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  • Japan’s WWII Paratroop folding Rifle was the worse Idea

    08/05/2016 7:44:54 AM PDT · by w1n1 · 12 replies
    AShooting Journal ^ | 8/5/2016 | J Hines
    The Idea looked better on PaperIn World War Two Japan had a paratroop corps, Germany provided the technical assistance with equipment implementation in the late 1930’s. One of the methods was the use of parachute-equipped containers housing the firearms, this was dropped separately from the paratrooper. In the combat drop at Sumatra (Japanese) and Crete (Germany), both drop zones had problems of weapons containers landing far from troops, resulting being out gunned. At the outcome the Japanese obviously thought this wasn't a good idea, and looked at alternatives methods. One idea is to have the paratroops jump with a compact...