The Murata rifle (村田銃, Murata jū) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single-shot rifle. [2] The 13 referred to the …

1999年1月27日 · During the Sino-Japanese War, the Muratas, Meiji 13 and Meiji 18, were the Japanese Imperial Army’s main battler rifle.

1999年1月27日 · The Murata 18 was an improved, direct evolution of the Japanese Murata 13 Year rifle (1880) developed almost as soon as the 13 Year Rifles were being fielded, and thus, …

In this article, we will explore the development, manufacture, and use of the Meiji Type 13 rifle, including details about its production, years of service, cartridges, performance, and its …

2015年6月14日 · The Murata was Japan’s first domestic manufactured military rifle. In its first iteration, it was an 11mm, single shot, black powder weapon and was adopted in 1880 (the …

In early 1865, Murata presented to the Satsuma authorities his own design for a bolt-action rifle. This was an astonishing feat for an inventor educated in a medieval society, as the bolt-action …

2022年10月25日 · This excursion resulted in Japan’s first indigenously designed and produced military rifle—a single-shot 11 mm metallic-cartridge bolt-action adopted in 1880—the 13th …

The Murata Type 13 rifle was Japan's first domestically designed and produced modern military rifle. It gets its designation from the fact it was designed by Tsuneyoshi Murata (later made a …

The Murata Rifle is an early Japanese bolt-action rifle, named after its inventor, Major Murata Tsuneyoshi. This is the first modern Japanese locally produced long firearm (before it, Japan …

The Meiji Type 18 Murata rifle is not just a firearm; it is a symbol of Japan’s military modernization. Designed by Major Murata Tsuneyoshi, this rifle provided the Japanese military with its first …