The Arisaka Rifle Av Bill Harriman

<p><b>Featuring specially commissioned color artwork and drawing upon a range of sources, this engaging study casts new light on origins, combat record, and reputation of the Arisaka bolt-action rifles used by Japanese troops during the world wars.</b><br><br>Featuring full-color artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this is the absorbing story of the rifles arming Imperial Japan''s forces, from the trenches of Mudken in 1905 to the beaches of Okinawa 40 years later.<br><br>Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904¿05. <br><br>Issued in long and short versions ¿ the latter for cavalry and specialists ¿ the Type 30 was the first main Arisaka model, arming Imperial Japan''s forces during the Russo-Japanese War, though after the war it was refined into the Type 38, which would still be in use in 1945. The main Arisaka rifle of W