The Japanese developed some crude weapons in the final days of the war. Like the German Volksturm, the Japs started to conscript civilians to strengthen them in their final stand, handing out even more primitive weapons than the Germans gave to the Volksturm. Together with bamboo spears and other polearms, these could be a fun BRI addition as an event squad or weapon, as a sort of “challenge” squad for veteran players. They are a bit silly, of course, but would be a fun addition to a sort of “last stand” line-up with other crude weapons such as the Type 99 (late).
National defence rifles:
National defence pistol:
- Yes
- No
People’s Volunteer Corps Rifle - NamuWiki
Volunteer Fighting Corps - Wikipedia
Maybe these could also be added to the list of possible Jap weapons:
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
(there is possibly newer version of this list but I could not find it, if you have it plz share in the comments)
