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=Additional Variants= | =Additional Variants= | ||
===Small-Model pistol sword=== | ===Small-Model pistol sword=== | ||
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 were conducted a few years later as well. | 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 [[Talk:Nambu Type 14#Type 14 pistol sword|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). | 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 Small-Model | [[File:Baby Nambu pistol sword 1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model pistol sword - 7x20mm Nambu. The features described above can be seen on these two pistols.]] | ||
[[File:Baby Nambu pistol sword 2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model | [[File:Baby Nambu pistol sword 2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nambu Small-Model pistol sword - 7x20mm Nambu. Surviving Nambu pistol sword in American possession.]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:12, 6 January 2023
Additional Variants
Small-Model pistol sword
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 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).
