So does this information describe which scope the Type 4 uses?
I made a post serving as a full and comprehensive report on this weapon and it’s ammunition. Along with photos and diagrams that show the weapon in its full specifications 
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great, I will put it in the links once I can edit again
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i really dont know how this is supposed to be useful for the developers if all of these weapons are included under one vote
No, that’s just an abstract statement. But I will note that there’s quite a bit of space on the left side of the Type 4 receiver, and in theory, a scope rail could be mounted there.
There is an interesting passage from Jiro Sayama’s book:
"海軍が使用した四式自動小銃は主要機構はアメリカ軍制式兵器のガーランド自動小銃を模倣し、固定弾倉に九九式小銃実包一○発を装填できるようにしたもので、落下傘降下部隊でも使えるように折畳式としたものもある. "
"The Type 4 Automatic Rifle (Yon-shiki Jidō Shōjū) used by the navy had a primary mechanism copied from the US Army’s standard-issue weapon, the Garand semi-automatic rifle, and was adapted to load 10 Type 99 Rifle Cartridges into a fixed magazine. There were also versions with a folding stock for use by parachute/airborne units."
Given that the specifications of the Type 4 rifle from Jiro Sayama’s book are identical to those from the Naval Land Weapons Handbook, I suspect that the special Type 4 rifle is mentioned in the left column (highlighted in blue), while “sniper shooting” is mentioned in the right section (highlighted in red). Unfortunately, the description on the left is of very poor quality, and I can’t make out the characters. My point is that there were likely different Type 4 prototypes, and a sniper version could very likely have existed or been planned, given that as early as 1933, the Type Ko, Type Otsu, and Type Hei rifles had the ability to mount a telescopic sight, and further development of a self-loading rifle was considered as a sniper rifle. I also found a document about Japanese developments (1943?, I don’t remember exactly), which talked about a self-loading rifle with a gas automatic, a 10-round magazine and a 4x optical sight, but the rifle’s magazine was listed as rotary/(box?).
That’s relevant; Japan deserves its weapons, even if they have good equipment, it’s depressing to see so few weapons for Japan. 
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This post is satisfying to read! Both the comments and the post itself are really interesting! 
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Thats not true because its not about the individual weapons, but rather to do two things:
- Show the devs there are a lot of Japanese weapons that can be added
- Demonstrate there is intrest in adding real Japanese weapons (instead of fake sawn of nonsense)