page_title: List of common World War II infantry weapons
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: List of common World War II infantry weapons / Japan
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 第一次長沙作戦で対岸の国府軍と交戦する第四師団の兵士。湖南省新市南方の同楽橋附近にて、昭和16年9月22～23日頃。 A soldier of the IJA 4th Division firing type 92 heavy machine gun during the 1st round of Chángshā operation. Near　Miluo river (汨水), Húnán Province, China.
context_page_description: This is a list of infantry weapons which were in mainstream use during World War II.
context_section_description: Edged weapons
  Type 2 bayonet
  Type 30 bayonet
  Type 42 bayonet
  Guntō sword
  Flare guns
  Type 10 flare pistole
  Nambu Type 90 flare pistole
  Sidearms
  Browning FN M1910
  Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless
  Smith & Wesson Model 3
  Astra 900
  Type 26 revolver
  Hamada Type pistol
  Sugiura pistol
  Hino–Komuro pistol
  Nambu Type 14
  Nambu Type 94
  Luger P08
  Mauser C96
  Submachine guns
  Beretta M1938
  Nambu Type 100
  MP18
  MP34
  Semi-automatic rifles
  Pedersen rifle (Used in Okinawa)
  Arisaka Type 5 rifle
  Rifles
  Arisaka Type I rifle
  Arisaka Type 30 rifle
  Arisaka Type 35 rifle
  Arisaka Type 38 rifle
  Arisaka Type 38 carbine
  Arisaka Type 44 carbine
  Arisaka Type 97 sniper rifle
  Arisaka Type 99 rifle
  Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle
  TERA rifle
  Machine guns
  Type 92 machine gun (Copy of the Lewis gun)
  Browning M1918 (Captured from Chinese forces)
  Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun
  Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun
  Type 11 Light Machine Gun
  Type 89 machine gun
  Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
  Type 96 Light Machine Gun
  Type 97 heavy tank machine gun
  Type 98 machine Gun
  Type 99 Light Machine Gun
  Grenades
  Type 4 grenade
  Type 10 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade
  Type 91 fragmentation discharger/hand grenade
  Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade
  Type 98 grenade
  Type 99 rifle/hand fragmentation grenade
  M1924 Stielhandgranate
  Grenade dischargers
  Type 10
  Type 89
  Mines
  Lunge anti-tank mine (Suicide mine. Last years of the war.)
  Type 99 anti-tank mine
  Flamethrowers
  Type 93 and Type 100
  Mortars
  Type 2 12 cm Mortar
  Type 11 70 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 90 light mortar
  Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 96 150 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 97 81 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 97 90 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 97 150 mm Infantry Mortar
  Type 98 50 mm Mortar
  Type 99 81 mm mortar
  Anti-tank weapons
  Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle
  Guided explosive weapons
  I-Go (Remote controlled explosive machine)
caption: Japanese soldiers with a Type 92 machine gun during the 1941 Battle of Changsha
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