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Description
Specifications
Type: Assault Carbine
Country of Origin: Empire of Japan
Introduction: 1954
Action: Gas Operated, Direct Impingement
Cartridge: 7.7x41mm Nambu
Feed System: 30 round box magazine
Rate of Fire: 750 rounds per minute
Effective Range: 540 meters

Shortly after the Second Great War, the Japanese Military would see the effectiveness of wartime foreign weapons (notably the Union M1941 Carbine, Confederate Tredegar Automatic Rifle, and the German StG-44) and they would begin work into the research and development for a new generation of small arms for it's infantry forces. To this end, the Japanese would develop a new doctrine which was centered around that both the future service rifle and the submachine-gun were intended to use the same cartridge (which would eventually be adopted in 1948 as the 7.7x41mm Type-8 Intermediate Cartridge (or 7.7mm Nambu.)) For the service, the Type-9 would be adopted in 1949, and the submachine-gun, took several years of testing and trials to select the new "submachine-gun" developed by the Kokura arsenal, the Type-14. This weapon would feature an adjustable gas system, a three position selector switch (which had the safe, semi-automatic, and full automatic modes), and the early guns were milled whereas later production were of stamped construction to make the gun cheaper to manufacture. When the weapon entered service, it had replaced the Type-2* in the Submachine-Gun for the infantry and would get a good reception from the troops for being a reliable weapon in harsh conditions. In fact, the weapon was so better, that it proved to be a superior weapon to the Type-9 and by the end of the 1950s, would completely replace in frontline infantry units. The weapon would be manufactured by a plethora of manufacturers such as the Kokura, Nagoya, Jinsen, and Mukden Arsenals and would also serve with many of Japan's Allies throughout the Frozen Conflict and up to the present day. In Japanese service, it would remain as the frontline rifle until being supplemented by the Type-36 in 1976 which fired a 6.5x44mm cartridge and ultimately be withdrawn in the early 2000's by the Type-22 Assault Carbine. Numerous variations of the Type 14 would include one with a folding stock as the Type-14-I, which was for the paratroops, and the Type-14-II, which had a mount for an under-barrel light mortar (which was similar to the Type-89 "Knee Mortar.")
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The Type-2 SMG was a licensed copy of the Italian Beretta Model 38 submachine-gun.

Description
Specifications
Type: Assault Carbine
Country of Origin: Empire of Japan
Introduction: 1954
Action: Gas Operated, Direct Impingement
Cartridge: 7.7x41mm Nambu
Feed System: 30 round box magazine
Rate of Fire: 750 rounds per minute
Effective Range: 540 meters

Shortly after the Second Great War, the Japanese Military would see the effectiveness of wartime foreign weapons (notably the Union M1941 Carbine, Confederate Tredegar Automatic Rifle, and the German StG-44) and they would begin work into the research and development for a new generation of small arms for it's infantry forces. To this end, the Japanese would develop a new doctrine which was centered around that both the future service rifle and the submachine-gun were intended to use the same cartridge (which would eventually be adopted in 1948 as the 7.7x41mm Type-8 Intermediate Cartridge (or 7.7mm Nambu.)) For the service, the Type-9 would be adopted in 1949, and the submachine-gun, took several years of testing and trials to select the new "submachine-gun" developed by the Kokura arsenal, the Type-14. This weapon would feature an adjustable gas system, a three position selector switch (which had the safe, semi-automatic, and full automatic modes), and the early guns were milled whereas later production were of stamped construction to make the gun cheaper to manufacture. When the weapon entered service, it had replaced the Type-2* in the Submachine-Gun for the infantry and would get a good reception from the troops for being a reliable weapon in harsh conditions. In fact, the weapon was so better, that it proved to be a superior weapon to the Type-9 and by the end of the 1950s, would completely replace in frontline infantry units. The weapon would be manufactured by a plethora of manufacturers such as the Kokura, Nagoya, Jinsen, and Mukden Arsenals and would also serve with many of Japan's Allies throughout the Frozen Conflict and up to the present day. In Japanese service, it would remain as the frontline rifle until being supplemented by the Type-36 in 1976 which fired a 6.5x44mm cartridge and ultimately be withdrawn in the early 2000's by the Type-22 Assault Carbine. Numerous variations of the Type 14 would include one with a folding stock as the Type-14-I, which was for the paratroops, and the Type-14-II, which had a mount for an under-barrel light mortar (which was similar to the Type-89 "Knee Mortar.")
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The Type-2 SMG was a licensed copy of the Italian Beretta Model 38 submachine-gun.