stock and bayonet lug bar.
c1944, with fixed stock, bayonet lug on barrel jacket, compensator, and fixed aperture-type rear sight.

This famous pistol was named after General Nambu of Japanese Ordnance and known as the Japanese Luger. Our non firing replica is constructed of ABS plastic and has a working action with removable magazine.

The Germans have a new 7.92-mm automatic rifle, the F.G. 42 (Fallschirmjäger Gewehr 42), which is a light and versatile weapon, especially suitable for use by German airborne personnel. It should be remembered that the 9-mm machine carbines (M.P. 38/40), which are now in general use, were originally introduced as parachutists' weapons; in like manner, the Germans may well put this new 7.92-mm rifle to more general use in the future.

The new rifle (see figure), which represents a departure in small-arms design, is a close-combat weapon firing any 7.92-mm Mauser rifle ammunition, and combines a relatively light weight [1] with a reasonable degree of accuracy both in single-round and automatic fire. The Germans have struck a balance between the weight limitations of the machine carbine and the power and pressure requirements of the rifle or light machine gun.

[New German Paratrooper Rifle]

New German And Japanese Rifle

The F.G. 42 is air-cooled and gas-operated. In spite of the extensive use of stamping, instead of intricate machine-tool work, and in spite of the fact that all component weights have been reduced to a minimum, the new weapon is fairly sturdy.

It is provided with a light folding bipod and a spike bayonet which, when attached, increases the over-all length of the rifle from 3 feet 1 inch to 3 feet 8 1/4 inches. The feed is from a 20-round box magazine which fits into the left side of the gun. The magazine may be loaded separately or from standard 5-round Mauser clips from the right side of the gun.

The F.G. 42 may well be used as a "powerful" machine carbine, as a "short range" self-loading rifle, or as a light machine gun when mounted on the bipod.

¹ The F.G. 42 weighs 10 3/4 pounds with the bayonet and with a filled 20-round magazine.

the japanese also used this gun in the bunkers they built underground.