Type 65/66

     Notes: This was one of the first firearms produced by post-World War 2 Japan.  It appears to take design cues from several different weapons; the body looks very much like the Swedish M-45, as does the blowback operating system.  The safeties are very similar to those used by the Danish Madsen M-50, The rear pistol grip seems to be patterned after that of the British Sten Mark IV, the ejection port has a locking cover like that of the US M-3A1 Grease Gun, and the weapon is cocked in the same manner as the M-3A1.  The Type 65 and 66 are identical, except that the cyclic rate for the Type 65 is 550 rounds per minute, while for the Type 66 it is 465 rounds per minute.  (While in real life, this makes the weapon slightly more controllable and less likely to wear out, it has no practical effect on game play.)  Only a small number of these weapons were produced between 1966 and 1967, and they are no longer in active use anywhere in the world.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: These weapons were refurbished and issued out to local militia forces on the Japanese Islands.

     Merc 2000 Notes: Most of these weapons were sold off to the Philippine Army. 

Type 100

     Notes:  Despite the fact that the submachinegun is one of the most ideal weapons for jungle warfare, the Japanese were very slow to adopt one.  They bought a few MP-28s and EMPs from the Germans, it was 1940 before the Japanese made a submachinegun of their own.  The Type 100 is a very strong and well-built weapon, but the 8mm Nambu cartridge is not a very good one for submachinegun use.  Three versions were made: the standard wooden-stock version, a folding-stock paratrooper’s model, and a version in 1944 with nearly double the rate of fire and simplified construction; corners were heavily cut and the 1944 version is much less reliable.   Despite the utility of the Type 100, only about 10,000 of the original model, 7,500 of the paratrooper’s model, and 8,000 of the 1944 version were built.