Weapons

Weapons

Introduction

Weapons

This exhibit and museum were created during an introductory seminar on the Asia-Pacific War, taught at Wake Forest University during the spring semester 2002.

The material and opinions are those of their respective authors and do not represent the views of the University or the Department of History.

As the war progressed, Japan's inability to obtain valuable raw materials needed for wartime production resulted in a diminishing quality of wartime production of military weaponry and equipment. At the end of the war, Japan's production of infantry rifles, pistols, grenades, grenade dischargers, swords, and bayonets were made with marginal quality and materials, in drastic contrast to the quality and materials involved in the weapon produced before the war.

Handguns:
Nambu Type B
Nambu Taisho 14
Nambu Type 94

Rifles:
Arisaka Meiji 38th Year
Arisaka Meiji 44th Year
Arisaka Type 97
Arisaka Type 99

Other Weapons:
Model 91 Hand Grenade
Model 97 Hand Grenade
Model 99 Hand Grenade
Type 100 Flamethrower
Arisaka Type 30 Bayonet
Type 98 Military Sword

This exhibit was researched and designed by [Robert Wood Finley].