Japanese Infantry Weapons - CINCPAC - CINCPOA Bulletin No. 55-45 (Paperback)

Merriam Press Military Reprint 23. First Edition (January 2013). Included in this pamphlet, which superceded CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin 167-44, were all Japanese weapons reported and encountered, used in infantry regiments or equivalent units. Illustrated methods of neutralizing Japanese weapons most frequently encountered by Allied forces also are contained in this publication. Originally published 15 March 1945 by CINCPAC - CINCPOA, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. Contents: Foreword; Standard Hand Grenades; Other Hand Grenades; Rifle Grenades and Grenade Launchers; Anti-Tank Mines; Pistols; 6.5mm Rifles; 7.7mm Rifles; Submachine Guns; 6.5mm Light Machine Gun Model 11 (1922); 6.5mm Light Machine Gun Model 96 (1936); 6.5mm Light Machine Gun Model 99 (1939); 7.7mm Light Machine Gun Model 99 (1939); 7.7mm Tank Machine Gun Model 97 (1937); 7.92mm Light Machine Gun, Bren Type; 6.5mm Heavy Machine Gun Model 3 (1914); 7.7mm Machine Gun Model 92 (1932); 7.7mm Lewis Machine Gun Model 92 (Ground Type); 7.7mm Lewis and Vickers Machine Guns adapted to Ground Use; Other Small Caliber Aircraft Machine Guns Adapted to Ground Use; 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun (Browning Type); 13mm Machine Gun Model 93; 20mm Automatic Gun Model 97; 20mm Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Automatic Cannon Model 98; 20mm Aircraft Machine Cannons Adapted to Ground Use; 25mm Automatic Cannon Model 96; 50mm Grenade Discharger Model 10 (1921); 50mm Grenade Discharger Model 89 (1929); 50mm Mortar Model 98 (1938); 70mm Mortar Model 11 (1922); 70mm Barrage Mortar; 81mm Mortar Model 3 (1928); 81mm Mortar Model 97 (1937); 81mm Mortar Model 99 (1939); 90mm Mortar Model 94 (1934); 90mm Mortar Model 97 (1937); 37mm Anti-Tank Gun Model 11 (1922); 37mm Anti-Tank Gun Model 94 (1934); 37mm Anti-Tank Gun Model 97 (1937); 40mm Anti-Aircraft Guns; 47mm Anti-Tank Gun Model 1 (1941); 5cm (47-mm) Short Barreled Naval Gun; 70mm Battalion Howitzer Model 92; 75mm Mountain Gun Model 41; 75mm Mountain Gun Model 94; 89 photos; 6 drawings.