With most of their factories destroyed the Japanese produced a substitute Type 99 rifle. Made of inferior materials and lacking many of the refinements of earlier rifles, the rear sights for example were fixed. Chrysanthemum is ground off receiver.
Marks and Stamps: (Top of Breech) Grinding mark (L side of receiver) Serial no| Accession Number: 157 | Period of Use: 1945 - 1945 |
| Type: Single shot rifle | War Zones: End of Second World War |
| Country of Origin: Japan | Type Date: 1939 |
| Manufacturer: State Arsenals | Serial Number: 19108 |
| Manufacture Date: Unknown | Calibre/Ammunition: 7.7mm |
| Weight: 4190g | Length Overall: 1115mm |
| Cyclic Rate: Single Shot | Length Barrel: 654mm |
| Deactivation Certificate Number: CG 16749 |