Japanese Type 3 HMG on a wheeled cart – photo courtesy of Max Popenker.
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Handgun
Japanese Hamada Pistol
A couple weeks ago, the folk at Weaponsman sent us a photo of an odd pistol on display – unlabeled – at the Special Forces Museum at Fort Bragg. They were wondering if we know […]
Prototype
Japanese Type 4 Garand Photos
Towards the end of WWII, in 1944, the Japanese Navy developed a copy of the American M1 Garand rifle, chambered for the 7.7mm cartridge. This followed attempts to simply rebarrel captured US guns, which did […]
Prototype
Mystery Japanese Semiauto
While in the Smithsonian gun room, I noticed a semi auto Japanese rifle of a type I have not seen reference to before. It is definitely Japanese, judging from elements like the split buttstock and […]
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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