This is a list of rifles imported or manufactured in China by 1945. Please refer to it when considering a new campaign.
(○○○○-○○○○) means the period during which the gun was in operation.
Rifles (7.92mm mauser)
Gew 1888
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Hanyang Type 88 (漢陽八八式歩槍) (1895-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm Round-nose
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds enbrock crip
- Total production/inports____1,083,480 (Includes Type 79 and carbine)
Licensed production of Gew88 in Hanyang. Use enbrock clips.
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Hanyang carbine (?-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm Round-nose
- Barrel length____490mm
- Feed____5 rounds enbrock crip
- Total production/inports____1,083,480 (Includes Type 88 and Type 79)
Copy of Kar88
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Hanyang Type 79 (漢陽七九式歩槍) (1902-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm Round-nose
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds enbrock crip
- Total production/inports____1,083,480 (Includes Type 88 and carbine)
Hanyang Type 79 is improved version of Gew88 by Hanyang Arsenal. The barrel jacket was removed and the site was replaced. Hanyang Type 79 is generally confused with Hanyang Type 88.
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Gew88/05 (1919-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm Spitzer
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____?
Original Gew88 imported from Germany.
Gew 1898 (1919-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm Spitzer
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds enbrock crip
- Total production/inports____?
Type 4 rifle (民國四年式歩槍) (1915-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____110,000
Type 4 rifle is a rifle that has been changed from the 6.8mm to the 7.92mm, which is easy to supply, based on Type 1 rifle.
Vz.24 (1927-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____590mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____195,200
FN Model 24/30
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FN Model 24/30 (1934-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____600mm (24inch)
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____24,000
About 20,000 were imported from 1934 to 1937.
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Type 21 rifle (二一式歩槍) (1932-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____589mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____50,000
About 50,000 were produced at the Guangdong Arsenal.
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Type 77 rifle (七七式歩槍) (1937-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____600mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____32,000
Produced at zhejiang arsenal (浙江鐵工廠).
Mauser Standerdmodel/Chiang Kai-shek rifle (中正式歩槍)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____600mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____400,700
Mauser M1937/Kar98k
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____600mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____100,000
Provided by Germany from 1938 to 1939. The record is M1937, but considering the times, it would be Kar98k.
Liao Type 13 (一三式歩槍) (1924-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×57mm
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____140,000
Rifle developed by Zhang Zuolin’s clique (奉天派). Most of them were captured by Japanese army during the Manchurian Incident.
Rifles (6.5mmSR Arisaka)
Arisaka Type 30 rifle (1903-1945)
- Cartridge____6.5×50mmSR
- Barrel length____790mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____at least 165,000
Arisaka Type 38 rifle (1917-1945)
- Cartridge____6.5×50mmSR
- Barrel length____797mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____at least 302,000
Arisaka Type 38 carbine (1917-?)
- Cartridge____6.5×50mmSR
- Barrel length____487mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____at least 2,000
Other Rifles
Type 1 rifle (光緒三三年式/民國元年式歩槍) (1912-?)
- Cartridge____6.8×57mm
- Barrel length____740mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____?
It was produced in small numbers and was mainly used for training.
Carcano M1891 (1924-?)
- Cartridge____6.5×52mm Carcano
- Barrel length____780mm
- Feed____6 rounds enbrock crip
- Total production/inports____94,000
About 100,000 Carcano rifles were imported by some warlords in the 1920s. Given the ammunition supply, these would have already been retired by 1937.
Murata Type 22 rifle (1917-?)
- Cartridge____8.0×53mmR Murata
- Barrel length____750mm
- Feed____8 rounds tube magazine
- Total production/inports____98,000
Given the ammunition supply, these would have already been retired by 1937.
Mosin M91/30 (1939-1945)
- Cartridge____7.92×54mmR
- Barrel length____730mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____50,000
M1917 Enfield (1943-1945)
- Cartridge____.30-06 Springfield
- Barrel length____660mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip + 1 round
- Total production/inports____at least 42,000
M1903 Springfield (1943-1945)
- Cartridge____.30-06 Springfield
- Barrel length____610mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____at least 10,000
Lee Enfield No.4 Mk1 (1943-1945)
- Cartridge____.303 British
- Barrel length____640mm
- Feed____5 rounds crip
- Total production/inports____at least 24,000
