page_title: List of modern equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
section_title: Small arms
hierarchical_section_title: List of modern equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force / Historic, retired or reserve equipment / Small arms
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: スキャンして作成、孫が訓練中の様子を撮影したもの
context_page_description: The following is a list of modern equipment currently in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
context_section_description: M1 Garand semi automatic rifle (Standard rifle of the JGSDF from shortly after its foundation up until the widespread adoption of the Type 64 battle rifle in the mid-1960s. Still in ceremonial use with some units.)
  M1 Carbine  only M2 has Selective fire (Inherited from National Safety Forces. Used in the JGSDF for training up until around the 1990s. Some reported to be still in storage with reserve units.)
  Type 99 short rifle (Kai Ki) – Old IJA rifles refurbished and modified to fire .30-06 Springfield rounds. Originally intended for the South Korean gendarmerie, most were diverted to help equip the National Police Reserve. Obsolete almost from the moment they were issued, were used up to the early 1970s mainly for training purposes.
  Thompson submachine gun [M1A1 variant] (Inherited from National Police Reserve. Was used by the GSDF until being gradually phased out in the 1970s.)
  M3 submachine gun
  M1903 Springfield rifle
  M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (Inherited from National Police Reserve)
  M1919 Browning machine gun
  M2 flamethrower (M2A1-2 & M2A1-7 variants)
  SCK New Nambu M66 submachine gun
  11.4 mm pistol (Colt M1911) Pistol
  9.65 mm pistol (Colt Detective Special revolver) (Inherited from National Police Reserve)
  Mk 2 defensive hand grenade (Ex-US Army stocks)
  M26 series fragmentation hand grenade
  MK3A1 Offensive Grenade (Ex-US Army stocks)
  M31 HEAT rifle grenade (Used with both the M1 Garand and Type 64 rifles. Still used for basic training and in reserve units.)
caption: JGSDF soldiers in Type 65 work uniforms prepare to fire M31 HEAT rifle grenades during training.
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