"Sōsaku-rentai"

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The Reconnaissance regiment (Sōsaku-rentai (搜索聯隊) or Sōsaku-tai (搜索隊)) in the Japanese language was a type of military establishment within the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1940-1945 period. Derived from the Cavalry regiment, the Reconnaissance regiment was tasked with combat scouting. In Japanese military literature, the term reconnaissance regiment is commonly abbreviated as SO . These regiments were often attached to numerous Japanese divisions during the initial stages of the Pacific War. In contemporary Japan, these regiments are analogous to Reconnaissance battalions within the divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Japanese army soldiers during the invasion of the Philippines, note the ...

proto-Sturmgeweirs


automatic (according to some sources - self-loading) carbine of the Swiss Adolf Furrer system chambered for 7.65x35 cartridge, 1921,
the cartridge is made on the basis of a shortened and re-compressed cartridge case of the 7.5x55 GP11 rifle cartridge, the carbine is structurally a direct predecessor of the Furrer Lmg.25 light machine gun . The main difference between a serial light machine gun and an experienced carbine is the cartridge. Like a machine gun, the carbine’s magazine is attached horizontally to the right; the automatic operation is powered by a movable barrel with its short stroke and lever locking.
Furrer Lmg-25 light machine gun with an additional rear support (which could also be mounted under the butt).
Furrer Lmg-25 light machine gun with an additional rear support (which could also be mounted under the butt).

Furrer Lmg-25 light machine gun on a special tripod and with an optical sight.
Furrer Lmg-25 light machine gun on a special tripod and with an optical sight.

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Why give a swiss weapon that never was exported to anywhere :thinking: the weapon choice is very questionable

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Well thats just wrong LMG 25 was never exported they may have been attemps to export LMG 25 but no evidence of it being sold to anyone Swiss have tendency to not export much stuff LMG 25 as far as I can tell was not exported the other gun is just prototype and its unlikely that it even shot more than 200 bullet
If you really want a cool gun for your squad I have a suggestion why not M1 Garand chambered in 7.7 arisaka from wiki
Initially, the Japanese experimented with re-chambering captured American M1 rifles, since the 7.7×58mm Arisaka Japanese cartridge has similar dimensions to the .30-06 Springfield cartridge.[5] They found that while the Garand could chamber, fire, and cycle with the 7.7×58mm Arisaka ammunition, the 8-round en-bloc clip system was incompatible with the new rifle cartridge and would not feed reliably.

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Type 92 machine gun

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