Type 26

The Type 26 is a Japanese, double action only revolver produced by Koishikawa arsenal from 1893 to 1935. This revolver is fielded in limited numbers in the Russo-Japanese war, WW1 and WW2.

## Semi auto\_Revolver\_Pistol ammo

### Reload Time

3.75

"A very old Japanese revolver, with low ammo capacity. Not the ideal handgun, but still have some use cases"

## History

The **Type 26** or **Model 26** "hammerless" revolver (二十六年式拳銃, *Nijuuroku-nen-shiki kenjuu*) was the first modern revolver adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was developed at the Koishikawa Arsenal and is named for its year of adoption in the Japanese dating system (the 26th year of the Meiji era, i.e., 1893). The revolver saw action in conflicts including the Russo-Japanese War, World War I and World War II.

It is an amalgamation of design features from other revolvers made during the time period. The revolver has a design flaw in that the cylinder freewheels when not engaged, so during movement (such as in combat) it may rotate to an already fired chamber. Five distinct phases of production have different markings depending on the time and individual Type 26 produced. The 9mm Japanese revolver ammunition used is unique to the weapon. The Type 26 has a double-action only mechanism and is therefore difficult to aim accurately. The Type 26 was replaced by the Nambu pistol in the first half of the 20th century.

## In-game performance

The Type 26 is a tier one pistol, one of the only two tier one's (the other being the welrod) and can be found plentiful around the map. It holds 6 rounds of pistol ammo in the cylinder and reloads all 6 at once with the use of a moon clip.

The Type 26 hits hard for its size, able to kill zombies reliably with 2-3 shots. It is one of the highest damage handguns in game, if not the highest. However that's where the advantages over the welrod ends. It holds less rounds, reloads slower and has higher recoil compared to its other counterpart. The slow reload and small capacity dooms this pistol's performance with hordes. Accuracy is utterly bad due to the lengthy trigger pull and high recoil.

Though it has lackluster performance, it is not useless, as it is the first pistol unlocked by the player in the loadout section, and allows the player to bring a weapon on spawn. Paired with the fact that pistol ammo is literally everywhere this makes a good weapon int early to medium game until a better alternative is found.

In overall this pistol is a precision alternative to the large capacity welrod and caters to a more high risk high reward style player.

*some find this revolver more satisfying to use than the welrod.*

## Trivia

* The Type 26 revolver is a top-break revolver, which means the gun folds in half akin to a double barrel shotgun to reload instead of the cylinder being swung open to the side, or using a loading gate.
* It uses a special 9x22mm rimmed cartridge, and contrary to in game performance is a low recoil, low power cartridge.
	+ However the recoil might be due to the odd grip design, and the heavy double action trigger.
* The reason this pistol is double action only is due to the hammer no possessing any spur to "cock" the hammer, as well as no internal mechanism to hold the hammer when pulled back.
	+ this design is to prevent the spur from catching onto clothes and firing accidentally.
* The revolver contains a flaw, the cylinder only locks when the hammer is "cocked" (in this case, the trigger is halfway pulled), this means the cylinder can spin freely anytime, and could rotate to a empty/fired chamber before shooting.
* Though rare there are some variants chambered in .38S&W (9x20mmR), this variant speculated to be meant for export.
* This pistol is the only revolver in game currently ***[needs confirmation]***