Nambu Type 14 Pistol - In The Movies

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Is it truly a Johnny Johnson video if it's not re-posted at least once? Sorry guys had to correct a couple small details. Not worth re-watching if you've already seen it. Thanks for everyone's patience.

[@coreystockdale6287]

This is why we love your channel though. If things are wrong you fix them

[@pedrofm30]

All of we history fans appreciate the dedication and effort you put into these videos, they're a hell of a fun to watch and manage to teach us not only about military history, but also about the movies and series that portrait them. Keep up the good work!

[@Kettch23]

Perhaps you could set up a Patreon or a Discord, where the community can watch and fact check early versions of new videos? Also when will you do an MP5 video?

[@arnijulian6241]

The firing link is external on the Nambu type 14 Johnny. Meaning you can fire it by smacking, placing or nocking the left side of the pistol. It was popular amongst illegal gamblers as you can smack it against your holstered leg or have a placed set up to fire shot if things didn't pan out. The Nambu in many aspects is as much a danger to the user as the enemy if not familiar!

[@DieselMcBadass1]

@@arnijulian6241 Said like someone who hasn't handled one. The action bar is flush with frame and takes a very stiff push to make happen. Add in that when carried they were generally chamber empty, and if carrying chambered, the manual safety would be on, which completely locks the bar up and makes it impossible to push. The KZbin videos of people shooting them this way are entertaining but not an actual problem in the field. That said, still not a good pistol for other reasons.

[@DieselMcBadass1]

Fun fact: Bill ruger had an affection for the Nambu and believed the design was sound and manufacturing was bad. He borrowed one from a neighbor who brought one home as a war trophy (the 7mm baby version), and reverse engineered it in .22lr. This prototype became the Ruger standard model, then the mk 1,2, 3, and 4, as well as the 22/45. These are still made today and very popular target pistols.

[@paleoph6168]

The Ruger Standard is the most popular and successful .22 LR pistol, I think that shows that Nambu's design still had merit.

[@DieselMcBadass1]

@@paleoph6168 yes, and ruger continues to develop and sell variants. The design has longevity.

[@norwegianboyee]

Most Japanese WW2 weapons in reality had great design, the problem is the shoddy manufacturing once resources started becoming scarce and the cost-cutting efforts. As well as lagging behind in technology development due to the same reasons, the willpower and ideas were there, but not the resources to utilize them.

[@HontounoShiramizu]

@@norwegianboyee Quality was a problem even before taking resources into account. A lot of internal politics in the various army camps (most notable between the land and naval arms of the military) as well as general practice to never question orders even if the quotas were absurd (and the quotas were absurd partially because they wouldn't get correct feedback) contributed a lot to the problems.

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

Love my mk lll. It's my favorite plinker by far

[@zhicaofang2354]

Some Type 14 Nambu pistols were captured and used by Chinese regular army and guerilla forces during the second Sino-Japanese war. They were sometimes called "turtle box" （Wangba Hezi 王八盒子）because the Chinese soldiers thought the standard issue IJA pistol holster for the Type 14 looked like a large turtle's shell with a little tip sticking out beneath. Also, the slang term for turtle/tortoise （Wangba 王八）is a derogatory term in oral Mandarin Chinese as well as many dialects, synonymous with "bastard", "hooligan", or "s of a b" in oral English. Chinese soldiers used this name to refer to a Japanese weapon with contempt.

[@protennis365]

I wonder what Chinese soldier though of American made guns during WW2.

[@mingyuhuang8944]

As a Chinese ethnic man, this is completely accurate if you watch any Chinese war dramas

[@code066funkinbird3]

Or just still japanese pistol ludwer

[@BHuang92]

Interesting Fact: The Nambu pistol was the direct inspiration for the popular Ruger Standard pistol which the founder, Bill Ruger, personally purchased a pair of Nambu pistols.

[@panthercreek60]

I have popped many a squirrel with my Ruger Mk 1 target pistol over the past 40 years

[@TheMartianMancumpster]

I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.

[@j.peters1222]

I own a Type 14 Nambu. It's been reblued but it still looks great and I'll probably keep it until the day I die. Mine has the enlarged trigger guard. It's also worth noting that the very popular Ruger MkII pistol drew inspiration from the Type 14.

[@navyreviewer]

as the TFBTV people said " I would like to thank (Nambu) for his contribution to the allied war effort". This was as the gun fired when he touched the bolt while trying to clear a jam.

[@robertsrobots6531]

I saw Halls of Montezuma on TV quite recently. When Richard Widmark takes the souvenirs off the other Marine - Bert Freed? - there's a clear shot of the Nambu on the floor of the cave. There's a Luger in the film too - troubled Marine Pretty Boy carries it, an inherited WWI souvenir. Played by Skip Homeier, a terrific actor!

[@dun0790]

Japan's weapons fascinate and most of them are very impressive considering they had to do a lot fast catching up shame they seemed to be obsessed with small calibre weather the weapon needed it or not

[@k9turrent]

I didn't know nambu was Japanese for lightning.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I like what you did there

[@TerribleTrace]

Can we get an episode on the type 26

[@leeedmunds2539]

Cheers man, I like your choices of content!

[@chrismichael6048]

"UTTE!!!! KOUGEKI!!!!! TENNOU HEIKA BANZAI!!!!" - Imperial Japanese troops 1937-1945

[@Enricocasualthunder01]

I love the nambu 🥰🇯🇵

[@ShaneT.0331]

I have three Nambu pistols. I haven't shot any of them they just sit in the safe. It would be cool to shoot them one day.

[@enzothetraveler]

Hey Johnny I was wondering could you do a video about the A-20 havoc and then the vickers welligton 3

[@brooklyntguy77]

Can you make a video about prehistory tools please?

[@screamingcactus1753]

I know the Nambu as the first weapon you get in Call of Duty World at War.

[@Ground0-dn1cv]

I once owned two Nambu T14s, deactivated as I'm in the UK, but they had full moving parts. One was early production and the other late with the larger trigger guard. The trigger pull was weak and spongy and the magazines were such a tight fit they were very difficult to extract The Nagoya Type 94 I owned was even worse, the safety would not stop the trigger being pulled, merely made it a little stiffer to pull, when cycled too hard it could fall apart, and when cocked the sear protruded and could be pressed with a thumb and dry fired (mine was deactivated, again with moving parts), I traded them against an MP40, but I miss them, prices are too high here in the UK to afford to replace them and they don't deactivate them with full working actions now, so it just wouldn't be the same.

[@bstrdbss]

I own a fully functional T14. No ammo is produced so its handloads only

[@Ground0-dn1cv]

@@bstrdbss I could never find any rounds to display with mine.Practically non existent on the collectors market as well.

[@bstrdbss]

@@Ground0-dn1cv Occasionally they come up for sale on gunbroker. It's a cool relic but not worth the effort.

[@IchBinJager]

May I know your source for private pistols they purchased, and that they did so? I'm developing a game where that's a relevant interest.

[@zali13]

I would add 2004's "Taegukgi", the Brotherhood of War with the Type 14 prominently in the hands of Inmingun(KPA) officers. They used a variety of Japanese weapons left over from the Occupation, in addition to Soviet ones.h

[@colin8696908]

Should do one on the "Thompson Arms Contender" that kiritsugu used in fate zero.

[@karmapolice247]

iirc, in the film "Ringu :birthday" , one of the characters tried to use the nambu pistol against Sadako. Obviously this did not work.

[@julesbenedictcatalan4904]

Glisenti 1910 at home :

[@堀水英則]

日本人ですm(_ _)m　設計者は「南部」では有りません。正しい名前は「陸軍１４年式拳銃」です。この拳銃設計者の名前は吉田智準（よしだ・とものり）と云う方になります。

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@potatos469]

cool vid

[@patriotenfield3276]

Reupload Johny? Btw have you heard of Ruger Silencer in built pistol chsmbered in .22lr available on the civilian market?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

ah man don't ask me much about the civilian market. I live in Canada so I'm lucky to be able to buy a crossbow really..

[@paleoph6168]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq oof, especially with what had happened to the gun laws recently...

[@patriotenfield3276]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq that must sucks right? :(

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

@patriot enfield lol well saves me a lot of money from gun buying temptations I suppose

[@bigo3293]

So THIS was the inspiration for the Chinese pistol from fallout. Chinese assault rifle: BIG BEEF Chinese pistol: half a vienna sausage 😅

[@amuplay2302]

Was the Type 14 an inspiration for the Ruger pistols?

[@paleoph6168]

Yes, it is the basis for the Ruger Standard pistol.

[@amuplay2302]

@@paleoph6168 I would be surprised if it wasn't

[@magasoulshadow]

3:59 what’s the name of this anime?

[@MrDDiRusso]

I have never heard anything good about the Nambu Type 14.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Yah definitely came across more bad than good when making this video...

[@vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse]

I picked up a decent Type 14 a couple months ago and I've really enjoyed it. The parts don't match, but it runs well, points naturally and is very soft shooting. Even though it's a locked breach design I kept expecting it to shoot like a P08, which it doesn't. Too bad there's not much 8x22mm ammunition available.

[@survivor686]

2:50: So....does muzzle discipline apply to pistols?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Not with her apparently lol

[@imgood7923]

Why do many Japanese weapon name have the word "type" in front of it it make me felt like its a prototype

[@戦艦三笠-s2d]

″Type″ is ″M″. M1911➡1911year. Type 14➡14年式➡大正14年 (The ″大正″ was Japanese count year.)

[@paleoph6168]

China uses a similar designation.

[@imgood7923]

Cool

[@armorbearer9702]

I am surprised such a flawed gun was mass produced. Why was it not tested before being mass produced?

[@sk-ey7ie]

2つ目の映画なにか知ってたら教えてください。

[@PapaPizza957]

Does anyone know any WWII movies from a Japanese perspective? I think it would be kinda cool.

[@whydoyougottahavthis]

It should be noted that the purchase of a Nambu pistol, was the seen as "right thing to do" if you was a proper officer such as a medical doctor in one personal example, he purchased it as it was seen as the proper thing to do when he became a full fledged officer though readily far behind enemy lines, real combat officers didn't joke around and had need of legit pistols and was possibly the single and only exception (pre ww2 ofc) when their Nationalism took a slight backseat 😂

[@monarchist1838]

Japanese soldiers did use Luger pistols. They took them from the Dutch in Indonesia.

[@ewmhop]

TO ERR IS HUMAN,TO FORGIVE IS AGAINST KZbin POLICY. TAKE CARE

[@一眞冨士田]

that are not Nambu type 14 pistols that are M1911s

[@yumikomorito642]

おかしな日本兵がたくさん出てきますね。中国ドラマかな？

[@richardcostello360]

Considering that this gun had a nasty tendency to explode in the users face..... I'll pass on this and stick to my "wacking Webley" The closest thing to a handheld artillery piece and reliable as well

[@pimpompoom93726]

And if you ran out of ammunition the Webley made a passable club.

[@chovboy7226]

Please don’t call never say never again a bond film. It’s a mockery of James Bond. Not part of the actual series. It’s just not good.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Lol I was waiting for such a comment

[@paleoph6168]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq gottem lol

[@GaryHamad]

ah Yes The War Crime Pistol Nope not Luger P08, that's still Tamer than This In-Fighting, Low Budget, Hyper-Fascist, Grandpa Ruger Mk.3

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Type 84 probably one of the ugliest pistols ever made

[@Did_i_died]

The Waffle House has found it's new host

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

The Bull Frog has taken orbit

[@paleoph6168]

More info: 1. The Nambu Type 14 has a magazine disconnect, which prevents the gun from firing when the magazine is removed, even when there is a round in the chamber. Another pistol with this feature is the famous Browning Hi-Power. 2. There are other semi-auto pistols made in Japan, them being: the Sugiura, Hamada, Inagaki, and Hino-Komuro. Also, Johnny, pls don't reupload the video again just to add the info we put in, whatever we have to say can be read in the comment section. 👍

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks man! I mostly do a reupload if I have some bad info, in this case was a wrong date, or if I have a copyright issue.

[@justinblin]

I really wish KZbin hadn’t removed the annotation feature, so creators wouldn’t have to completely reupload a video to correct small mistakes

[@L_Train]

I think overall its better they removed it. Who wants to read documents with white-out all over them?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I don't mind reuploading I just don't like pissing people off with multiple notices ^.^

[@Shadow-cv11zx]

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqsamurai matchlock gun history

[@仁科博美-x8g]

マトモに日本陸軍の軍人に見えたのは「日本のいちばん長い日」の黒沢年男さんだけですなぁ。イーストウッド監督と言えども日本人は描き切れなかったか…

[@user-ppp8888pp]

やっぱり外人から見たアジア人の区別って難しいんだね、日本人がアメリカ人とヨーロッパの人を見分けられないのと同じ感じかな

[@Artyfier]

The nambu pistol sounds like every default sidearm in FPS shooters

[@jwhiskey242]

Recently the Type 14 appeared in Korean mini-series "Mr Sunshine", which took place about 30 years before the pistol actually existed. Ironically the Type14 I own, was nickle plated in Japan, by Japanese at the request of my father - who was in the occupation army in post war Japan

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Very cool thing to have in the family

[@mitsubishia6m2zero51]

Korea?

[@flaksight]

Neat episode, and I love all the clips used in it! The Type 14 is my favorite historical pistol, and I wish this one included some clips from Zipang, the badass 2006 anime series which, upsettingly, to this day still has its entire manga only about 30% translated to English - despite having already been fully translated to French. It's about a modern JMSDF ship sent back to Midway. Hopefully you get to use clips from there in future IJA/IJN-related stuff!

[@jacklarkson4505]

0:46 my all time favorite WW2 movie...thanks for including this amazing film johnny.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

It's a great movie!

[@Colinbonsall]

This was a good video you should do the AK-47 next

[@RAMUNEEEEEEEE]

I love this gun! Message from Japan 🇯🇵

[@inductivegrunt94]

Re-upload? Because I'm sure I saw the video in my notifications earlier. Regardless, it's a great video. The Nambu really wasn't a good gun. Even in video games, it's a rare weapon and typically worse than every other pistols in the game. Never liked it myself, and all the times I've used it was forced and it didn't feel right to use so I just stuck with the other pistols. Shame too since it's rarely shown in game. Call of Duty World at War and Sniper Elite 5 are the only games I've seen and used it is and they were really not good.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Sorry about that my man. I messed up a couple dates and needed to correct.

[@inductivegrunt94]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Fair enough, not an issue. I'm not upset as I didn't get around to seeing it the first time, so it's really not a problem for me. No apologies needed.

[@hfdennycheng9010]

NAMBU TYPE 14 PISTOL = 南部十四年式手槍 NAMBU=南部 TYPE 14=十四年式 PISTOL=手槍

[@badonk7618]

I still hate Leckie's CO for taking his chest and pistol...

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

oh man that burns me every time I see that scene. I'd have my revenge.

[@badonk7618]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Maybe you could do a video about grenades rolling into tents? I know it would be tricky but there's some documented events from the Vietnam War. "Fragging" for a better term.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

That's an interesting subject forsure

[@SSGB]

The exterior of Type 14 is reminiscent of the Luger P08, however, its internal structure influenced the later Sturm, Ruger Mk.I.

[@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn]

No mixed opinions about it... The pistol was utter GARBAGE in EVERY aspect.

[@jonathansteel3324]

Can you make a video covering tomahawks in movies please?

[@rolfagten857]

The man in the high castle season from 2015 one. It's in there too!

[@sithus1966]

Someone local once turned in a Baby Nambu at a gun buyback event here. The person was later located to return it so they could sell it to a collector for way more than the $50 gift card they got in exchange.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

That's good of them to do that! Those are worth a decent penny

[@fongxiong1929]

Screw them. Their lost for turning in any firearm at a gun buy back.

[@emmanuelperez8094]

the Ruger Standard Mk1-3 is Based on the Type 14 Nambu and if you compare them both they look similar but the difference is their Ammo while the Nambu is chambered in 8mm Nambu the Ruger Standard Mk1-3 are chambered in 22lr

[@Excalibur01]

The Ruger Mk 1 series of pistols is an American copy of the Nambu Type 14 design. The same action can be seen

[@popo-yq5je]

Thanks bro for the title you put on every clips..its easy for me to find the movies... Keep it up...

[@mlblover5268]

I would say it was much better than a sharp stick!

[@davidabney7700]

Great historical video on a Japanese small arm (Nambu Type 14) of WW II. The Hollywood clips of the Nambu, supported by the historical commentary, made this video extremely interesting to watch. This video had the best of two worlds interwoven into it. The Hollywood connection, coupled with "accurate" historical data, made this one of the best-ever vids on the Nambu Type 14. Many, many thanks!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks for that David. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Jacques_the_Rooster]

Johnny you ROCK ! 👍 I'm about to embark on an ambitious quest to watch ALL of your videos 🎥... EDIT : btw, thank you for the STAR WARS Saga inclusions here and there 🙏😇

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks Rooster! They quality gets a bit rough towards the back end, but more new ones are coming out all the time!

[@Jacques_the_Rooster]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq You are successful yet humble person... Such uncommon and high point on KZbin, in real life too. A true role model 🏅 BRAVO, SIR ! 👏👏👏

[@the_simple_editor]

i haven't returned in a while i know you remember me

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I looked for your coming on the first light of the fifth day, ...

[@the_simple_editor]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq i shall return once again........next time

[@Erwin_Von_Heidenheim]

Great video Johnny

[@pendantblade6361]

BITES ZE DUSTO HAS ALREADY TOUCHED THIS VIDEO

[@keuroe]

남부 권총은 흔히 방아쇠를 안당겨도 쏴재끼는 권총이라 불리지만 사실 남부 권총은 구 일본군 말고도 북한군도 남부 권총을 써먹었는데 이때 토카레프 권총이 완전히 제식화되지 못해서 꽤나 많이 써먹었는데 거희 대부분이 북한군 정치 장교 나 북한군 장교들이 꽤나 많이 쓰였습니다.

[@シラタマ-m4n]

The creator of the type14 pistol was not Kijiro Nambu, but Major General Tomonori Yoshida. However, during the Pacific War, he was involved in a corruption case and committed suicide. In order to hide his disgrace, the military officials of the time hid Yoshida's name, taking advantage of the fact that the American military mistakenly believed it was made by Nambu! However, the base of the type14 pistol was the Nambu-style large pistol

[@rismarck]

Didn’t one of these pistol variants have a bad history of randomly exploding? I can’t remember which one specifically, I think the type 14

[@paleoph6168]

I think you're referring to the Type 94, a different design also by Nambu.

[@tinchorb1340]

in a book i have about firearms one of the guns that appear is a nambu that has a katana added to it its very interesting, as it is believed it was something an officer wanted and was done privately by a blacksmith and it was more likely something that the officer had to show prestige or something like that

[@JayjayElon]

Philosophically, Japan never view firearms or equipment as greatest weapon. What the country greatest weapon was their soldier. So as much as poor or complicated their firearms was, it all up to their individual behind those weapon to operate their weapon with high efficiency despite the short coming. Sometimes when you think about it, it was true. When all the chip are down, a good soldier can rely only one thing, not cutting edge intel, not state of the art equipment, not top of the line weapon, just himself.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

>Equip officers with pistol and sword >Pistol cannot be used onehanded

[@lottenetzel8751]

My grandpa managed to take a Nambu Type 14. He had it on his house until he sold it to a collector to fund his gambling activities.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

My dad has one of these. Without the enlarged trigger guard.

[@metroprime6947]

Why the re upload

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Sorry buggered up a couple dates... I do apologize

[@jasonsantos3037]

This gun do you look similar to the German luger Pistol.

[@HandyMan657]

Thanks for letting me know I'm not going crazy. Thanks again, again.

[@kylebradley3]

Type 94 is a superior design. Fight me.

[@paleoph6168]

Especially for pilots.

[@国虎ちゃん]

「ワタシノナマエハジョンソンデス」はハッキリ聞えたが、その後は何を言ってるか 全く聞き取り辛かった。なんて名前の映画なの、コレ？

[@Daniel4646]

Didn't know Never Say Never Again had a Nambu! This channel is truly wiórth watching for such small details!

[@briankorn6988]

Do a video on the Type 26.

[@sqwad4975]

2:00後ろでハンマー構えてる男はジャッキー.チェンとサモハン.キンポーの映画に出ていた俳優さん？

[@navelriver]

Type 14 featured in movie "Gehenna where death lives", ghostly Japanese bunker on Saipan.

[@666toysoldier]

I have owned both the Ruger .22 and a late (1943) large trigger guard Nambu. The only thing they have in common is the profile. The "difficult" safety is identical to the Italian Beretta. The 8mm cartridge was easily the equivalent of the .32acp carried by many European and American officers. Quality of manufacturing appeared very good. It was reliable and accurate with newly-manufactured Midway ammo.

[@williamkoppos7039]

I have one. A quirky handgun with good and bad features. Best quality-it's accurate, with a light trigger using striker firing. Worst-the damn magazine, when you attempt to pull it out, is jammed in the grip by the locked open slide. When the mag is finally wrestled out, the slide drops. Loading the 8mm rounds for it, using reformed .40 S@W cases, is quite the job.

[@Shawn_the_Protogen]

It's an interesting lil pistol. Given I have 0 respect for the 94 given the safety issues, I like the 14 for being a little quirky.

[@billyponsonby]

How do you find all this stuff?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

It's a journey. Lots of blogs, Firearms databases, etc. My movie collection is growing. I do this full time now as of about a year ago so I watch lots and lots of war movies lol

[@markwackerman5593]

Why the Re-upload?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Sorry I messed up a couple dates. =/

[@markwackerman5593]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq It's on me, your explanation post came exactly 7 seconds after I asked. A little patience goes a long way.

[@juanbingus5799]

The Waffle House has found it’s new host

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

The frost-toaster has reconnected

[@eatbreaddigward]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq The frost-toaster has reconnected

[@markusdee6136]

Back in the 80s my father bought one which jams every round. But with some changing of the springs it fired without jamming. DIYs can make a nambu reliable. It's also hard to find ammo for it. but then sold it when times got rough.

[@Lonovavir]

It's fun listening to Arisaka owners complaining about how hard it is to find ammunition. Some of them have to order it from foreign countries. On the plus side this at least make Lee Enfield ownership look affordable.

[@treysmith8917]

Didn’t the nambu fire if you squeezed the slide really hard?

[@paleoph6168]

No, that's the later and differently designed Nambu pistol - the Type 94. And it's not the slide that discharges the pistol when squeezed, it's the exposed sear bar at the side.

[@treysmith8917]

@@paleoph6168 ahh ok I just remember seeing a nambu squeezed and fired, and thinking please don’t fall on that

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

This pistol is only good when it's changed to blaster pistol lol

[@Wykletypl]

John Browning - going out of his ways to make certain his weapons are top notch in every detail. Kiijro Nambu - going out f his ways to make certian his weapons are more a liability than help for a soldier in every way.

[@fender7695]

It was the production that got nambu's design. You do realize nambu invented arguably the most advanced/best lmg's of ww2 right? The ruger pistol was founded on the principle that the nambu was an insanely great design but manufactuing and wartime complications fighting a war on every front took its toll. Look at germany and how crappy production got towards the end of the war. Nambu and John Browning are probably the best gun inventors in history. Except Browning gets the credit where Nambu doesn't. History is written Or forgetten by the victors.

[@Wykletypl]

@@fender7695 Doubtful German weapons ever reached the level of Nambu 94's quality by 1945. Or the level of National Defence Rifles, which most of the time were just a wooden lank with iron pipe attached to them, and black powder used as a propellant. And Nambu really had some weird ideas. Like for Type 14, a safety level that required both hands to operate? This should be done with just your thumb.

[@pimpompoom93726]

@@fender7695 It was more than poor manufacturing, the Type 14 fired a cartridge lacking in power-the 8 x 22 NAMBU round had less than half the muzzle energy of the 9 mm Parabellum or the 7.62 x 25 Tokarev. The striker spring as well as the magazine spring were often weak, compounded by the angle of the magazine making the cartridge feed problematic. It really wasn't a good military pistol design and the deterioration of manufacturing capability late in the war compounded a poor design. Yeah, the Ruger Standard refined the design to make a good target-grade pistol, but that used only a .22 round. Military pistols need to be rugged, easy to maintain in the field, easy to manufacture, cost effective and have sufficient power to do the job-the Type 14 was lacking in 3 of those categories.