Japanese WWII Arisaka Rifle Type 30 Bayonet and Scabbard Hotchkiss MG These tools are clearly individually

These tools are clearly individually handmade and show a great deal of variation in the size

Barrel Length: 33 Inches

Early in the war an inverted-V (^) of Waffenfarbe

provided a compromise between the controllable firepower of a submachine gun at close quarters with the accuracy and power of a Karabiner 98k bolt action rifle at intermediate ranges

Japanese WWII Arisaka Rifle Type 30 Bayonet and Scabbard Hotchkiss MG These tools are clearly individuallyNew Made Item: Copied from an original in the IMA collection. This is a fine quality example of the classic Japanese 1897 (type 30) Arisaka rifle bayonet complete with fullered 15" blade. Hooked quillon cross guard and wood grip scales, this bayonet comes with a correct heavily blued all steel scabbard. Used extensively by the Japanese until the close of WWII. Designed to fit all their models of service rifles with the exception of the 1911 (type 44)