a: rifle, breech loading, bolt action. Caliber 7.7 mm centerfire. Barrel length 63cm overall length 112 cm. Japanese substitute for their Type99 rifle, first made in 1943. Fixed rear sight, no bolt cover or sling swivels. Number 3856-9. b) 19" bayonet. c) bayonet scabbard
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan unspecified
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rifles (long guns)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
overall— length 112 centimeters and barrel— length 63 centimeters