and Gen. Hos. supplied by his great-granddaughter. It was even attached to light machine guns! Toyoda Automatic Loom Works began producing automobiles in 1933. Thus, the Type 99 rifle was adopted in Japanese calendar Find your rifle using one of the three follwing methods: Using the SwissWaffen.com rifle overview picture gallery By searching for the rifle serial number (search box ' Rifle Serial Number ' above) By using the SwissWaffen.com all rifle serial number list page or the all rifle serial number PDF This bayonet will also fit various carbines, machine guns and the T100 sub-machine gun. This bayonet was designed to fit the Type 30 (1897), Type 35 (1902), Type 38 (1905) and Type 99 (1939) Japanese Rifles and Carbines. Danish use on the Remington Rolling Block rifle. Type 30 Arisaka rifle bayonet, unmarked by any manufacturer. Home; History; Community Council; Crai News; Hall Hire; FAQ; Posts 1 min ago 1 min read. Crudely made bayonet for use on school training rifles. In 1937, the automobile department became a separate company which grew into what is known today as Toyota Motor Sales. " Military catalogue of the Japanese military", "Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1914-1941, Part I", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Type_30_bayonet&oldid=1135756276, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox weapon with unknown parameters, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Japan, China, Korea, North Vietnam, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Russian Empire, Estonia, Finland, Austria-Hungary, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 17:48. Royal Air Force who died 24/02/1919 LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' The frog measures 8.00in. Thanks for your reply. The bayonet serials were, of course, also for production and assembly reasons and the bayonets match the scabbard nos. Also, there is an exception for bayonets matched to rifles: The Mauser Oberndorf K98k contract for Portugal. One of the more commonly known Japanese bayonets is called the Type 30 Arisaka or 30th Year bayonet. Again, I apologise as I know nothing about bayonets. Just as the M4 bayonet was essentially a WWII M3 Trench Knife modified into an M1 Carbine bayonet, the M5 bayonet was an M3-style knife blade adapted to fit the Garand. There are exceptions for "commercial" unserialed bayonets. or Best Offer. Thanks! Some concentric circle rifles were remarked We do not return images in any format and they become the property of Arms to Armor - The History Store without compensation to you for any use - past, present, or future. (it's late here!). The primary kind of bayonet used on Japanese rifles in World War II was Adapted from Japanese Rifles of World War II, by Duncan O. The Type 30 were introduced in 1897 and it was this bayonet design that would plagued the American Troopers during WWII. Made by Matsushita Kinzoku KK (Matsushita Metalworking Corp.), under Kokura Army Arsenal supervision. Just a few examples Arisaka Type 99 Bolt-action Rifle and Bayonet, c. 1940s, serial number 26460, 7. BRITISH MILITARY BAYONETS FROM 1700 TO 1945. the receiver in place of the chrysanthemum. Metal scabbard with about 70% blued finish remaining. Guard with muzzle ring on one side and hooked quillon on the other. zeros preceeding the serial number. P.O. The Arisaka rifles are named for Colonel Nariaki Any bayonet would be correct for your rifle, but a 1940 bayonet wouldn't be hard to find. All Japanese infantrymen were issued with the Type 30, whether they were armed with a rifle or pistol, or even if they were unarmed. If you have a specific identification question, please see our Any ideas on where is a good place to look?? 12110-0036, USA, ISBN: 1-880677-11-3; and Military Rifles of characters. You can also watch the trader on this site or make a want add.. You must log in or register to reply here. So my search begins now. pieces. Royal Army Medical Corps who died 22/02/1919 NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Worcestershire Regiment who died 23/02/1915 LOKER CHURCHYARD Belgium ' This example will not mount on a service rifle, due to the smaller muzzle ring (0.5500.570in. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WW2 Imperial Japanese Army Type 30 Bayonet 'TALW' Late-War Last Ditch & Scabbard at the best online prices at eBay! However, many school bayonets will not, because school bayonets were not made to government specifications. He estimates that about the first 200,000 bayonets had the serial number on the top of the tang. Features of the WW2 M1 Carbine. Bayonets are also numbered at the base of the shaft: 12: . late 20,000 serial number range. 2 versus 5 groove, date of manufacture, sight type for no4 mk1 enfield. The Type 44 had a 1-3 digit assembly number. All early production bayonets (say about pre-1930) are "type A" as the example photographed in this thread, with screw bolts securing the grips using oval washers and oval nuts, and with a hook quillion. There are over 200 different versions of the Type 30 Arisaka bayonet. The blade carries the 4 ring Kokura Arsenal mark and the pommel has serial number 52293 and has small inspection marks. Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle showing B on the barrel as a proof mark symbol. Cal. 5th Bde. Inchon was the site of the first naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War of 190405. Free shipping for many products! Cannon: 457.2 mm 4 stripes on the right side. The "school" mark looks something Physical Description . Production at the other arsenals and subcontracts to Koishikawa/Kokura only dates from 1923. I have seen reference in his autobiography of an Alsatian conscript serving on the baltic front going around collecting the Japanese rifles after the cessation of hostilities due to the Russian revolution. dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. The wooden grips are fastened with the same type of screws and escutcheons as used on the Arisaka Type 30 bayonets. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. table (lifted from Honeycutt) lists the more commonly found variations. Welcome..first off, the 44 is for 1944. Total length of bayonet is 20". To summarize, bayonets and sheaths are marked as follows: "prefix letter (N for Nordsee or O Ostsee), preceded by numbers from 1 to 5 sometimes followed by a suffix letter". Thin crosspiece; and, These flags are often seen in Second World War photographs, tied to a fixed bayonet. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Type 30 were introduced in 1897 and it was this bayonet design that would plagued the American Troopers during WWII. Technically this was called the "Model of 1905" since the M numbering system did not begin until the mid-1920s. [citation needed]. The fit and finish of these bayonets are inferior to the Army issue pieces, as they weren't expected to stand up to the rigors of service use. Were the bayonets serial numbers to match the rifle. Middlesex Regiment who died 17/02/1917 REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT France ' PRE WWII JAPANESE TYPE 30 ARISAKA BAYO-TOKYO ARSENAL-SERIAL NUMBER ON TANG-EARLY. The British used these Arisaka rifles during the war, for Naval and training purposes. I use "Japanese Bayonets" Larry Johnson ISBN 0-9619789-0-2 as my reference for this subject. (57mm.) Remembered Today: These bayonets were produced along with the. ricasso. Original Pinner's caption: Lt-Col Bert Hoffmeister (in profile), wearing his Seaforth Highlander balmoral and shoulder flash in Sicily. Japanese Bayonet Type 30 Kokura WW2 Early Model 5 Digit Serial Nice. Matsushita Kinzoku was a subsidiary of Matshusita National Denki (Matsushita National Electric Co.). The blade carries the 4 ring Kokura Arsenal mark and the pommel has very faint serial number which appears to be 66609, this would put its manufacture in the early production series (see item L8-73 Bayonets Of Japan by Labar. In 1933 this scheme was replaced by a system in which rifles Original Item: Few Available. Search for: Home. This example was made by the Hikari Seiki SeisakushoKK (Precision Optical Manufacturing Corp.), under Kokura Army Arsenal supervision, in 1945. The series marks and serial number on the pommel cap appear to be re-stamped over other numbers, so it is quite possible that this was a re-work of an earlier bayonet. (203mm.) Considering the size of the Japanese Army and Navy at various times through the 20th century, I would suggest that a serial number in the +2,000,000 range is post 1918 manufacture and that a WW1 bayonet would have a serial under 1,000,000. fullered groove is ~12-1/4 in length beginning ~3/4" from crossguard and ending ~2-7/8" from tip. Most of these "school-marked" rifles also have two or three Please Note: These are currently being reproduced and offered by various distributors. Production at the other arsenals and subcontracts to Koishikawa/Kokura only dates from 1923. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). The M5 bayonet There was a number of companies that made them. //-->, By (305mm.). Your Remington Model 10 was made in November of 1923. using the character shiki for "type" and Japanese numerals. Normal point. any transcription errors to me. Straight Late War. School rifles and bayonets were used for military drill, which was a normal part of high school curriculum from the early 1930s through the end of the Second World War. The scabbard is a later pattern with tubular end (instead of a ball tip). The Sheath should have markings up by the throat which should be matching to the markings & date on the bladehowever, you said it was black painted which is NOT CORRECT, it should be . or were they just unique to the bayonet and scabbords themselves?? Llano, Texas 78643. It can identify the timeframe and factory location of the weapon's production. ISBN: 0-9619789-1-0. The overall length of a typical Type 30 bayonet is 510 mm (20-1/16), with the blade comprising 398 mm (15-5/8) of that. dailyinfo[19]=' Lieutenant Colonel Harry LA TROBE CAMPBELL Distinguished Service Order, Territorial Decoration, Three times Mentioned in Despatches Royal Engineers who died 19/02/1919 BRISTOL (CANFORD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Scabbard throat has a metal loop for attaching leather strap from belt attaching frog; drag has a rounded finial. JavaScript is disabled. As World War 2 pushed on, the Japanese bayonet quality control rapidly deteriorated and the bayonet was modified to save resources. This example has polished steel blade which is 15 length. overall length and were produced in 18 distinct manufacturing patterns, The Arisaka rifles were designated with the year of the subcontractor bear the subcontractor's mark to the right of the LaBar does list another oddball, bright blade variant Type 30 (LB-108) in the National Denki section of the book and notes that the fact that the blade is bright, even though it was manufactured in a series of blued blade bayonets. Johnson identifies 17 main production variations of the T30 bayonet, with virtually all of the variations being WW2 manufacture to simplify production. C . Collectors value OBERNDORF weapons as they were one of the first two manufactures of the K98k in 1934. Leather Belt Frog: Leather belt frog for carrying the Type 30 bayonet used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles. Serial numbers are normally a rack number from the school and the Japanese characters in the handles usually identify the school. Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Police), other military police, and guards at prisons, embassies, and Rarity: R3 Condition: VG+ Price: $600 He believes it is 2203956. Some of the people with a strong interest in the Pacific theatre WW2 are doing some excellent research. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' *JAPANESE TYPE 38 ARISAKA MILITARY RIFLE. country. dailyinfo[17]=' Second Lieutenant George Ernest VINCENT Distinguished Conduct Medal 9th Bn. Bayonet information from the Type 30, introduced in 1897. BHC - Birdshead, contoured Oh by the way I got something to mount it on! My references do not list which list the weapons issued to the German soldier. They were founded in 1918 to make consumer household electric appliances and have evolved into the present-day Panasonic Corporation. Information Japanese Type 38 Rifle Description: Serial #1103179, 6.5mm Arisaka, 31 1/4' barrel with a very good bore that has some dark freckling within the grooves. And I thought everything was black and white!!!! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In addition, rifles in the 1.6 million serial number range have been observed ranging from number 1,602,XXX through 1,639,XXX. They averaged about 20 inches in In his book, Bayonets of Japan, Ray LaBar indicates that this scabbard is a late-war type most often observed on school bayonets. . The bayonet was made to fit the Mauser M1898 rifle and carbine and the carbine Mosin M1891/98/25 Markings. identification sense - please feel free to request such and I will try to add additional information as soon as possible. var mydate=new Date() So in answer to your question - for a T30 to be pre-1919 it must be a Type A (screw bolts with oval washers, hook quillion, and welded steel scabbard with ball tip) and with the Koishikawa/Kokura arsenal mark. bayonet is firm in scabbard. One of the first things to look at when you want to know the production date of a Norinco SKS rifle is the symbol. The pommel is a contoured birdshead and the wooden grips are also contoured. this example is stamped with the Tokyo Arsenal mark: "4 stacked cannon balls" (1 stacked on 3); and the contractor Matsushita National: "an arrow through an M". dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. Scabbard is ~16-1/4" in length; "blued" finish. The Model/Type markings are generally found on the top of the receiver, forward (towards to muzzle) of the chamber and generally indicate original caliber unless modified by another country at a later date. Yes your bayonet has the Koishikawa / Kokura Arsenal mark, the circle surrounded by 3 half circles. Knowing some of the basics really helps identify and evaluate the Japanese bayonets. Welcome Brindy. A diagram online will help match the SKS markings and worth of the rifle. Research materials I have available are quite substantial; however, on some items, information within those materials might be quite sparse. If you go to the Documents forum here you'll see many examples of German Soldbuchs (ID books showing equipment issued, etc.) By searching for the rifle serial number (search box 'Rifle Serial Number' above) By using the SwissWaffen.com all rifle serial number list page or the all rifle serial number PDF. 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