Accessories
Japanese Aerial Gunnery Camera
I got an email recently from a producer of a TV program who is looking for a vintage photo of a Japanese aerial gunnery training camera – specifically a Type 89 Rokuoh-Sha: He wants something […]
Japan
Bolt Action Rifles
Book Review: The Siamese Mauser (Banzai Special Project #1)
The Banzai group of Japanese weapon collectors has been around for a long time – they began publishing their newsletter in 1982 (actually, that makes the newsletter older than I am, to some peoples’ chagrin). […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Type 2 Paratrooper Arisaka at Nambu World
If you are looking for gun info today, you really deserve to have something more elaborate than what I am able to write while on the road visiting family. So, I will direct you to […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Arms of the Empire
Japanese troops with Murata rifles, 1900.
Bolt Action Rifles
Book Review: The Early Arisakas
Are you interested in Japanese weapons and militaria? There is a group you should be aware of – Banzai. Formed in 1982, Banzai has been publishing a newsletter full of Japanese-weaponry-related articles for more than […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Type I Carcano (Video)
One of the less common Japanese rifles of the WWII era is the Type I (pronounced “Type Eye”). The Japanese Imperial Army and Navy procured small arms independently of each other, and the Army received […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Type 46 Siamese Mauser
Siam, now known as Thailand, was one of the few independent south Asian nations around the turn of the 20th century. Looking to modernize its military to protect against colonial imposition, is decided in 1903 […]
Medium MGs
Book review
Book Review: Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns 1893-1945
Japanese Nambu pistols used to be widely ignored as inferior and uninteresting, but prices have been climbing in recent years (as with all Japanese wartime arms). As prices rise, it is beneficial have as much […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Book Review: Military Rifles of Japan (Honeycutt)
I’ve been boning up on Japanese WWII firearms recently, and when it comes to rifles my go-to resource is Fred Honeycutt’s book Military Rifles of Japan 1897-1945. It isn’t the newest book on the subject, […]