Type 100 grenade discharger
20th Century Grenade Launcher
The Type 100 grenade discharger was introduced in 1939 as a grenade launcher for the Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka rifles. It launches standard Type 91 and Type 99 hand-grenades. The launcher is somewhat unusual in that rather than using the more common cup designs it is a gas trap system, meaning that it incorporates a barrel extension which taps off excess propellant gases to launch the grenade from a cup offset from the barrel. This has the advantage that standard rifle cartridges could be used along with the standard hand-grenades which simplified logistics, at the expense of increased weight and decreased efficiency. The effective range is approximately 100 yards (91 m).[1]
See also
- Rifle grenade
References
- ^ http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/jp_rifle_grenade/index.html Model 100 Grenade Launcher Produced in Two Types" from Intelligence Bulletin, Dec. 1944
External links
- http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/jp_rifle_grenade/index.html
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Japanese infantry weapons of World War II
Swords: Guntō, Bayonets: Type 30, Type 2
- Type 26 revolver
- Type 14 (Nambu)
- North China Type 19
- Sugiura Type
- Type 94 pistol
- Hamada Type 1, Type 2 pistols
- Type 30
- Type 30 carbine
- Type 35
- Type 38
- Type 38 carbine
- Type 44 carbine
- Type 97 sniper rifle
- Type 99 (Type 99 sniper rifle)
- TERA
- Experimental Model 1
- Experimental Model 2
- Type 100
- Type Be
- Type Su
- Beretta Model 38
- Experimental Type 4
- Experimental Type 5
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