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Jap weapons thread
Asher Clark
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Matthew Wright
>couldn't even be bothered to post MoH Rising Sun
The noodles may be wet and spicy, but you sir are a faggot
Juan Reyes
Planes count as weapons, right?
Ryan Miller
Pilots may be stretching the definition of weapon, though.
Isaiah Long
Isaac Harris
Ki-84 was quite nice. But their HQ used it to kamikaze
Jace Anderson
MY BODY ISU A WEAPONU. WHITTU PIGGU GO HOME
Luis Clark
>But their HQ used it to kamikaze
maybe a select few pilots decided to commit seppuku but for the most part ki-84's were considered too valuable to throw away in kamikaze missions. Older obsolete models of aircraft such as the a6m were preferred for such attacks.
James Morales
what is it about america and getting foreigners pissed enough to fly planes into them
Austin Martin
Jap guns, yes please. My Type 14 functions great, but it likes ammo that’s loaded hot as hell, like 100+ grains
Liam Phillips
You got those new xp wolf springs in there? From videos on youtube they malfunction quite a bit but they were using all original parts. Was always curious if the nambu would function better with those improved springs.
Caleb Russell
Yup, got those in. I’ve pretty much got it running like a sewing machine. Can usually get through a mag without a malfunction, the gun is very snappy and it’s also pretty susceptible to malfunctioning if you limp wrist it
Lucas Allen
Grim
Fish started to eat his face, or the impact in the water just peeled his nose?
Ian Martinez
>nice user!
Glad to hear the improved springs did the trick, i was considering getting a type 14 to go along with my type 99 but was always concerned it would end up just a malfunctioning display piece. Now that I know you can get it to run good I'll probably pick one up soon.
Jaxon Miller
Good luck to you! If you do end up getting one, inspect the mags real good. They are a big part of the reason why people have problems, that along with out of spec ammo
I’ve been thinking about an Arisaka for awhile now, will probably end up getting one some day
Samuel Perry
ALLAH AKBAR- i mean TENNO HEKIA BANZAIIII
Christopher Diaz
The swordsmiths will carefully break the kera apart, and separate the various carbon steels. The lowest carbon steel is called hocho-tetsu (soft iron), which is used for the shingane (translated as "core-steel") of the blade. The high carbon steel (tamahagane) and higher carbon pig iron, called nabe-gane, will then be forged in alternating layers, using very intricate methods to form the very hard steel for the edge, called hagane (edge steel), and the springy metal jacket, called kawagane (skin steel).
The most useful process is the folding, where the metals are forge welded, folded, and welded again, as many as 1600 times. The folding removes impurities and helps even out the carbon content, while the alternating layers combine hardness with ductility to greatly enhance the toughness.
Currently, tamahagane is only made three or four times a year by Nittoho and Hitachi Metals during winter in a wood building and is only sold to the master swordsmiths to use once it is made.
Liam Roberts
>that gif
This is what Weeaboos actually believe.
Mason Myers
Weeaboos themselves have used this as bait since you were in diapers.
Levi Murphy
GLORIOUS NIPPON STEAL CUT B-29 LIKE BUTTER
Caleb Harris
Once this Magnificent Lightning is mass produced the B-29 raids will be finished in no time!
Ryder Murphy
ONCE GRORIROUS EMPEROR CREATES JET PRANE, AMERICANS WILL RUN WITH FEAR
Ethan Garcia
Czechoslovakia NUMBER 1!
The Japanese used it, the Chinese used it, the British used it, the Germans used it.
In short, one giant middle finger to the entire world which decided to throw us to the wolves.
But yeah, it's cool something made here was one of the staples of Japanese army.
Bonus points for continuity as the Czechoslovak Legions went home through Japan and had every single man clothed in a brand new Japanese-made uniform for the trip.
Noah Thompson
I have a Type 38 and love it. Such a smooth and fun rifle.
Japanese weapons & equipment in general are interesting. The toughest foe the US has fought and I feel like they mostly get ignored in favor of the war in Europe.
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Liam Harris
i looooove pusher props
hijacking this thread to post glorious swedish pusher tech
Ryan Robinson
I know the photo is from after Pearl Harbor so it's decay or just trauma from the crash. Searching the image on Google and I don't see a specific date.
Luke Cook
Are the Nips using high quality steel imported from whatever or still using sand iron?
You should have seen the shitposting when that show came out.
Ayden Mitchell
>The toughest foe the US has fought and I feel like they mostly get ignored in favor of the war in Europe.
That's because the US-Japanese portion of the war is its last few years.
The war is interesting and has a pretty large following worlwide, it's just English media remove all of that in favor of NEVER FORGETTI Pearl harbor and then skip to a bunch of island battles where the Japanese were hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned.
That's about as interesting a narrative as the German invasion of Poland or the Mongol-Chinese war.
The real meat of it (all the interesting battles, strategies and above all stories) are the years prior which do not involve USA and as such do not exist in the Anglosphere media.
Nathan Robinson
kanker
Isaac King
read somewhere that japan's tank program could've been real good since they had a lot of trials during the war with russia and in china. But they chose not to focus on tanks, and never used them in a massed fashion.
curious if anyone knows more. Their light tanks were pretty cool
chi-ha and ha-go were fine tanks, comparable to german tanks of the time. would've been interesting to see if they could be used the same.
Aiden Cox
I would find those aspects interesting too. The rapid victories of the Axis from the 1930s to 1941 were surprising to both sides. It should seem obvious in hindsight but at the time Germany and Japan expected to be facing more resistance and expected to be taking more losses. Observers (neutral nations) at the time thought the aggressions would stop, when it should have been obvious even then they wouldn't unless they were forced to a stop.
American/English media does dumb down a lot of it and what I learned in school about the Pacific Theater was Embargoes, Pearl Harbor, Midway, Kamikazes are used, A-bombs, end. I knew way more than that before the classes from my own readings.
Japan's fight against China has a lot of brutality and both sides using fairly matched equipment at times. The war in the Pacific is one of navies & landings, aspects I was always drawn to.
They did have decent tanks. You're correct that they didn't want to emphasize on tank development. Considering their primary land-bound enemy at the time was China, Japanese tanks were fine. The Navy wanted more of the budget and resources and they got it. Japanese tank development stagnated for the most part because they didn't have a need to advance it, until they were fighting the Americans. By which point they did have some decent tank designs that could match the M4 on hard-stats (gun caliber, armor thickness, etc.) but they were kept in Japan.
Michael Williams
japan's BTFOing of the british and americans in asia during the early parts of the war was crazy. Taking islands is cool
Ian Mitchell
Not a pusher, but quite cute little Swedish bastard.
Was actually very good fighter on lower altitudes.
Aaron Johnson
Not only China. Britain and Netherlands as well.
Being the first in the world to BTFO British Empire's fleet.
Taking over Hong Kong in short order, which was absolutely unthinkable at the time.
The escape of a Dutch ship with the most bizzare camo ever.
All sorts of interesing naval battles long before Japan lost every single advantage they'd had for years up to that point.
The Russo-Japanese truce which held a permament scythe over both the USSR (German invasion in full swing, but unable to send Asian regiments to relieve Europe because USSR couldn't trust Japan to not attack) and Japanese Empire (got fucked hard by the Russians, signed the truce, many people forget the Japanese home defense was primarily against the Russian invasion, which was a real threat unlike the US half the world away).
Nolan Sanders
The taking of Singapore was one of the worst disasters in British History, and early on the Japs gave America its worst naval defeat. Of course the Japanese could have never kept up such victories buts its still very impressive
Tyler Morgan
I first learned about stuff like Force-Z and ABDA fighting in the Java Sea & surrounding area from video games like Battlestations Midway. Stuff I wish schools covered because it shows the lopsided nature of the war then and also the cooperation that was occurring- not just US vs Japan.
Britain losing its only surface-combat capital ships in the Pacific, putting their territories on the defensive. At that point of early 1942 everything was going to be shouldered by the American carriers and the cruisers the nations of ABDA had. The victories of December 1941 gave Japan a big area to run around with little opposition and most Americans probably don't understand that.
Then the complexities of things like the non-aggression pact with the USSR. Which they adhered to and do Japan did not attack the Soviet Union when Germany & Italy did. There was no obligation to, and most people seem to miss this as well when saying that's why Hitler declared war on the US when Japan did. There were other reasons for that.
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Thomas Garcia
Where can I buy that and a good condition type 99 arisaka rifle?
Luis Collins
Christopher Evans
USGI ain't got shit on glorious nippon steel receiver
Anthony King
>WHITTU PIGGU
Is that very common?
Joshua Moore
Cooper Torres
Jonathan Harris
did you break your leg user?
Isaiah Myers
I am confused, frightened, and uncomfortably erect
Liam Wood
Michael Sullivan
Some of their prototype smgs definitely took interesting approaches. Far more than being a copy of a Beretta or Mp-28, even though their finalized Type 100 did resemble that.
Jordan Wood
Brave IJAAS > fund-thieving IJN
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Joshua Collins
It seems in Europe US infantry relied on artie and airpower more. Seems they weren't able to do that in the Pacific as much.
Jose Scott
Unironically one of the best infantry weapons in the entire war.
Jace Wood
At the flea market from the fat guy with the ponytail and DOOM tshirt
Oliver Reed
Would there be interest in a Type 64 or Type 89 clone? Not sure about the Type 64 but Type 89 seems like it would be pretty straight forward to reproduce; we know it uses a piston system similar to the AR-18 and the external dimensions and furniture can be extrapolated from an airsoft clone.
Hudson Long
Not enough interest for it to be profitable.
Brandon Sanchez
Senshadou!
Christian Anderson
He tried firing a knee mortar off his knee.
Joshua Perry
TENNO HEIKA BANZAI
SHINE, GAIJIN BAKAYAROU
NIPPON NO GUNTAI GA ICHIBAN TSUYOI
Samuel King
I want my Type64 SKSFAL
Michael Morales
Does anybody outside of japan even know it exists?
Kayden Watson
I love Japanese weapons, but does anyone other than me like Japanese uniforms?
I collect the navy ones with a focus on naval infantry. Here's two of mine, left is a tropical sailor uniform (original) for work onboard ships and the ground. Right is naval infantry (mostly replica stuff) around 1940-1942.
Andrew Fisher
My sides
Nathaniel Young
Where do you get your uniforms?
Liam Smith
Implessive
Benjamin Reed
The real ones I search for all around Japan. It's a matter of luck really. The repros I get from Hikishop or buy second hand ones that came from Nakata Shoten (they made great stuff but don't produce much anymore).
Pic related: late war Nakata Shoten navy uniform
Christian Hernandez
90% of japanese swords are produced with modern steels. Tamahagane is rare but a very small portion of practicing Japanese smiths still use it when doing traditional forging. Again they aren't using it because they think it's better, just because a truly traditionally made tamahagane katana is what some smiths consider the ideal. Plus you get into the different laminations and stuff.
Adrian Brooks
That pic looks like it's from Huawei swords or St. Nihonto, both are ebay sellers out of longquan china who offer custom parts and such. Those two are considered the best out of the many people selling swords from longquan forges.
Cooper Torres
Far into the future, the Japanese Type 38 have stood the test of time!
Jack Williams
Neat. Japanese uniforms are fairly simplistic but they manage to have a unique look.
Jealous of the dust cover. Wish I could find one to complete my rifle's look.
Cameron Miller
Did the IJA use that flag?
Adrian Jackson
The sun was centered on the IJA flag and off to the side like the OP for the IJN flag.
Jackson Thompson
The recent Japanese dress uniforms. I like them but wish they had the Type 99 as the ceremonial rifle.