Welcome to at this time’s Photo of the Day! Here we have now a very cool and crude Japanese Paratrooper rifle. This is what is taken into account the Japanese Type 1 Paratrooper rifle comprised of a Type 38 rifle. These took place after Japanese paratroopers have been dropped into varied conflicts and battles and their weapons would drop individually, saved in a container or pod. This was cumbersome because the pods had a bent of dropping far-off from the troopers which would go away them to fend for themselves with handguns, knives, and even grenades. Various prototypes of paratrooper rifles would come about however some of the frequent was the Type 1 Paratrooper rifle. It was a standard Type 38 however the wrist of the inventory was lower via and a hinge system was put over the seam. This would enable the consumer to fold the gun in half and tote it simpler than if it was a full-size rifle.
“The right side of the stock has the simple hinge like mechanism secured to the stock with wood screws. The stock swings to the right for storage. The left side has the heavier simple hinge locking latch, also secured to the stock with wood screws, and a stud and a wing nut lock on the left side to secure the stock in the open/locked position. The whole assembly proved to be a terrible design as it was very weak and fragile with the stock usually split up the middle behind the receiver, rendering the carbine useless. It was soon dropped from production after a few thousand were made with most being reconverted back into the standard Type 38 carbine.”
Lot 477: Nagoya – Type 1 Paratrooper Rifle – Rare Japanese Nagoya Arsenal Type 1 Folding Stock Paratrooper Carbine with Matching Dust Cover. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved December 22, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/73/477/nagoya-type-1-paratrooper-rifle.
