hmmm, not hiring are you? I have a B/A in history, a personal interest in firearms, and i work for the US National Archives, i'm currently just a G-4 finishing up school, but i'd love to have something entry level
@peicemakerSS22 I guess the point is do not believe everything you hear or read or think you know concerning Japanese people during world war 2. A lot is true a lot are lies, to the victor goes the history and when you are on the loosing side of a war you are subject to what ever falsehoods are concocted.
Thanks to this video, this museum got it place in my list of places I wanna visit when I come to US, beside Knob Creek annual shooting event and Marine Corp Museum at Viriginia.
I recently came across a WWII Japanese pistol in Burma that was still in working order. It was taken off a dead Burmese officer who was killed fighting the Karen.
@Americanpride01343 NRA National Firearms Museum is located at NRA HQ, 11250 Waples Mill Rd, Fairfax VA 22030. Open every day of the week 9:30am to 5pm. Free admission.
@NFMCurator i go there alomost every day I feel so prowd when I actually know what Im talking about when I talk about guns unlike all the kids in my school. I can see the building from my school.
Yeah I read about these. The japs got a few garands early on. Tail end of solomons, campaigns shortly thereafter. Intersting from the historical standpoint. But like all jap guns they were not as good as ours. Being massed produced would not have helped them. Our equipment, training, and battlefield exp. gauranteed it.
Yea I remember that called the yellow 5 like 250 were made it ran into a lot of problems like jamming and stoppages didn't really produce till towards the end of the war.
@AccessDenied55 not really. the timing was off, and even if it was mass produced, the Japanese were already on a down hill slope when they got the designs, the only thing that would have happened was higher U.S. casualty rate and maybe extend the war another year if that.
@hilers72652 Even if it was mass produced it would've failed quickly because the gas system was poorly designed and lacked sufficient gas takeoff to reliably cycle the action. The dirt and grime inherent to jungle warfare, and the strains of mass producing the weapon (which would cause significant internal simplifications to speed production) would've only exacerbated that problem. It would've quickly gone the way of the G41(m)
I cherish my rights and the most important one to me is the right to bear arms. If the government abolishes this right, it is an indication of demise of democracy and introduction of Socialism, Communism, and other less than desirable form of governance, none of which I have no intention of living under! Look at gun control laws in California and DC (to name a few), it’s a start. Watch out! JOIN NRA TODAY!
@NFMCurator Also the ban prevents us from owning the latest in fully automatic firearms like the P-90 PDW and the Bushmaster ACR assault rifle. This unconstitutional law needs to be revoked so normal folks can own such firearms at a reasonable price.
@peicemakerSS22 I saw an interview with an American Sailor from WWII who manned an AA gun. I can't remember what ship he was on, but they were being attacked by suicide planes, kamikaze's and he had one strike his ship just below him, it came so close that he saw the print on the landing tires.....they were Firestone tires....I think the Japs would use anything they could, U.S made, copied or not.
I wonder how they ever got a copy of the M1 rifle. Perhaps I'm assuming that they had limited chances to get one because the rifle was issued after the fall of the Philippines or Wake Island. Did they capture M1s in China or perhaps Burma? I also wonder how well it fired compared to the original.
I've got an idea. Instead of displaying the guns, why don't you guys bring them down to Georgia and let me make awesome videos of them tearing some stuff up like they were designed to do. I have showcased some pretty rare guns on my page but nothing like this. :)
Wow.. I thought I was a gun guy. Whoever operates this museum has a true interest in history and our beloved second amendment, and has my full respect.
@mikeb1444 They have some crazy stuff man, they even got some fantasy weapons from stuff like "Star Wars". Any sort of gun or weapon they played a major part in America history, these guys try to get one and display it, like a Smithsonian for weapons. They are awesome.
Believe it or not, Japan developed some very good guns in the late days of WWII, that were almost equally efficient to American artillery. They had the Type 98 (deploy-able) machine gun that was similar to the German MG 42, and including this rifle similar to the American garand. That also includes RPG's tanks, and planes, however they were very low in production. They were only available to special forces of the Imperial Army.
@TheStickUpKid187 Well they made many prototype weapons that could equally match American weapons but of course they could only produce a limited ammount of them or the ammunition. They made a few better tanks that could match the Sherman like the type 4 Chi To or the type 3 Chi Nu. Also like you said they produced a couple of Anti Tank weapons but none of these were used in combat or could have build that many of them and were planned to be used to defend off the invasion of Japan.
@hummerskickass Of course with any firearm, the first thing is to load check. We clean them, but do not do any restoration in most cases, and never ever refinish them. We are careful not to modify any arms. We use a microcrystalline wax (Rennaisance Wax and Curators Choice are two brand names), for preservation and conservation of both wood and meatal. -- Jim Supica
@NFMCurator what do you think it will take to repeal the 1986 full auto ban so people like you and me can enjoy the wonderful full auto firearms like the ones in your museum. do you remove the fireing pins out of the weapons before puting them on display?
@hummerskickass We don't neuter the guns we display. If we can't find an intact working example of an important piece, we may display a dewat as a placeholder. However, 99%+ of the guns in the Museum are fully functional, including intact firing pins. In most states, private individuals can own Class III firearms, including full auto, if they comply with the registration and paperwork requirements. -- Jim
@NFMCurator I know the regulations on Full autos, i dont think its right that i have to pay $20000 for a full auto that is worth $1000 its just wrong. thank you for the info and the magnifisant job you do to preserve our firearm history.
@NFMCurator Jim, I send my thanks to you and your team who have preserved these fine firearms. The problem with the 86 Ban is supply and demand. No private citizen can own a fully-automatic firearm manufactured made after May 1986, unless they get a Class III distributor license. That means the price of fully automatic firearms is beyond the reach of most US citizens. A fully automatic M16 costing between $10k-$20k and my favorite the M1928 costing $25,000.
Thanks for posting this! I actually first saw that rifle, the Type 5 in a cheesy Japanese Sci-fi movie, "Invasion of the Neptune Men". The film quality is poor, but it appears that they had maybe a dozen or so prop Type 5's. The rifles looked like Garands, but had the magazines and were definitely NOT M14's, as they retained the long-stroke piston.
The fact that the Japanese made the effort to copy the Garand design with the intention of using it as a combat arm, is the ultimate compliment to John C. Garand. It's also a definite show of respect they had for the semi-auto from being on the wrong end of it! What a wonderful prize to have in the museum. I own an all matching IHC 1954 Garand and love it. To all my fellow M1 owners and shooters out there I'd like to say "ping".
I wish I could work at a place like this museum just to have an excuse to walk around and see the firearms and militaria everyday. I guess I'll have to start my own museum!
@profsat5 The 7.7x58mm is very similar to the .303 British (7.7x56mmR ) in overal dimensions and performance. One of the main differences is that the japanese cartridge is rimless, although there was a semi-rimmed variant of it that was used on machineguns.
And all this time I thought it was a fictional rifle made up by Battlefield 1942. The reason why I never heard about it I guess is because there were less than a hundred.
Amazing! I never knew such a rifle existed! And this is coming from a WWII weapons nerd, I know the Japanese sometimes used American M1 garands if they got their hands on them (and enough ammo). But I didn't know they made their own!
@aabceacba I coulda typed what you just said word for word. I had no idea they tried to copy and made less than 100 "jap" garands either! WOW Just when you think u know it all right..... lol
@soviet507 You do realize that we were the only ones who had a reliable and accurate semi-auto, right? The Soviets and Germans tried it, but it didn't work.
@deathrooster14 The SVT actually worked pretty well, it's just that it wasn't rugged enough, especially in the hands of poorly-trained Soviet conscripts who tended to have a poor understanding of the need to clean a rifle. And even more importantly, it was too complicated for the Soviet factories to mass produce in anything resembling sufficient numbers. Given the choice between the two, I'd still take a Garand, though.
@soviet507 The Japanese didn't get a chance to use these. The war ended before more than a tiny number could be made. In actual combat, virtually every Japanese soldier had a bolt-action rifle. Or a pistol & sword in the case of officers. Even submachine guns were rare in the Japanese Army.
@benpresstv We're located at NRA Headquarters at 11250 Waples Mill Rd. in Fairfax VA 22030. Open every day of the week, 9:30 to 5pm, closed only on major holidays, and best of all, free admission! You can see pix of all the guns on display our website. -- Jim Supica
@NFMCurator You guys RULE!!! keep the second amendment alive!! we must encourage more people how to not only to own firearms for civil protection, but also understand good and strict safety, law, and how to properly use it, It's a very powerful tool to have but must be used with great responsibility! cheers.
@SteezySteez2011 99+% of the guns displayed in the NRA National Firearms Museum are fully functional. On rare occasion we will display a dewat if we don't have a functional example of an important model. In those rare instances, if you or anyone else would care to donate a functional model, we'd be delighted to replace the neutered gun with a real one. ;-) -- Jim Supica
@NFMCurator that's awesome, the only gun I would donate that may be of interest is an M44 Mosin Nagant, but they're pretty common. You probably already have one.
The Japanese, like other nations, recognized genius when they saw it. This was an example of reverse engineering - just like the USSR copying the B-29 that landed in the Soviet Union during World War Two.
The Japanese rifles were the strongest of WW2 if we are to believe General Julian Hatcher, who conducted tests after the war on the strength of battle rifles. The venerable M1 was such an effective weapon that Japan would have copied it, had the war not ended.
@saints360row This and 3,000 more guns are on display at the NRA National FIrearms Museum in Fairfax VA. Free admission, open every day of the week 9:30-5. All the guns are pictured on the Museum website, NRAmusem. -- Jim Supica
@NFMCurator do yo have guns from all over the world and if so, do you have a full collection, even experimental ones like the springfield 1903 with the 25rd box mag?
Would be interesting if someone also donated a Japanese Type II machine pistol to the NFM...... though it too is extremely rare and saw few combat. That and it was rarely encountered by G.I.'s in the Pacific theater.
I really would like one of these beautiful rifles, but since they only made around 100, I'll never get to own or even shoot one, which makes me really sad since its just such a piece of art.
@FR4NCHEK You could get a Garand. I want a Bolt action rifle carried by an Axis soldier really bad, but it's not that easy to find, most Masuer 98s are replicas, or were never put in battle.
I just learned about the existence of this rifle, I found it by accident, looking for another arisaka to buy, I saw one of these for sale, for 29,800 $ on a site that sells ww2 riles.
I wish I could work in a place like this, where weapons are admired for their beauty.
cadu1990 21 hours ago
I played with this in the first mission of Battlefield Bad Company 2
wilfredotour3 5 days ago
@wilfredotour3 Actually, the rifle used in that level was an M1, the only difference was the Imperial seal.
77thProductions 1 day ago
The J1 Garand
MidReacted 1 week ago
battlefield 1943
sladerfoster 2 weeks ago
When i die, this is where i go XD
Faugermire 3 weeks ago
I really like this gun simple but very reliable in battle.
riyanazerko 3 weeks ago
Wow! Never knew that they had copied the Garand. Makes sense though, the garand is an awesome rifle, mines still going strong after nearly 70 years.
forge52100 3 weeks ago
Got my Pro - Marksmen medal from the NRA just a couple hours ago
DGKplayaz 1 month ago
do you also have a stgw-44 vampir?
happosai27 1 month ago
How much do you think its worth
Amagusdrop 1 month ago
A rifle that was Canadian designed, American built, and Japanese copied. It's amazing how technology is passed around.
DJonX7 1 month ago
Less then 100? Wow. Very rare firearm.
CLICKMEYOULOSER 1 month ago
do you have the Johnson
tttttttttttt8846 1 month ago
hmmm, not hiring are you? I have a B/A in history, a personal interest in firearms, and i work for the US National Archives, i'm currently just a G-4 finishing up school, but i'd love to have something entry level
DaytonaRoadster 1 month ago
USA, please annex EU and give us the Second Amendment. PLEASE!
akkudakkupl 1 month ago
who designed type 5 rifle?
kitchsc 1 month ago
sounds like my kinda place (watch my vids youll understand)
stopdropandkill13 1 month ago
I would never be able to contain myself around so many gun I would end up going crazy. >:o
Jinxx513 1 month ago 2
Hehe, you get t use one of these in the first mission of Bad Company 2 :)
ReAmemiyaFREAK 1 month ago 4
@peicemakerSS22 I guess the point is do not believe everything you hear or read or think you know concerning Japanese people during world war 2. A lot is true a lot are lies, to the victor goes the history and when you are on the loosing side of a war you are subject to what ever falsehoods are concocted.
kuribo1 1 month ago
somewhat reminds me of a russian svt-40
67mustangreg 1 month ago
the chinese made a rifle just like this in the 30s i think but it never went into production :(
dopefish93 2 months ago
Thanks to this video, this museum got it place in my list of places I wanna visit when I come to US, beside Knob Creek annual shooting event and Marine Corp Museum at Viriginia.
AlexSDU 2 months ago
WOW thank you i was looking for this japanese garand for loooong time...too bad i can't visit your museum i'm just living too far...
Nikitos253 2 months ago
I recently came across a WWII Japanese pistol in Burma that was still in working order. It was taken off a dead Burmese officer who was killed fighting the Karen.
kurthanson2005 2 months ago
Where is this place
Americanpride01343 2 months ago 7
@Americanpride01343 NRA National Firearms Museum is located at NRA HQ, 11250 Waples Mill Rd, Fairfax VA 22030. Open every day of the week 9:30am to 5pm. Free admission.
NFMCurator 2 months ago 2
@NFMCurator i go there alomost every day I feel so prowd when I actually know what Im talking about when I talk about guns unlike all the kids in my school. I can see the building from my school.
ltveco8 1 month ago
better than playboy mansion :D
MrKruno47 1 month ago
i have an unexplainable love for japanese firearms.
SNIPERSTEVE420 2 months ago
Yeah I read about these. The japs got a few garands early on. Tail end of solomons, campaigns shortly thereafter. Intersting from the historical standpoint. But like all jap guns they were not as good as ours. Being massed produced would not have helped them. Our equipment, training, and battlefield exp. gauranteed it.
MrTEXAN79 2 months ago
i love guns
they are my life haha
and i gotta say this museum sounds verry interesting
MrJrcool1234 2 months ago
Japan had some really neat guns in world war 2. The pistols especially were prized war trophies.
coveredinblood1111 2 months ago
Wow! that's incredible. I knew full well I wasn't aware of all the firearms used in WWII, but I'd never heard of a Japanese M1 copy-cool!
txstang84 2 months ago
Yea I remember that called the yellow 5 like 250 were made it ran into a lot of problems like jamming and stoppages didn't really produce till towards the end of the war.
Pearlharbor350 2 months ago
Wish there was a clip included observing it being fired. Love these videos
USRimfireShooter 2 months ago
I saw one for sale a few years ago. I beleive the price was $10,000 missing the stock and foregrip
gravylegs1 2 months ago
I WANT ONE!!!!!!!
NJT97 2 months ago
That was interesting to see that .
First I see of that gun .
Hincesti07 2 months ago
Man..Just think if this gun would have got into mass production we might be speaking German or Japanesse
AccessDenied55 2 months ago
@AccessDenied55 lol, no - we wouldnt.
Xiolablu3 2 months ago
@AccessDenied55 not really. the timing was off, and even if it was mass produced, the Japanese were already on a down hill slope when they got the designs, the only thing that would have happened was higher U.S. casualty rate and maybe extend the war another year if that.
hilers72652 2 months ago
@hilers72652 Even if it was mass produced it would've failed quickly because the gas system was poorly designed and lacked sufficient gas takeoff to reliably cycle the action. The dirt and grime inherent to jungle warfare, and the strains of mass producing the weapon (which would cause significant internal simplifications to speed production) would've only exacerbated that problem. It would've quickly gone the way of the G41(m)
Thatevilmidget 2 months ago
that gun is on battlefield 1943
champion6341 2 months ago
I cherish my rights and the most important one to me is the right to bear arms. If the government abolishes this right, it is an indication of demise of democracy and introduction of Socialism, Communism, and other less than desirable form of governance, none of which I have no intention of living under! Look at gun control laws in California and DC (to name a few), it’s a start. Watch out! JOIN NRA TODAY!
TrainAsia 2 months ago
Thanks for posting this! Can you post some videos of the gun in action?
LBstudios1 2 months ago
im jelly :]
hutch8789 2 months ago
Aweaomw God Bless NRA !
USHomeboy 2 months ago
Although I`m a japanese citizen, I didn`t know that the Imperial Army of Japan copied U.S. M1 Garland Rifle. Thank you very much for posting this.
MrEjidorie 2 months ago
Well done, many thanks
weeman3571 2 months ago
What if I visit your museum and get so exited that I pass out..what then?
1joshjosh1 2 months ago 2
O my goodness. iv heard great things about the NRA muesuem before but now i know its a fire arm enthusiats paradise.
NRA870 2 months ago 2
@NFMCurator Also the ban prevents us from owning the latest in fully automatic firearms like the P-90 PDW and the Bushmaster ACR assault rifle. This unconstitutional law needs to be revoked so normal folks can own such firearms at a reasonable price.
chrisloUSA 2 months ago
Wow... that's the first real Type 5 I've ever seen. It really is a breathtaking weapon, and actually somewhat reminds me of the FN49...
Thatevilmidget 2 months ago
would the rifle be able to load the american m1 8 clip?
MrAlexClem 2 months ago
@peicemakerSS22 I saw an interview with an American Sailor from WWII who manned an AA gun. I can't remember what ship he was on, but they were being attacked by suicide planes, kamikaze's and he had one strike his ship just below him, it came so close that he saw the print on the landing tires.....they were Firestone tires....I think the Japs would use anything they could, U.S made, copied or not.
dphitch 2 months ago
This museum is one of the places i need to see
TheAlexagius 2 months ago
What kills me is if i ever will be able to see that gun/ any other rare guns letting off another round down range :(
bbq4000 2 months ago
I wonder how they ever got a copy of the M1 rifle. Perhaps I'm assuming that they had limited chances to get one because the rifle was issued after the fall of the Philippines or Wake Island. Did they capture M1s in China or perhaps Burma? I also wonder how well it fired compared to the original.
schizoidboy 2 months ago
We need the schematics!!!
nzigen31 2 months ago
Hat's off to these guys and their dedication to preserving the firearms that were developed throughout history!!!
whisperingdeath308 2 months ago
i've heard of these but never actually seen one. thanks for the vid!
BAGboy0032 2 months ago
I've got an idea. Instead of displaying the guns, why don't you guys bring them down to Georgia and let me make awesome videos of them tearing some stuff up like they were designed to do. I have showcased some pretty rare guns on my page but nothing like this. :)
Iraqveteran8888 3 months ago 64
@Iraqveteran8888 I approve of this!
F4Wildcat 2 months ago
@Iraqveteran8888 i want the type 5, i love japanese guns, and these are extremely rare. i would love to shoot one.
SNIPERSTEVE420 2 months ago
@Iraqveteran8888 Hey id join you.
jillvalentinefan77 1 month ago
Wow.. I thought I was a gun guy. Whoever operates this museum has a true interest in history and our beloved second amendment, and has my full respect.
mikeb1444 3 months ago 53
@mikeb1444 Thanks for the kind words Mike! We love our work! - Jim Supica, Director, NRA National Firearms Museum
NFMCurator 2 months ago 20
@mikeb1444 They have some crazy stuff man, they even got some fantasy weapons from stuff like "Star Wars". Any sort of gun or weapon they played a major part in America history, these guys try to get one and display it, like a Smithsonian for weapons. They are awesome.
EmperorofCartoons 2 months ago
I know my next road trip destination summer 2012.
That rifle is a gem, I wonder what other rarities are in the museum =]
joeyxdope 3 months ago
Believe it or not, Japan developed some very good guns in the late days of WWII, that were almost equally efficient to American artillery. They had the Type 98 (deploy-able) machine gun that was similar to the German MG 42, and including this rifle similar to the American garand. That also includes RPG's tanks, and planes, however they were very low in production. They were only available to special forces of the Imperial Army.
TheStickUpKid187 3 months ago
@TheStickUpKid187 Well they made many prototype weapons that could equally match American weapons but of course they could only produce a limited ammount of them or the ammunition. They made a few better tanks that could match the Sherman like the type 4 Chi To or the type 3 Chi Nu. Also like you said they produced a couple of Anti Tank weapons but none of these were used in combat or could have build that many of them and were planned to be used to defend off the invasion of Japan.
AUG351 3 months ago
Do you do anything to the firearms before they are put on display other than a basic look over and cleaning?
hummerskickass 3 months ago
@hummerskickass Of course with any firearm, the first thing is to load check. We clean them, but do not do any restoration in most cases, and never ever refinish them. We are careful not to modify any arms. We use a microcrystalline wax (Rennaisance Wax and Curators Choice are two brand names), for preservation and conservation of both wood and meatal. -- Jim Supica
NFMCurator 3 months ago 5
@NFMCurator what do you think it will take to repeal the 1986 full auto ban so people like you and me can enjoy the wonderful full auto firearms like the ones in your museum. do you remove the fireing pins out of the weapons before puting them on display?
hummerskickass 3 months ago
@hummerskickass We don't neuter the guns we display. If we can't find an intact working example of an important piece, we may display a dewat as a placeholder. However, 99%+ of the guns in the Museum are fully functional, including intact firing pins. In most states, private individuals can own Class III firearms, including full auto, if they comply with the registration and paperwork requirements. -- Jim
NFMCurator 3 months ago
@NFMCurator I know the regulations on Full autos, i dont think its right that i have to pay $20000 for a full auto that is worth $1000 its just wrong. thank you for the info and the magnifisant job you do to preserve our firearm history.
hummerskickass 3 months ago
@NFMCurator Jim, I send my thanks to you and your team who have preserved these fine firearms. The problem with the 86 Ban is supply and demand. No private citizen can own a fully-automatic firearm manufactured made after May 1986, unless they get a Class III distributor license. That means the price of fully automatic firearms is beyond the reach of most US citizens. A fully automatic M16 costing between $10k-$20k and my favorite the M1928 costing $25,000.
chrisloUSA 2 months ago
これ本物ならかなり貴重じゃないか？
KissshotAOrisina 3 months ago
@KissshotAOrisina このライフルは、歴史の細かい部分であり、彼らは非常に珍しいと注目すべきなので、はるかにちょうどお金よりも価値がある！
MrInspector01 3 months ago in playlist guns h
If looks more like a former Russian SVT-40, due to the 10 rounds and the little gap at the sides of the rifle.
It looks more like a SVT-40 then a M1 Garand to me
234jari234 3 months ago
@234jari234 Look at the bolt of the rifle, its a complete carbon copy of the M1
1PAcouchpotato 3 months ago
That's really legit!
LBstudios1 3 months ago
I didn't know there was a NRA museum. Being a History Major and having a passion for guns, that place has to be the greatest place ever!
MrDawill17 3 months ago
Thanks for posting this! I actually first saw that rifle, the Type 5 in a cheesy Japanese Sci-fi movie, "Invasion of the Neptune Men". The film quality is poor, but it appears that they had maybe a dozen or so prop Type 5's. The rifles looked like Garands, but had the magazines and were definitely NOT M14's, as they retained the long-stroke piston.
TheOilczar 3 months ago
wow that look very odd but cool i never knew the japs made a nock off of the m1 Grand.I wonder how it functioned though?
TheGrimSniperD289 3 months ago
i want to visit the US now
F4Wildcat 3 months ago
I want to use it!
DeadlyAlienInvader 3 months ago
This is the first place I would go in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
reiuss23 3 months ago
i would enjoy that museum very much
linglingjr 3 months ago
Wouldn't it be great if someone made reproductions of these guns ?
MrSuperstar567 3 months ago
The fact that the Japanese made the effort to copy the Garand design with the intention of using it as a combat arm, is the ultimate compliment to John C. Garand. It's also a definite show of respect they had for the semi-auto from being on the wrong end of it! What a wonderful prize to have in the museum. I own an all matching IHC 1954 Garand and love it. To all my fellow M1 owners and shooters out there I'd like to say "ping".
14goldmedals 3 months ago
I wish I could work at a place like this museum just to have an excuse to walk around and see the firearms and militaria everyday. I guess I'll have to start my own museum!
mrpreserveourcountry 3 months ago
Wow the Japanese M1 is even way better than the american! Thats impressive!
Kingofprinces85 3 months ago
Can someone tell me the difference in 7.7mm compared to the 30.06 cal.Is it larger,smaller etc.Thank You
profsat5 3 months ago
@profsat5 The 7.7x58mm is very similar to the .303 British (7.7x56mmR ) in overal dimensions and performance. One of the main differences is that the japanese cartridge is rimless, although there was a semi-rimmed variant of it that was used on machineguns.
Xerxes1688 3 months ago
@profsat5 .30-06 is 7.62×63mm. The 7.7 is 7.7x58mm. It's the same as the .303 British.
SpahnRanch1969 3 months ago
that should be in Battlefield Secret Weapons, not in BF 1942
TheNaturat 3 months ago
And all this time I thought it was a fictional rifle made up by Battlefield 1942. The reason why I never heard about it I guess is because there were less than a hundred.
KH990j 3 months ago
Man I would totally go to America to see this Museum! And also to hopefully try these guns somewhere to! :P
Irish16King 3 months ago
So that's what's in battlefeild 1943
1992fluffybrownie 4 months ago
i support the NRA
fuckiraq12 4 months ago
I have never knew about this. That's just fascinating.
N0N0RIRI 4 months ago
Wow this thing wasnt even mass produced, only prototypes were ever created. Its like the Mona Lisa of firearms.
G36Ghost 4 months ago
thank god for the NRA!!!
d0gm34t 4 months ago 2
y'all have that "Luger Self Loading Rifle"?
its that experimental semi-auto rifle that the germans were working on during ww2.
Vnix 4 months ago
@Vnix Wasn't it made before WWII?
Is it the rifle that operates just like the Luger P08(With the flap going up when fired, I forgot the exact name of it), you're talking about.
MrThomPS3 3 months ago
long live NRA ! I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE HAD A PART IN GREECE ! BUT THATS JUST MY DREAM :/
GreekpowerMITSOSGR 4 months ago
Japanese Garand? be right back(gets a pen and letter)Dear Santa.
MrSilver497 4 months ago
@MrSilver497 Good idea MrSilver,I going to write him straight away.
Imagin to find one in a pawn shop!!
1joshjosh1 2 months ago
im sorry i dont live in the USA otherwise i will go to this museum
felmar98 4 months ago
i love your vidoes,keep it up!
crazyrfox 4 months ago
Wow the type 5's are hard to come by. Nice job
NeoTaizong 4 months ago
Amazing! I never knew such a rifle existed! And this is coming from a WWII weapons nerd, I know the Japanese sometimes used American M1 garands if they got their hands on them (and enough ammo). But I didn't know they made their own!
aabceacba 4 months ago
@aabceacba I coulda typed what you just said word for word. I had no idea they tried to copy and made less than 100 "jap" garands either! WOW Just when you think u know it all right..... lol
foreverthreepwood 4 months ago
If I ever go to VA. It'll be for that.
Sooprazn 4 months ago
thanks
benpresstv 4 months ago
I thought this gun did not existed it was just a myth.
I always thought that the Japanese only use old Bolt action rifles and sub machine guns.
soviet507 4 months ago
@soviet507 You do realize that we were the only ones who had a reliable and accurate semi-auto, right? The Soviets and Germans tried it, but it didn't work.
deathrooster14 4 months ago
@deathrooster14 The SVT actually worked pretty well, it's just that it wasn't rugged enough, especially in the hands of poorly-trained Soviet conscripts who tended to have a poor understanding of the need to clean a rifle. And even more importantly, it was too complicated for the Soviet factories to mass produce in anything resembling sufficient numbers. Given the choice between the two, I'd still take a Garand, though.
RedXlV 4 months ago
@deathrooster14 well you had more time to arm up on those before the war. The soviets later had all your guns outdone with the AK-47.
ArantirSH 4 months ago
@soviet507 The Japanese didn't get a chance to use these. The war ended before more than a tiny number could be made. In actual combat, virtually every Japanese soldier had a bolt-action rifle. Or a pistol & sword in the case of officers. Even submachine guns were rare in the Japanese Army.
RedXlV 4 months ago
Where is the nra museum?
benpresstv 4 months ago 2
@benpresstv We're located at NRA Headquarters at 11250 Waples Mill Rd. in Fairfax VA 22030. Open every day of the week, 9:30 to 5pm, closed only on major holidays, and best of all, free admission! You can see pix of all the guns on display our website. -- Jim Supica
NFMCurator 4 months ago 11
@NFMCurator You guys RULE!!! keep the second amendment alive!! we must encourage more people how to not only to own firearms for civil protection, but also understand good and strict safety, law, and how to properly use it, It's a very powerful tool to have but must be used with great responsibility! cheers.
tehatemachine 4 months ago
@NFMCurator Man..All the good museums are on the East Coast!
AccessDenied55 3 months ago
please tell me the guns aren't disabled. If so, you might as well fill the museum with replicas imo
SteezySteez2011 4 months ago
@SteezySteez2011 99+% of the guns displayed in the NRA National Firearms Museum are fully functional. On rare occasion we will display a dewat if we don't have a functional example of an important model. In those rare instances, if you or anyone else would care to donate a functional model, we'd be delighted to replace the neutered gun with a real one. ;-) -- Jim Supica
NFMCurator 4 months ago 17
@NFMCurator that's awesome, the only gun I would donate that may be of interest is an M44 Mosin Nagant, but they're pretty common. You probably already have one.
SteezySteez2011 4 months ago
I visited the NRA Museum last year and I spent 10 minutes looking at all the WWII guns, but I forgot to remind myself to look at the Type 5. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ
Coins4Cheese 5 months ago
The Japanese, like other nations, recognized genius when they saw it. This was an example of reverse engineering - just like the USSR copying the B-29 that landed in the Soviet Union during World War Two.
The Japanese rifles were the strongest of WW2 if we are to believe General Julian Hatcher, who conducted tests after the war on the strength of battle rifles. The venerable M1 was such an effective weapon that Japan would have copied it, had the war not ended.
abukamoon 5 months ago
Amazing
lith324 5 months ago
VERY rare gun
TalonMercenary 5 months ago
they try to copy the m1 garand. they failed
kcnaomorreu1 5 months ago
not cool, the m1 garand is my favorite rifle.
yourmomwasherelol 5 months ago
Cool. Where's it at?
saints360row 5 months ago
@saints360row This and 3,000 more guns are on display at the NRA National FIrearms Museum in Fairfax VA. Free admission, open every day of the week 9:30-5. All the guns are pictured on the Museum website, NRAmusem. -- Jim Supica
NFMCurator 5 months ago
@NFMCurator -Thanks. I might go there on vacation, seeing how I'm in Georgia and all.
saints360row 5 months ago
@NFMCurator do yo have guns from all over the world and if so, do you have a full collection, even experimental ones like the springfield 1903 with the 25rd box mag?
clonetrex 3 months ago
Neat
davidsquall351 5 months ago
I am drooling - never knew of such a rifle. Great post, just another item to keep watch for.
ScrapGoldExpert 6 months ago
this is weird i never knew the Japenese copied my favorite rifle
M1Garandstudios 6 months ago 15
type5と読んでいましたが、
最近の研究の結果type4であることがわかりました。
こういった兵器の保存の力を入れているミュージアムはすばらしい。
日本では技術遺産として保存に力を入れていません。
試製二型機関短銃もアメリカで保存されていると書籍で知りました。
是非作動しているところが見たですね。
ありがとう。そして、二度と日米が悲劇を繰り返さぬよう願います。
seirodate 6 months ago
@seirodate exactly....
ajonz9213 5 months ago
Would be interesting if someone also donated a Japanese Type II machine pistol to the NFM...... though it too is extremely rare and saw few combat. That and it was rarely encountered by G.I.'s in the Pacific theater.
tsuyoshi15 6 months ago
Nice!
TeHGoodReverend 6 months ago
I really would like one of these beautiful rifles, but since they only made around 100, I'll never get to own or even shoot one, which makes me really sad since its just such a piece of art.
FR4NCHEK 7 months ago
@FR4NCHEK You could get a Garand. I want a Bolt action rifle carried by an Axis soldier really bad, but it's not that easy to find, most Masuer 98s are replicas, or were never put in battle.
Blazenwave 6 months ago
Although I'm a Japanese, I hadn't known The "Japanese Garand" until I watched the video. That must be very very rare.
mitsubishi777 7 months ago
@mitsubishi777
｢四式自動小銃｣で調べてみて下さい(｢五式｣とは連合国軍に接収された際の呼称が伝播した)
deathstrike44 7 months ago
this should be in the next call of duty as a rare weapon like the g11
jmantime 8 months ago
@jmantime BF 1942 had a Type 5, I believe, though it had a detachable box magazine for reloading in the game, which is incorrect to reality.
LoneWolf051 6 months ago
@jmantime every video about firearms has a call of duty reference
psycostickkillerz 6 months ago
I just learned about the existence of this rifle, I found it by accident, looking for another arisaka to buy, I saw one of these for sale, for 29,800 $ on a site that sells ww2 riles.
Akirameerkat 8 months ago
I can't even believe they got there hands on one!
Type99Arisaka 8 months ago
I'm really impressed. Those guns are amazingly rare.
aliascent 9 months ago
finally a museum worth going to
luis545x39 9 months ago
prity cool
aapopse 11 months ago
Holy smokes, those must be rare. I'd never heard of them until now.
MarvelousSeven 11 months ago