Type 30 rifle

Type 30 rifle
A Type 30 from the Swedish Army Museum
Type	Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1899–1945 (Japan)
Used by	Users
Wars	Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
Production history
Designed	1897
No. built	Rifles: 554,000 Carbines: 45,000
Specifications
Mass	3.95 kg (8 lb 11 oz) 3.2 kg (7 lb 1 oz) (carbine)
Length	1,274 mm (50.2 in) 964 mm (38.0 in) (carbine)
Barrel length	790 mm (31 in) 480 mm (19 in) (carbine)
Cartridge	6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 7.62×39mm (post-war Chinese modified)[1] .303 British
Action	Bolt action
Muzzle velocity	765 m/s (2,510 ft/s)
Feed system	5-round internal magazine

The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (三十年式歩兵銃, Sanjū-nen-shiki hoheijū, 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box-fed bolt-action repeating rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 (the 30th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 30") to 1905.^[2]