The Japanese Garand

[Bob Seijas]

Amounts vary but Wikipedia says: At the time, only 100 guns were completed out of the 250 in the workshop. Twenty of them were taken by the Allies at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on Honshu after the end of the war.
Most guesses that I have seen in the past say 50 made and parts for 50 more that were not completed. That sounds more reasonable based on what has been seen.

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[RCS]

I recall reading that the Japanese Navy was involved with the change in the cartridge to 7,7x57mm which used a 173 gr bullet. Also recall some incomplete examples of this rifle in some collections. The Japanese would have captured both the gas trap and gas port M1 rifles starting with the Philippine invasion in 1942