Handguns
NAMBU TYPE 14
Invented in 1925 by Kijiro Nambu
Faults: magazine removed only with good maintenance and dry hands
**enlarged in 1939 to be fired wearing gloves
**Nationalist and Communist weapon
Invented in 1925 by Kijiro Nambu
- 8 rounds
- 8x21.5mm
- 2lbs unloaded
Faults: magazine removed only with good maintenance and dry hands
**enlarged in 1939 to be fired wearing gloves
**Nationalist and Communist weapon
NAMBU TYPE 94
Made in Japan in 1935
**Nationalist and Communist weapon
Made in Japan in 1935
- 1267mm (49.88in) barrel
- 350.53lbs (159kg)
- 90mm caliber
- manually operated
- firing pin activated
- 745ft/sec muzzle velocity
- 4100 yard range
- made of firing tube
- baseplate, bipod
- not easily movable
**Nationalist and Communist weapon
Sources:
- "WW2 Japanese Guns." Military Factory - Military Weapons - Cataloging aircraft, tanks, vehicles, artillery, ships and guns through history. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
- Janasik, Brandon. "Weapons of Japan." Weapons of World War Two. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.