Japanese Rifle Line - Final Form

Japanese completed Rifle line
Type 44 Carbine - BR I – 700m/s
Type 35 Rifle - BR I – 770m/s
Type I Rifle - BR I – 770m/s
Type 38 Carbine - BR I – 700m/s
Type 38 Rifle (short) - BR I – 745m/s
Type 38 Rifle (long) - BR I – 770m/s
Type 97 Sniper Rifle - BR I – 770m/s
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Type 99 Rifle (short) - BR II – 730m/s
Type 99 Rifle (long) - BR II – 755m/s
Type 99 Sniper Rifle - BR II – 730m/s
Type Otsu (short, 5 mag) - BR II – 725m/s
Type Hei Early (5 Mag) - BR II – 735m/s
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Type Ko Rifle (short) - BR III – 735m/s
Type Ko Rifle (long) - BR III – 750m/s
Type Ko Sniper - BR III – 735m/s
Type Otsu Rifle (long, 10 mag) - BR – 750m/s
Type Otsu Sniper (10 mag) - BR III – 750m/s
Type Hei Early (10 mag) - BR III – 735m/s
Type 4 Rifle - BR III – 730m/s
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Hino Rifle - BR IV – ???m/s, barrel length unknown
Type Hei Late (short) - BR IV – 740m/s
Type Hei Late (long) - BR IV – 755m/s
Type Hei Late Sniper - BR IV – 740m/s
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Type Hei Automatic Rifle (20) - BR V – 735m/s
Type Hei Automatic Sniper (20) - BR V – 735m/s
Type Hei Automatic Rifle (30) - BR V – 735m/s

Reload Stat overhaul:
Type Ko short - 4.4 sec
Type Ko long - 4.4 sec
Type Hei early (5) - 3.6 sec
Type Otsu short (5) - 3.2 sec
Type Otsu long (10) - 3.2 sec
Type Hei Early (10) - 3.6 sec
Type 4 Rifle - 4.0 sec
Type Hei Late short - 3.0 sec
Type Hei Late long - 3.0 sec
Hino Rifle - 3.6 sec reload
Type Hei Automatic (20) - 3.0 sec
Type Hei Automatic (30) - 3.5 sec

Accuracy and Dispersion, Damage and Recoil
Type Ko - Highest accuracy with lowest bullet dispersion compared to Otsu and Hei Early, slowest reload of them all.

Type Otsu - Lowest accuracy and highest dispersion compared to Ko and Hei Rifle but fastest reload compared to other BR II-III stuff

Type Hei Early - Accuracy and dispersion in between Ko and Otsu

Type Hei Late - highest accuracy and lowest dispersion with fastest reload of all semi auto rifles in the tech tree

Type 4 Rifle which is 7.7mm caliber should have stock damage buffed from 12.4 to 12.7 to match the M1 Garand 7.62mm bullet damage.

Hino Rifle should be something similar gameplay wise to Hei Late but in exchange for higher magazine of 15 rounds it gets bit longer reload.

Type Hei Automatic with 20 round mag should get a bit faster reload than the 30 mag version

6.5mm bullet semi and full auto rifles should always have lower damage compared to 7.62-7.92mm semi auto and full auto rifles but lower recoil.

Note:
The decision to make Type Otsu the least accurate wasnt random. The barrel like ZH-29 is at an angle but despite that the czechs managed to keep it very accurate, the japanese tried to replicate it but the rifle ended up being rather innacurate
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i think they should add the type hei with a 20rnd mag and the premium gunshield as another LMG option to the tech tree, then again, it would make the paratroopers less unique

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What rifle are we talking about?

The japanese italian copy that is in game

That not type 1 thats type I with I standing for Italian

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In this case, this initial bullet speed looks overstated. So Jiro Sayama wrote about the very poor quality of the purchased Italian rifles, so much so that there was talk of punishment from the inspection. In the table at the end of Jiro Sayama’s book, the rifle has an initial bullet speed of 715 m/s.

kek but enlisted takes the best quality into perspective.
I bet some achieved 770m/s but vast majority only 715m/s

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