JAPAN UNLEASHED - Updated 2025 small arms weapon suggestion list

[Dirktator_Dirk]

This list is focussed on small arms, so no Jap tanks or planes. As we all know the Jap TT is rather empty, this is an updated list of of suggestions for Japanese small arms that could be added to the TT, or as events rewards or premium content. I have used list created by other users (see credits bellow) combined with some of my own research.

Despite having been educated as a historian studying militairy hardware, I am by no means an expert on Japanese weapons. Nor is my research extensive in any sence. This is not meant as a end all be all factual list, some suggestions might be slightly off. Please tell me if I forgot any weapons or got something wrong so I can update the list.

Sidenote, I am not saying add literally all of these, but rather to stop adding random sawn of American weapons or German AT weapons, and instead add actual Japanese stuf (even though some of these are prototypes or very limited in quantity).

Japan made

Melee

Bamboo spear

Pole Bayonet - in picture is captured by a a United Statian Person

Especially nice if it could be combined with the Japanese headband as customisation

Bolt Action Rifle

Type 18 Murata rifle - 11mm - 1 round

Type 22 carbine (bottom) - 10.97mm - 1 round

Murata rifle Type 30 - 10.97mm - 1 round

Type 44 Carbine - 5 rounds

Type 44 carbine (engineer version) - 5 round Arisaka

Type 38 with 30 round Type 96 magazine

National Defence Rifle - Arisaka cartridge (7.7×58mm top rifle, 8mm lower two rifles)

Note that there are also also many paratrooper vesions of bolt actions rifles that could be added, such as experime TERA, foldable Type 99 Rifle, etc. However, I dont know which version is in the game so left it out.

Shotguns

Murata shotgun

Semi-auto Rifle

1932 Watanbe rifle - 8 rounds of 6.5x50SR (thanks DELAVR for the extra help on this one)

Type Ko Carbine

Type Ko (long)

Type Hei (late) long with bipod (optionally with 20 round mag)

Vinvtoka Shiro Koyaba Type 38 - is little more than a patent from my understanding, but would be an intresting event ‘what if’ weapon

Select fire rifle

Type Hei Auto 20 round version

Sniper Rifles

Type 38 rifle (Type 38 Kai) with scope with 2.5x magnification

Prototype Sniper Rifle Kokura arsenal - semi auto 10 rounds

Potentially the Type 4 scoped - (not a real picture)

Although there is no direct proof this has been done, it is possible.
Sniper 3 for Japan - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted

For reference, here is an investigation by @_DELAVR about the potential scope for various Japanese rifles: Japanese sniper rifles - an investigation - Mess Room - Enlisted

Type Hei Auto might have had the ability to mount a scope as well.

Sniper 3 for Japan - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted

LMG

Prototype Type 11 Model 1 - 30 round - 500rpm

Prototype Type 11 Model 2 - 30 round - 500rpm

Prototype Type 11 Model 3 - 30 round - 500rpm

Scoped Type 91:

Scoped Type 96

Scoped Type 99

Type 99 with shield - shield seen bellow

SMG

Prototypes of the Type 100 - Model 3 - 530rpm

Prototypes of the Type 100 - Model 3A - 775rpm

Prototypes of the Type 100 - Model 3B - 755rpm

Tokyo arsenal model 1927

Assault Rifle

Nambu Model 2 Ko - Type 2 SMG is the version chambered with 6.5x30mm Arisaka

Anti-Tank

13mm Manual Gun (AT rifle) - 13.2x99mm

Prototype 9cm Rocket Launcher, 93.5mm - 120mm pen

Prototype armor-piercing bullet Type 99 rifle grenade (70mm caliber) (75mm pen)

75mm Grenade for Type 2 launcher - (100mm pen estimated)

Type 97 20mm with Ji-Te Dan - (200mm pen estimated)

Japanese Grenade Launcher 75mm (could be effective against personel as well)

Pistol

National Defence Pistol - Nambu pistol cartridge (8mm)

Type A Pistol - 8mm

Type B small

Type 25 revolver

Hino Komuro Pistol

Prototype Mark A Pistol (15 shot)

Type 4 - 20.5 mm

Type 5 - 20.5 mm

Sugiura pistol - 7.65 mm - manufactured in Manchuria

Inagaki pistol - .32 ACP

Other

Type 97 81 mm Mortar

type 95 75mm gun (engineer build)

Type 90 field gun - 75mm (engineer build)

Bouganville improvised grenade launcher Type 99

Crossbow with explosives - Japan is crazy

APC

Type 1 Ho-Ki

Type 4 Chi-So

Type 98 Ko-Hi half-track

Amphibious Su-Ki

Amphibious Ka-Tsu (Imperial Navy)

F B swamp vehicle - APC specificly made to cross swamps

SPAA

Type 98 Ko-Hi Halftrack

Armoured Car

Sumida M2593 - armoured car

Type 93 Armoured Car

Flame Tank

Sōkō Sagyō Ki (SS) engineer vehicles had a flamer version, the SS Tei Gata. The first picture is of an orginal without the flamers. The second is of the tank in action in another game as a reference for how it could look.

For potential rider II?

Type 100 Te-Re recon vehicle

A pattent described a bicycle with a slot for a rifle

Imported, licenced or copied

Bolt Action Rifle

Vz. 24 Type III MO - 5 rounds (“Mo” stand for Moseru, meaning Mauser)

Type Mo I at the top and Type Mo II at bottum for reference

Siamese Mauser style rifle - ปืน ร.ศ. 121 - Type 38 exported to Siam (Thailand). For Thai event squad?

LMG

The Type 98 Machine gun (Type 98 swivel machine gun) - MG15 copy (Initially 7mm Mauser, later 7.7mm Arisaka) - 75 rounds?

Type 92 Machine/Gun Type Ru Machine Gun - 47 or 97 round pan (Lewin Gun - Ru because Ruisu = Lewis):

SMG

Mp 38-43 SMG (Italian Berreta Model) - 20 round - this one is semi-captured. From my understanding they captured the Chinese factory that produced these.

SIG 1930 - could not find to much on this one …

Pistol

Thai contract Nambu Type B

Captured

Oviously there are many more potential captured weapons for Japan, however I only list weapons that would be intresting and distinct (no M2 sawn off nonsence)

Bolt Action Rifle

Type 81 carbine - 7.92×57mm Mauser, later 6.5mm Arisaka - captured from Chinese

Liao Type 13 - 5 round box mag - 7.92×57mm mauser - captured from Chinese (mukden arsenal)

Geweer M. 95 (Dutch Manlicher) captured from Dutch KNIL forces in the Dutch East Indies (modern day indonesia) with Arisaka bayonet and coverted to 7.7x58. - captured from Dutch East Indian KNIL Forces

There are also many British weapons captured by the Japanese in Malaya, such as the SMLE. Since these weapons are already in the game I left them out.

SMG

Bestigui MM-34 - 20 rounds - captured from Chinese

MP18I - captured from Chinese

Sichuan Submachine Gun (7.63×25mm Mauser) - 30 rounds? - captured from Chinese

Mukden Model Type 2 (Chinese version 2.45 ACP of the Type 2 SMG) - captured from Chinese

SIG Bergmanns 50 rounds (Tsingtao version?) - 50 rounds - captured from Chinese?

LMG

ZB-26 modified to shoot 6.5x50 mm - 30 round - (Type Chi 7.9 mm Light) - captured from Chinese

Scoped Browning (Type 4) - 7.7mm - captured from US

Dutch East Indian shortened Madsens of 6.5 mm caliber (sawn off?) - captured from Dutch East Indian Forces

Ground converted .303 Mk II Browning - 1150rpm - captured from US

Pistol

Star model A Carbine - 16 or 31 round mag - 7.63x25 Mauser - captured from Chinese

APC

Braat Overvalwagen (or Type A) - captured from Dutch East Indian Marines

Dont know

Ground converted Army Type 89 - I asume this is a captured Browning? Not sure

Credits go to
@_DELAVR
@Emperor_Yoshiro
@Valkay
@aizenns
@Killerwolf1024
@GasMasters-live
@TARANCKNI
@Guthix_Auditore-psn
@VINICIUS_LAG
@NonNational

And many others that contributed
in the post listed bellow

Links I used to update the list
List of Japanese weapons for future campaigns - Mess Room - Enlisted
Japanese weapons and equipment - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted
Encyclopedia of Japanese small arms weapons - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted
Japan Small Arms Balancing Discussion Thread - Game discussion / Japan - Enlisted
Japanese SMGs That are not yet in the game - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted
Fixing Japanese Faction Full Tech Tree - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted
Japanese Mp 38/43 SMG New BR I TT Weapon - Suggestions / Weapons - Enlisted
Type 2 6.5x30mm - Suggestions / Weapons - Enlisted
九八式旋回機関銃 / The Type 98 Machine gun - A Japanese copy of the MG15 - Suggestions / Weapons - Enlisted
(Some unreleased shotguns)
Japan Customization - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted
Общая тема по вооружению Японии [DELAVR] - Обсуждение игры / Япония - Enlisted
(combined with my own researches which I forgot to add, great historian I am)

• Yes
• Meh
• Nah

[Valkay]

You should at the very least, add a poll for each gun.

[Dirktator_Dirk]

Hahaha plz no, was already way to much work

[_DELAVR]

@Dirktator_Dirk

National Defence Rifle - Arisaka cartridge (7.7×58mm)

Two rifles below, 8mm caliber.

@Dirktator_Dirk

Hino-Komuro Rifle (M1897) - 5 rounds

This looks very much like the Nippon Special Steel Company rifle from the 1932 patent. There should have been a magazine cover on the rear of the receiver, but it appears to have been lost.

Here is the transferred text of the patent and the patent itself (I spent about a week transferring every Japanese character from the patent scan into the text so that everyone could try to translate it themselves).

Here is my thread with the offer of this rifle.

Just as I know of no evidence that this is a Hino rifle, it was just a guess, since few people know about the existence of other self-loading rifles in Japan.

@Dirktator_Dirk

Sniper Rifles

I have a small thread with an explanation about Japanese sniper rifles.

And a topic on Ru Forum.

@Dirktator_Dirk

Prototype Type 11 Model 1

I previously thought this was a machine gun based on the Type 3, but after comparing the design and considering some context, I came to the conclusion that it’s essentially a Hotchkiss Mle 1897 light machine gun, or more precisely, a Japanese Type 38. Also, the photo shows a Chinese copy of a Japanese light machine gun; this is what a Japanese machine gun looks like.

@Dirktator_Dirk

Type 2 SMG is the version chambered with 6.5x30mm Arisaka

The photos show a very common Nambu Model 2 Ost submachine gun, chambered for 8mm. I wrote a short investigation into the “Nambu assault rifle” here

@Dirktator_Dirk

Type 97 20mm with Ji-Te Dan - 200mm pen

As far as I know, a 200 mm penetration is an estimated characteristic that is not supported by any documentation.

@Dirktator_Dirk

National Defence Pistol - Nambu pistol cartridge (8×22mm)

I recommend reading the description of your picture. It’s not an 8mm caliber .

@Dirktator_Dirk

Silenced Type 99 Nanbu

Most likely a fake.

@Dirktator_Dirk

ZB-26 modified to shoot 6.5x50 mm - 30 round

This is a regular ZB 26 chambered for Mauser with an extended magazine, made in China as far as I know.

Here is a picture of a ZB 26, presumably 6.5mm caliber.

@Dirktator_Dirk

Scoped KE7 with 20 round mag

The photo does not show a Chinese machine gun.

[Dirktator_Dirk]

Lol some sloppy mistakes. I am going to fix.

[_DELAVR]

I also recommend my thread where Japanese weapons are discussed, there are already more than 1000 messages there!

[Emperor_Yoshiro]

@Dirktator_Dirk

Type 4 scoped?

This one is fake

[Dirktator_Dirk]

Thanks! I removed it.

[Dirktator_Dirk]

Do you have some more information on this weapon?

Chinese Type 4 (copy of the Type 11 prototype)

[_DELAVR]

https://kknews.cc/zh-sg/military/g4g92ol.html

[TARANCKNI]

@Dirktator_Dirk

Potentially the Type 4 scoped.

I’m sorry to tell you that it is fictional, because in Japanese, ‘架空’ means fictional, which means it is a work of fiction and cannot be taken as factual.

[TARANCKNI]

@Dirktator_Dirk

Vinvtoka Shiro Koyaba Type 38 - is little more than a patent from my understanding, but would be an intresting event ‘what if’ weapon

Is there any website with information about this gun?

[Dirktator_Dirk]

@TARANCKNI

I’m sorry to tell you that it is fictional, because in Japanese

noooooooo
Is this the picture or for the hole idea of a Type 4 scoped?
(I changed the picture just to sure, but obviously these is no real pictures of a Type 4 with scope).

@TARANCKNI

Vinvtoka Shiro Koyaba Type 38 - is little more than a patent from my understanding, but would be an intresting event ‘what if’ weapon

I got it from the Russian Forum, Общая тема по вооружению Японии [DELAVR] - Обсуждение игры / Япония - Enlisted
I am afraid that I don’t have the exact post. It was one of DELAVR’s with more pictures and text.

[TARANCKNI]

@Dirktator_Dirk

noooooooo
Is this the picture or for the hole idea of a Type 4 scoped?
(I changed the picture just to sure, but obviously these is no real pictures of a Type 4 with scope).

The image is a fictional work by the Japanese, and the concept is also fictional, because I tried to look for historical information about the Type 4 scope, but found none.

[_DELAVR]

The 1945 Naval Ground Weapons Handbook states that the Type 4 is suitable for sniper fire. The characters found there are typically used when referring to sniper weapons.

«狙擊用(人馬殺傷)…»

[Sombralix]

Dont forget the type 97 7.7mm machine gun @Dirktator_Dirk

[Sombralix]

Technically the Type Hei Late rifles should be compatible with that 20 round magazine of the full auto version

[Dirktator_Dirk]

@Sombralix

compatible with that 20 round magazine of the full auto versio

Would be a great BRIV TT semi auto

@Sombralix

Dont forget the type 97 7.7mm machine gun

This is a captured Browning am I correct?

Is it then similar to this weapon? I am not really into Browning lore so idk
“Ground converted Army Type 89”

[Sombralix]

Type 97 7.7mm is the aerial machine gun used for A6M Zero. In my picture its been modified for ground use as LMG.
Its Japanese licensed copy of Vickers Class E machine gun

Type 89 7.7mm is also japanese licensed copy of the Vickers Machine gun.

The Army and Navy didnt get along.
Army had Type 89 7.7mm
Navy had Type 97 7.7mm

Both are similar and licenced copies of the same gun

:::

The American M1919A6 Browning

shot 7.62mm x 63mm cartridge at roughly 500 rounds per min (835-840m/s)

Japanese Type 97 7.7mm LMG
7.7mm x 58mm arisaka cartridge
760m/s velocity
900 rounds per min rate of fire

[Dirktator_Dirk]

I keep trying to add this info, but get a 422 error because the forum keeps saying I am editing the same post in another window (I am not).

I will add them when this issue is resolved.