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=Additional Variants=
==Nambu Mark A/B Sword Pistol==
*'''Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol''' - Was the first prototype. It had a distinctive trigger guard and a long ''guntou'' blade. (Built on the basis of Type B Small.)
*'''Nambu Mark B Sword Pistol''' - Was the second prototype, construction was simplified. The blade of the sword was also shortened and it had a shorter barrel. (Built on the basis of Type B Small.)
In the 1920s, four Small-Model pistols were heavily modified in an experiment to create a pistol sword. These "Baby Nambus" featured a significantly longer grip (which also gives them notably higher-capacity magazines, though the actual capacity is unknown) and a ''guntou'' blade built into the right-side grip panel. At least one of the pistols had its trigger guard replaced with a large full-hand sabre-like guard, while another had a shorter barrel and no sights. Although presumably highly unwieldy, the blade does not mechanically affect the pistol and thus it should otherwise function like a regular Nambu. Similar experiments with the [[Nambu Type 14#Type 14 pistol sword|Mark B Pistol (Nambu Type 14)]] were conducted a few years later as well.
At least one of these pistols evidently survived, as one is known to exist in a US military museum collection, though the pistol is missing virtually all of its components, leaving only the frame, barrel, grips, and blade. A photo of this pistol (seen below) has been fairly widely circulated on the internet, and due to it being a photo of the non-functional "hulk" of a pistol, this has created potentially even more confusion in Western circles about whether this was actually a functional pistol (which it was).
[[File:Baby Nambu pistol sword 1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol from the left, Nambu Mark B Sword Pistol from the right  - 7x20mm Nambu.]]
[[File:Baby Nambu pistol sword 2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol - 7x20mm Nambu. Incomplete model. Trigger guard is missing.]]
=Additional Images=
=Additional Images=
[[File:Nambu Type A shoulder stock right.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nambu Type A Model 1902 Pistol "Papa Nambu" with shoulder stock - 8x22mm Nambu.]]
[[File:Nambu Type A shoulder stock right.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nambu Large-Model (Kou) "Grandpa Nambu" with shoulder stock - 8x22mm Nambu]]


===Screen-Used===
===Screen-Used===
[[File:Jamesgeorgopoulos-lettersfromiwojimaimfdb.jpg|thumb|none|401px|Nambu Type A 1902 Modified "Baby Nambu" -8x12 Nambu. This is the screen-used firearm handled by [[Takumi Bando]]  in the film ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.  '''Thanks to [[User:Jimmygcreative|James Georgopoulos]]'''.]]
[[Image:IMG 1427.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model "Baby Nambu" - 7x20mm Nambu. This was Takumi Bando's gun used on-set in ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]'' (carried and fired by him).]]

Latest revision as of 10:01, 10 August 2023

Additional Variants

Nambu Mark A/B Sword Pistol

  • Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol - Was the first prototype. It had a distinctive trigger guard and a long guntou blade. (Built on the basis of Type B Small.)
  • Nambu Mark B Sword Pistol - Was the second prototype, construction was simplified. The blade of the sword was also shortened and it had a shorter barrel. (Built on the basis of Type B Small.)

In the 1920s, four Small-Model pistols were heavily modified in an experiment to create a pistol sword. These "Baby Nambus" featured a significantly longer grip (which also gives them notably higher-capacity magazines, though the actual capacity is unknown) and a guntou blade built into the right-side grip panel. At least one of the pistols had its trigger guard replaced with a large full-hand sabre-like guard, while another had a shorter barrel and no sights. Although presumably highly unwieldy, the blade does not mechanically affect the pistol and thus it should otherwise function like a regular Nambu. Similar experiments with the Mark B Pistol (Nambu Type 14) were conducted a few years later as well.

At least one of these pistols evidently survived, as one is known to exist in a US military museum collection, though the pistol is missing virtually all of its components, leaving only the frame, barrel, grips, and blade. A photo of this pistol (seen below) has been fairly widely circulated on the internet, and due to it being a photo of the non-functional "hulk" of a pistol, this has created potentially even more confusion in Western circles about whether this was actually a functional pistol (which it was).

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Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol from the left, Nambu Mark B Sword Pistol from the right - 7x20mm Nambu.
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Nambu Mark A Sword Pistol - 7x20mm Nambu. Incomplete model. Trigger guard is missing.

Additional Images

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Nambu Large-Model (Kou) "Grandpa Nambu" with shoulder stock - 8x22mm Nambu

Screen-Used

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Nambu Small-Model "Baby Nambu" - 7x20mm Nambu. This was Takumi Bando's gun used on-set in Letters from Iwo Jima (carried and fired by him).