Updated Japan tree suggestions topic

[Suzumebachi14]

I will make some suggestions for japanese scout cars/light vehicles (basically japanese jeeps), because the japanese faction doesn’t have an equivalent ingame at the moment, and it would be more realistic to see the japanese get their own jeep. There are only 2 or 3 options basically, one very well known, and another less known option. Keep in mind that I have not included the staff cars, because these were generally reserved to officers, and were not really seen on the frontline.

Scout cars/light vehicles (jeep equivalents)

Kurogane Type 95

The most well-known of the two options, I think everybody here knows about it, here is a copy-paste of the “Versions” section of wikipedia:

"Some vehicles were modified in the field by front seat passengers opening the top hinged passenger side windshield up and using a light machine gun such as the Type 11 light machine gun, the Type 96 light machine gun, or the Type 99 light machine gun similar to a motorcycle sidecar. Because of its small size and weight, it was able to fit inside Japanese manufactured Kokusai Ku-8 airplane and deploying glider Airborne troops, specifically the Teishin gliding infantry regiment, and some cars also used an Autocannon machine gun.

There were several significant upgrades and design changes from the prototype to the final models build in 1944.

• 1935 prototype: Engine displacement 1200cc; Body styles: roadster and enclosed 2-door sedan; Rectangular front grille allows airflow to cool the engine; No bumper; Body on chassis frame.

• Production type A: produced 1937-1938. Engine displacement 1300cc; 3-person roadster type; Oval grille; Bumper.

• Production type B: produced 1939-1943; Engine displacement 1400cc; 4-person Phaeton type; Production volume most models; Square grille.

• Four-door prototype: 4-door that has been only one trial in 1939 Phaeton type. Wheelbase has an extended door of the original 2-door type; it is supposed that it was water-cooled to increase durability and engine efficiency. Square grille.

• Production type C: produced in 1944; engine displacement 1400cc; air-cooled; 2-person pickup truck."

Here are the pics:

Toyota AK10

The less-known of the two options, it’s basically a japanese copy of the Jeep Willys, or to be more precise, a copy of the Bantam Mk.II. The japanese authorities even asked the designers for the car to have a different appearance! The japanese really hated to copy from others it seems: I read somewhere that the only possible explanation for why the japanese military had chosen to adopt the Nambu pistol, which had an inferior design to pretty much all the other foreign designs, is just a reason of national pride!

Anyway, here is a copy-paste of an article about that specific car:

“The little known Toyota AK10 is the predecessor to the Toyota Land Cruiser. In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines, where they found an old Bantam Mk II, and promptly brought it to Japan. The Japanese military authorities commanded Toyota to make a similar vehicle but to not model the appearance on the American Jeep. The prototype was called the Model AK and was formally adopted by The Japanese Imperial Army as the Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha ( type 4 compact cargo-truck ).
Later in 1941 the Japanese government asked Toyota to produce a light truck for the Japan military campaign. Toyota developed a 1/2 ton prototype called the AK10 in 1942. The AK10 was built using reverse-engineering from the Bantam GP. The truck featured an upright front grille, flat front wheel arches that angled down and back like the FJ40, headlights mounted above the wheel arches on either side of the radiator and a folding windshield.
The AK10 used the 2259 cc, 4-cylinder Type C engine from the Toyota Model AE sedan with a three-speed manual transmission and two-speed transfer gearbox connected to it. There is no mechanical relationship between the AK10 and the postwar Toyota “Jeep” BJ. Most of the AK10’s were not actively used (unlike the U.S. Jeep). Information via Wikipedia and IH8MUD.com”

Here are the pics, you can see the two different versions below:

SOURCES

Light Vehicles

Kurogane Type 95

Toyota AK10: The Grandfather Of All Land Cruisers

Toyota Land Cruiser

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[Suzumebachi14]

Here you can see the differences between the three models of Kurogane:

Type A

Type B

Type C

Source:
https://www.automobiles-japonaises.com/Kurogane/Type95/Kurogane_Type95.php

[Suzumebachi14]

For this post, I am going to make suggestions of japanese motorcycles with sidecars, there will be three such vehicles, and also a tricycle. Thanks to Naohmcete for his topic on the subject. I will try to add some informations to what he has already posted on his topic, here: Once Again Japan Motorbikes for Pacific

Motorcycles with sidecars

“Rikuo” Type 97

The most well-known of all these suggestions, I think everyone interested in the subject knows about it. It was the most common motorcycle used by the japanese, used in a variety of tasks, and the sidecar could be fitted with a machine gun (there were many types of MGs fitted on these, so I won’t try to search every type of gun that was ever fitted on the sidecars, lol). What you must remember about this motorcycle is the fact that it was a two-wheel drive bike, this will be important for the next suggestion.

Pictures:

“Rikuo” Type 93

I said previously that the fact the Type 97 was a two-wheel drive would be important, and that is because its predecessor, the Type 93, was a one-wheel drive motorcycle, and its performance on rough terrain was deemed insufficient, so that’s why the japanese adopted the two-wheel drive Type 97, which was better on rough terrain. The missions of the Type 93 were pretty much the same as those of its successor, the Type 97, and its sidecar could also be fitted with a MG.

Pictures:

“Kurogane” Type 95

This time we are talking about the motorcycle, and not the scout car which had the same denomination. From what I can find, this bike was adopted AFTER the Type 97, because the production of the Rikuo company could not keep up fast enough with the orders made by the japanese military, so they ordered this motorcycle from another company to complement their Type 93 and 97 motorcycles. Information about this specific type of vehicle is very hard to find, because the plant producing these was located in Hiroshima. You can guess why informations are so scarce nowadays. It was apparently more used in the officer transport role, but some sidecars were fitted with MGs too it seems. It is hard to differentiate all these bikes from each other, because the Type 97 was basically just an upgraded Type 93, and the Type 95 was based on the Rikuo design, but it was just a bit bigger.

Pictures:

Picture of a restored one above


These are apparently Type 95 motorcycles with their sidecars armed with MGs

“Kurogane” Tricycles

The japanese military adopted the Kurogane tricycle as a small transport. It is not a motorcycle with a sidecar, so it wasn’t meant to be equipped with armament, but it still a suggestion idea. The japanese army apparently used all the models they could get their hands on, so there wasn’t a “standard model”. There were, maybe, at least, two models: a Model 1 (1941), and a Model 2 (1942). These military tricycles were all based on the civilian model called “New Era”.

Pictures:

Model 1 (or at least that’s what some sources say)

SOURCES (lots of them this time, lol)

Motorcycles

https://www.automobiles-japonaises.com/Kurogane/3wheelers/Kurogane3wheelers.php
https://www.automobiles-japonaises.com/Kurogane/Kurogane.php

Rikuo Type 97 - Мотомир Вячеслава Шеянова | Motorworld by V. Sheyanov

Kurogane Type 95 - Мотомир Вячеслава Шеянова | Motorworld by V. Sheyanov

Kurogane Type 95 - Мотомир Вячеслава Шеянова | Motorworld by V. Sheyanov

九七式側車付自動二輪車

九三式側車付自動二輪車

https://www.pon.waiwai-net.ne.jp/~m2589igo/cgi-bin/bunnkanrikugun5syaryourui.html
http://cb1100f.b10.coreserver.jp/collection2_z_17.html
http://ki43.on.coocan.jp/oversea/vlajidousha/vlajido.html
https://x.com/_Lily_Rain/status/1471936826462322688
http://nirinsi4.shop-pro.jp/?pid=57202959

国産ハーレー『陸王』とは - バイクの系譜

https://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt/japanese-wwii-motor-vehicles-trucks.html
https://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/handbook-japanese-military/automotive-equipment.html

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Thanks in advance

[Suzumebachi14]

Little tip in japanese: if you want to quickly differentiate some pictures of bikes, the numbers of the Types of motorcycles in japanese are written like this (don’t pay attention to the links):
93: 九 三
95: 九 五
97: 九 七

[Suzumebachi14]

Also, a small post for Naohmcete, because he wanted to find more informations about the bikes in this picture:

One of the websites in the sources that I quoted describes the bikes like this:
“Harley JD 1200cc motorcycle with sidecar equipped with Type 3 heavy machine gun (Manchurian Incident)”
I don’t know if it is an exact information, but I know that Naohmcete wanted to find more informations about this pic.

The website also shows this “thing”:

Which is described as “Shishido Manufacturing “SSD off-road vehicle” (late model) 1933?”

The website in question (in my sources list): rikaigunnhakubutukantop

[Suzumebachi14]

I have updated my list of semi-auto rifles with new pictures and new variants of the existing rifles, and I have also added the Kokura Arsenal rifle and the Hino Komuro M1897 in this list. I have removed my suggestion of a Type Hei late rifle in 7.7mm because the sources stating that fact are very unclear. I have also updated the list of sniper rifles by adding the Kokura Arsenal rifle in the list of rifles with a rail on the side for mounting a scope.

Huge thanks to DELAVR and SzepWaxweiler for their research. This update couldn’t have happened without their work. Feel free to check the topic of DELAVR on the japanese semi-auto rifles: All versions of Type Ko, Type Hei, Type Otsu rifles

[Suzumebachi14]

“Type 100 prototypes”

I call these guns that way for the sake of simplification, but basically these guns are the different prototype SMGs that lead to the Type 100 SMG that we all know. There aren’t much differences between them, apart from the fire rate. They were all chambered in 8mm Nambu, and all had a 30 round mag. They could be good additions as battlepass/event/premium squad weapons, because I don’t think they would bring much to the regular tree, but that’s just my opinion.

Model 3 prototype
The first prototype of what would become the Type 100 SMG later. It had a rate of fire of 530 rpm.

Model 3 A
Not much visual differences with the previous weapon, the only big difference is the rate of fire, which was increased to 755 rpm. The front sight was also moved at the end of the barrel.

Model 3 B
Basically the finished product, there aren’t much differences between this gun and the regular Type 100 SMG. It retained the 755 rpm, but the rate of fire was lowered to 700 rpm for the production of the Type 100, making the rate of fire of the Type 100 early ingame incorrect.

Important notes:
-The rate of fire of the Type 100 early ingame is incorrect, it should be 700 rpm, thanks to the informations of Killerwolf1024.
-Some Type 100 were fitted with a bipod, not all of them, maybe the devs could update the Type 100 early model to include it ? Or make it a new weapon while making weapons with bipods better while mounted on the ground/on a wall ?

Pictures

From top to bottom: Model 3 prototype, Model 3 A, Model 3 B.

From top to bottom: Model 3 prototype, Model 3 B Model 3 A.

Type 100 early with bipod.

Rate of fire for each gun

Huge thanks to DELAVR for his pictures and informations. And also, go check out the topic of Killerwolf1024 for all the informations about the Type 100 early rate of fire, with all the sources needed to back up his claims, right here: Type 100 early correct rate of fire

[Killerwolf1024]

@Suzumebachi14

The rate of fire of the Type 100 early ingame is incorrect, it should be 755 rpm

Please change that to 700 as thats the actual number of the Type 100. 755 is the RoF of the Model 3A & B.

[Suzumebachi14]

Corrected. Sorry for the mistake.

[Suzumebachi14]

Early japanese LMGs/Type 11 prototypes

This post will have the same principle as the previous one about the Type 100 SMG prototypes: I will suggest prototypes of LMGs that would be good additions as battlepass/event/premium squad weapons, because they would be very similar to the Type 11 we already have ingame.

Here is a list of all the LMG prototypes that lead to the adoption of the Type 11 MG:

For each suggestion, I will designate which one I am talking about in this list. I am not 100% sure, so feel free to point out any mistake that I could make.

For the stats of the weapons, unless I say otherwise, and because I don’t want to repeat myself, they all have a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, were all chambered in 6.5mm, and were all fed by a 30 round feed strip. It is because the Type 11 LMG was basically a lighter version of the Type 3 MG.

Mk. A/B/C Experimental LMGs

The second of the list, there seems to be three variants of this one, but I don’t know which one is the A, B or C. There are only minor differences between these three it seems.

Pictures:

Barrel shroud Type LMG

Very likely the third on the list, because there is no other LMG with a barrel shroud that is fed with feed strips.

Pictures:

Barrel shroud-less Type LMG

I don’t know whether it is the fourth or the fifth on the list, but the only big difference between them is the weight: the fifth is 1kg lighter than the fourth, so it wouldn’t make a big difference if it is implemented in the game. You can see the difference with the Mk A/B/C on the buttstock and the barrel: on this one, the stock looks more like the one of the regular Type 11, and the barrel is shorter.

Picture:

Mk. A LMG

Very likely the sixth one on the list, because no other experimental LMG based on the Type 3 MG has a Lewis-type rotating magazine on top of the receiver. And because this one has a Lewis-type mag, it might have a 47 round capacity magazine, but it is not clearly specified. I included this prototype in this list, because I think that the Type 92 LMG should be in the regular tree first, the only big difference between this experimental LMG and the Type 92 is the rate of fire: the experimental one keeps the 500 rpm (as I said at the beginning of this post), but the Type 92 has a 600 rpm rate of fire.

Picture:

Type 11 LMG with experimental box magazine

The last suggestion of this post. This weapon is not in the list, because it is a regular Type 11 LMG with an experimental 35 round magazine that was developed in 1928, so after the official adoption of the Type 11 LMG, which is the eighth and final weapon on the list by the way, so you can understand why this suggestion is not on the list at the beginning of this post.

Picture:

As always, huge thanks to DELAVR and aizenns for their pics, and Killerwolf1024 for his list with the translation.
Go check their topics/posts that I linked in the first post of this topic.

[Suzumebachi14]

Another useful tip in japanese designations translations:
Ko=A
Otsu=B
Hei=C
Tei=D

[Killerwolf1024]

式 - Shiki - Type
型 - Kata/Gata - Model
号 - Gou/Gō - Mark

甲 - Kō - A - First
乙 - Otsu - B - Second
丙 - Hei - C - Third
丁 - Tei - D - Fourth
戊 - Bo - E - Fifth

[Suzumebachi14]

Thanks. I wasn’t sure about Bo (E) because I had only seen this designation once, and could not remember where it was, so I chose to not include it because I wasn’t sure. Seems it was legit after all.

[Suzumebachi14]

I have edited my posts about bolt-action rifles, SMGs, LMGs, and AT weapons. I have added new suggestions and pictures for some guns I already suggested. Huge thanks to DELAVR for his pictures of the experimental Muratas loaded via stripper clips. I took some suggestions of already existing topics and found some pics on the internet too. The topics/posts in question are mentioned in my first post, but they were made by DELAVR, Killerwolf1024, aizenns, go check their topics/posts!

[Suzumebachi14]

I found the pics about the “normal” Muratas on this website, go check it out, it is the most complete website about these rifles that I have found ! Link: https://www.militaryrifles.com/japan/murata22
As always, your likes give more visibility to these posts, so, thanks in advance !

[Suzumebachi14]

Type 99, 97 and 99 prototypes and developments

ZB-26

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the chinese used the ZB-26 against the japanese, which were equipped with the Type 11 MG. The ZB-26 proved to be very superior to the Type 11, and it was then unofficially adopted by the japanese under the semi-official name “Type 7.99 light machine gun” when the japanese captured the guns and also the factories producing these guns in China. The stats of these guns would obviously be the same as the ZB-26 already ingame.

Picture of the ZB-26 used by the japanese with a 20 round mag:

And with a 30 round mag:

Without the mag:


Picture of the ZB-26 with a magazine likely made of two 20 round mags welded together (30 or 40 rounds capacity ? I have no idea):

ZB-26 converted in 6.5mm

When the japanese captured the chinese factories producing the ZB-26, the japanse continued the production of these guns, and some of these were produced for the 6.5mm japanese cartridge. It used a similar, but not identical mag to the Type 96 MG.

Picture:

Differences between the mags of the 6.5mm ZB-26 (left) and the Type 96 (right):

Model A and Model B Experimental Machine Guns

The prototypes of what would become the Type 96 LMG: The Model A was made by Nambu and the Model B was made by Kokura. The Model A won the competition and became the Type 96 MG. The Model B lost, but this gun would later become the Type 97 Tank MG. The Model B was basically a copy of the ZB-26 in 6.5mm.

Picture of the Model A (future Type 96):

Another Model A (future Type 96), but with a thicker barrel:

Picture of the Model B (the one which lost the competition, but would later serve as the basis for the Type 97 Tank MG):

Pictures of the early model of the Type 97 Tank MG, with a curved mag and a weird looking buttstock:

Experimental Type 1 Light Machine Gun (see the different models below):

These prototypes were made as improvements to the Type 99 Machine Gun, they were all chambered in 7.7mm, and all had a capacity of 30 rounds. Different prototypes were made by different manufacturers, and they all served as prototypes for the Type 3 Light Machine Gun that would come efter that.

-Experimental Type 1 Light Machine Gun Model 1

Made by Nambu, it was a simpler Type 99 LMG with a higher rate of fire (couldn’t find any data about the rate of fire) :

Picture of the Model 1 A:

Picture of the Model 1 B:

Note: I struggle to find any differences between these two, so the differences might be in the internal parts, let me know if you have more informations.

-Experimental Type 1 Light Machine Gun Model 2

Made by Tokyo Gas Electric, it was made to use the feed strips of the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun, and it could also use the same bullets. Otherwise the rate of fire is the same as the Type 99 LMG. The stock was also displaced to better withstand the impact of rapid fire. Just like for the Model 1, there are two models: a Model 2 A and a Model 2 B: apparently the main difference between the A and B model is the fact that the Model 2 B had rear legs fitted to the buttstock, while the Model 2 A did not have these rear legs.

Picture of the Model 2 A:

Picture of the Model 2 B (we can’t see the entirety of the buttstock, so we can’t confirm the presence of the rear legs) :

-Experimental Type 1 Light Machine Gun Model 3

Made by Nagoya Army Arsenal. It was another simplification of the Type 99 LMG using straight mags in the same style of the ZB-26 LMG, which were easier to manufacture. Given the size of the mags, I guess it had a 30 round capacity. It retained the same shape of buttstock as the Model 2.

Picture of the model with Technical HQ’s bipod design:

Picture of the model with Nagoya Arsenal’s bipod design:

Experimental Type 3 Light Machine Gun

Basically the synthesis of the Type 99 LMG and all the models of the Experimental Type 1 LMG. It could also fill the roles of the Type 92 and Type 1 HMGs, so it could be considered as a GPMG. It used the same feed strips as the Type 92 HMG, and it could also use the same bullets.

Picture:

That’s it for today !
As always, huge thanks to DELAVR and aizenns for their pics and informations, go check their topics mentioned in the first post of this topic.
I also used the articles about these LMGs on wikipedia in japanese:

ブルーノZB26軽機関銃

九六式軽機関銃

九七式車載重機関銃

九九式軽機関銃

As always, your likes give more visibility to these posts and this topic, so more chances for the devs to see all these suggestions !

[Suzumebachi14]

Hey, it’s been a long time, innit ?
A small post to show you clearer pictures of the Experimental Type 1 Light Machine Gun Model 2 that were shared by DELAVR on this topic:

Japanese LMG rework

ZB has a faster fire rate but a lower magazine, worse dispersion, worse recoil than the 96 and has a slower reload against the Type 99 it’s slightly lower rpm, same dispersion and slightly better recoil while having a smaller magazine and a faster reload bren versus 96: 96 has better recoil, better dispersion, better firerate while having same magazine size and a faster reload bren versus: 99: 99 has better rpm, same dispersion as the mk2 (worse than the mk1 by .01) almost identical recoil (…

Here is a pic of the Model 2 A:

Here is a pic of the Model 2 B:

As always, thanks to him.
I have been absent for some time, and I didn’t feel the urge to post more things, because the last category of infantry weapons that I have to cover is the category of “Meme weapons/Shotguns”. It includes pretty much only the single shot last ditch weapons and the single shot/two shot shotguns used by the japanese, so these aren’t some “game breaking weapons”. The only other categories that are left after that would be the trucks and the armored cars/halftracks categories. That makes a total of three posts in total that are left for me to do. After these posts are made, well, maybe I’ll do tanks and planes after that, maybe not, I don’t know. But I still wanted to post this today to show that I’m not completely dead, and that I still have this topic in the back of my mind !

[Suzumebachi14]

Shotguns and weird weapons

Murata shotgun

After the single-shot Murata rifles were retired and replaced with the Arisaka rifles, the Muratas were converted in hunting rifles in a VERY wide range of caliber: 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 36, 40 gauge shells, and also in 7.6 mm. These hunting rifles were used by the japanese military at the end of the war as last-dich weapons.

Here are the calibers (left column, in the middle column are the lengths of the short bullet to the left and the long bullet on the right, and the price for 10 bullets is in the right column):

The rifle in itself (you can find more pics on the internet without any problem):

Japanese signal pistol shotguns

Towards the end of the war, the japanese were trying to make as much weapons as quickly as possible, so simple flare pistols were made to be able to fire 12 gauge rounds. Two models exist: the Type 4 (double shot) and the Type 5 (single shot). When the war ended, only a few hundreds of these weapons had been made.

Here is the Type 4:

And here is the Type 5:

Japanese double barreled hunting shotgun with bayonet lug

Obviously these rifles were used by either the military or the police (or both) towards the end of the war. These weapons, mostly shotguns, had been given by hunters to the military for a price of 30 yen per weapon, and the hunting shotguns had been modified to be equipped with a bayonet lug to fit a regular Type 30 bayonet. I don’t know about the caliber though, probably 12 gauge ?

Last-ditch single-shot weapons: bullets and matchlocks

Towards the end of the war, Japan was preparing to be invaded, so last-ditch single shot-weapons were made: very simple rifles, carbines and pistols which were all single-shot, and some were even matchlocks!

Several designs existed: a 7.7mm rifle, 8mm Nambu carbines, and a matchlock rifle and pistol.

The 7.7mm rifle, meant to be used by the army:

The 8mm Nambu carbines, meant to be used by reservists:

And the matchlock rifle and pistol, meant to be used by the “Citizen Volunteer Combat Corps”:


Clearer picture:

Another design (on the top of the picture, left and right, obviously):

“Bougainville” improvised grenade launcher

This improvided grenade launcher was created by Captain Nomura by mounting a Type 89 grenade discharger (50mm grenades) on a Type 38 Arisaka rifle (6.5mm cartridge), although one made with a Type 99 Arisaka (7.7mm cartridge) is known to exist. It doesn’t have any official name, but the australians captured seven of these on Bougainville Island in July 1945, hence the unofficial name derived from the island’s name.

Drawing and history in the book given by Naohmcete at page 199:

234.74 MB file on MEGA

Type 38 variant reproduction:

Type 99 variant (not a reproduction):

And that’s it for today ! Here are the very numerous sources I used:

Murata shotgun:
https://www.nambuworld.com/muratashotgunpix.htm

murata shotgun

Japanese signal pistol shotguns:

Japanese Type 5 Pistol

https://carbinesforcollectors.com/japflare1.html
Full website, a lot of interesting stuff there (click on the squares):
https://carbinesforcollectors.com/

Japanese double barreled hunting shotgun with bayonet lug:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgottenWeapons/comments/wmaag6/japanese_attempt_to_attach_a_bayonet_to_a/?rdt=43704
https://www.reddit.com/r/milsurp/comments/1is14d5/japanese_war_crimes_stick/
https://www.gunboards.com/threads/shotgun-with-bayonet-lug.209874/

Last-ditch single-shot weapons: bullets and matchlocks:
http://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~fuwe1a/newpage71.html
http://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~fuwe1a/newpage62.html

Дубина народной войны. Японский бамбуковый вариант. Пистолеты.

“Bougainville” improvised grenade launcher:
https://www.gunboards.com/threads/clone-of-the-bouganville-improvised-grenade-launcing-rifle.177562/

I also used the topics that I mentioned in my top post. Feel free to go check them out ! As always, thanks to all the people who gave me all these informations, especially Naohmcete and DELAVR.

Feel free to leave your thoughts below or liking this post to make it more visible to the devs !

[Suzumebachi14]

I also want to add a few things, these are not suggstions, but just pics or other informations that I find cool. I really like these two websites where I found a lot of cool stuff:
https://carbinesforcollectors.com/
And also here:
http://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~fuwe1a/index.html

Here you can see the evolution of the Nambu pistols side by side, which is pretty interesting.
The Type 14:

And the Type 94:

Also, when I was browsing in the japanese wikipedia, I saw that the japanese had made a “No. 1 flamethrower”, and a “No. 2 flamethrower”, but sadly there were no articles there, but I found infos and pics of those on the second website I mentioned !

No. 1 flamethrower:

No. 2 flamethrower:

I found these in this section:
http://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~fuwe1a/newpage55.html

Really, this website is a true goldmine, if I understand correctly, the guy who made the site also wrote a book. You can find a lot of cool stuff there, including a lot of body armor types made by Japan !
And I am sure that you will all love the section “A tour of the military world with a maid” !
Just translate the page in your settings for a better navigation.

[Suzumebachi14]

Note: at first I wanted to include the training rifles and machine guns in the weird guns category, but I didn’t do it because I learned that these weapons were made to only shoot blank cartridges, some were even only capable of shooting cardboard bullets, and if you shot a real bullet with these, then these “weapons” would very likely explode, so I chose to not include them.