Japanese Type 3 HMG on a wheeled cart – photo courtesy of Max Popenker.
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Semiauto pistol
A Japanese Officer’s Pistol: the Baby Nambu
The Nambu Automatic Pistol Type B, or “Baby Nambu” as it is known in US collecting circles, is a scaled-down companion to the 1902 “Grandpa” Nambu pistol. It was intended as a private purchase option […]
Artillery
Type 89 Knee Mortar at James D Julia
The Type 89 grenade discharger, commonly known as the “knee mortar” was a Japanese light infantry weapon introduced in 1929 which blurs the lines between grenade launcher and mortar. Like a mortar, it fires propelled […]
Antiques
Tanegashima: Guns of the Samurai
The first Japanese exposure to firearms came from Portuguese traders in 1534, as the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima. They received a matchlock, and quickly recognized its utility and potential – within 10 years matchlocks […]
That is a pretty ingenious mock up. You can see that the axle is actually lashed to the tripod. It must have made a racket going down the streets without the rubber tires on the bicycle rims. My question; Once you get there, how do you stabilize the gun to shoot it? Cut the lashings or hold on tight!
Typical grunt ingenuity in the field.
Looks like a rickshaw for which the operator no longer had a need…
Rob R,
I’d have to guess this was for transporting the gun only.
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