Japan’s Mass Produced Submachine Gun: The Type 100
By Edwin F. Libby The Japanese Type 100 submachine gun, Model of 1944, was manufactured by Nagoya Army Arsenal at its Torilimatsu Factory in Aichi-ken, Japan. M... Read more.
The USS Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
By Jeff W. Zimba There is no way we can devote an issue of Small Arms Review to the Pacific Theatre without paying our respects to those who lost their lives on... Read more.
The Model 55 Reising
By Frank Iannamico Eugene Reising conceived the Reising submachine in 1938 as a military and police weapon. Harrington & Richardson Arms Inc. began producti... Read more.
The Tommy Gun
Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, 13 Jun 42. “Bushmasters” in jungle warfare training are careful to hold their weapons high as they cross a swollen stream. ... Read more.
The Japanese Nambu Type 96 6.5mm Light Machine Gun
Japanese Nambu Type 96 LMG with case for two spare magazines. Photo: E.F. Libby By Edwin F. Libby In the jungle fighting of the Pacific War the deadliness of th... Read more.
Guns of the Pacific Theater… Not Exactly What You Might Expect
The Japanese Rifleman of 1941 would not have looked out of place in the trenches of 1918. By Dan Szatkowski The War in the Pacific More than half a century afte... Read more.
The Bazooka
By Robert Bruce “The only really revolutionary new American weapon that got overseas in time for widespread combat use was the 2.36-inch rocket and launcher k... Read more.
Firing the Nambu Type 14, Japan’s Service Pistol
By Bob Campbell Perhaps the most deprecated of all World War Two handguns is the Japanese Nambu. It has been described as a handgun manufactured by a nation wit... Read more.
The Type “I” Carcano
By Anthony Dee The Type “I” (pronounced Type “ee” by the Japanese) was a very unusual rifle that was used by the Japanese in several campaigns during WW... Read more.
Japanese Mobile Firepower of the Pacific War: The Nambu Type 99 Light Machine Gun
By Edwin Libby In the battle for Attu Island of the Aleutians chain off Alaska, soldiers of the American 7th Infantry Division encountered in May of 1943 a new ... Read more.
