In its service lifespan, Arisakas were used by the Empire of Japan from 1897 until the end of World War 2, with some other East Asian armed forces also taking in lent/captured rifles.Ī notable, very common trend among Arisakas in the military surplus market (especially captured WW2 Type 99's) are defaced, or 'ground' chrysanthemum markings on the face of the receiver.
Like the Russians with the Moist-Nugget, the Japs realized pretty damn quick that by the mid-1890s, that shit wasn't anywhere near cutting it for frontline combat, thus creating a new incentive for a domestically-designed and produced repeating rifle. The first physically produced 'Arisaka' pattern was designed by Colonel Arisaka Nariakira as the Type 30 in 1897, chambered for the 6.5x50 rimmed cartridge, in order to replace said obsolete single-shot Murata rifle.
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