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'''Fire Modes:''' Single (Bolt Action)
'''Fire Modes:''' Single (Bolt Action)


[[Image:Arisaka-Type-99.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm]]
[[Image:Arisaka-Type-99.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm]]
[[Image:Arisaka Type38.jpg|thumb|425px|none|Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mm Arisaka ]]
[[Image:Arisaka Type38.jpg|thumb|425px|right|Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mm Arisaka]]
[[Image:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5 x 50mm Arisaka ]]
[[Image:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka]]




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* ''[[Hell in the Pacific]]''
* ''[[Hell in the Pacific]]''
* ''[[Flags of our Fathers]]''
* ''[[Flags of our Fathers]]''
* ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''
* ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''
* ''[[Windtalkers]]''
* ''[[Windtalkers]]''
* ''[[Empire of the Sun]]''
* ''[[Empire of the Sun]]''
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''
* ''[[Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence]]
 
* ''[[The Great Raid]]
* ''[[Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence]]''
* ''[[Attack Force Z]] :  A movie about Australian Soldiers in the South Pacific during WW2
 
* ''[[The Great Raid]]''
 
* ''[[Attack Force Z]]''
 
* ''[[Too Late the Hero]]''  (1970)
* ''[[Too Late the Hero]]''  (1970)
* ''[[Dead Reckoning]]''  (1947)
* ''[[Dead Reckoning]]''  (1947)


===Television===
===Television===
* ''[[Baa Baa, Black Sheep]]''
* ''[[Baa Baa, Black Sheep]]''
* ''[[Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes]]
 
* Used by American Commando Arlen Dregors, played by [[Ricco Ross]], as a sniper rifle in the 1985 Television movie ''[[The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission]]'' despite being completely inaccurate for the Waffen SS in Europe.
* ''[[Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes]]''
 
* [[Ricco Ross]] as Arlen Dregors in ''[[The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission]]''


===Video Games===
===Video Games===
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* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''


* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts]]'' (with bayonet fixed)


[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Rifle]]

Revision as of 07:04, 17 March 2009

Specifications

Type: Rifle

Caliber: 7.7x58mm (Type99), 6.5x50mm (Type38)

Capacity: 7 rounds

Fire Modes: Single (Bolt Action)

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Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm
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Arisaka Type 38 Carbine - 6.5x50mm Arisaka
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Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka


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, 38, 44, 97 and the 99. Of all these rifles, the Type 38 and Type 99 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 7.7 Sniper or the 6.5 Take Down Paratrooper model, but these rifles were rare specialty rifles and only several hundred were made of any of the rare versions.


The two most common rifles - The Type 38 was chambered in 6.5x50mm Arisaka and the Type 99 was chambered in 7.7x58mm Japanese.

Arisaka Type 38

Used by Japanese Soldiers in the following:

Films

  • Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japanese soldiers in Mainland China who shoot Captain Danny Walker


Arisaka Type 99

Used by Japanese Soldiers in the following:

Films

Television

Video Games