Suojeluskunta (Finnish Civil Guard) used some in 1920's." - source Jaeger Platoon Website. So they issued Japanese rifles also as part of usual weaponry issued mainly to their non-frontline units, this included their troops stationed in Finland.įinland used about 8,000 infantry rifles and a minuscule amount of carbines M/97 during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. 256 Pattern 1900.' Suffering from even more disastrous shortage of rifles the Russians could not afford to issue these rifles only as training equipment.
"In Great Britain M/97 rifles were issued training units, Navy and Flying Corps and known as 'Rifle, Magazine.
Japan sold these rifles and carbines in large numbers to Great Britain and Russia during WWI. The total production run of Type 30 infantry rifles seems to have been over 500,000 rifles, while the total production of carbines is estimated only around 40,000. They appear to have been manufactured between 1897 and about 1902. These weapons saw use in Russo-Japanese war of 1904/1905 and also WWI and WWII. Full approval was given to the Japanese military two years later. The prototypes were submitted in 1896 and full production began "in the 30th year of ruling Meiji-emperor", translating to the year 1897 in western calendar terms. These carbines (and rifles) were based upon the German Mauser action and were the brainchild of Colonel Nariake Arisaka. Offered for sale is a scarce original Japanese Type 30 Carbine.
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