Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol

Type 14 Nambu pistol
File:Nambu Type 14 1551.jpg Type 14
Type	Pistol
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1925 - 1945
Used by	Imperial Japanese Army
Wars	Second Sino-Japanese War, Second World War
Production history
Designer	Kijiro Nambu
Designed	1925
Specifications
Cartridge	8x22mm Nambu
Muzzle velocity	950 ft/s (289.63 m/s)
Feed system	8 round detachable box magazine

The Type 14 (十四年式) is a semi-automatic pistol chambered for 8x22mm Nambu and used by the Japanese during World War II.

History

Kijiro Nambu was the designer of the Nambu pistols. He was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army who also developed the Type 38 Heavy Machine Gun and Type 11 Light Machine Gun. In 1904, he developed the first model of the Nambu pistol. Though it was not introduced into the IJA, the Nambu pistol was produced by private enterprise and it was introduced by IJN in 1915. According to Japanese data in Wiki,this pistol was not really designed by Nambu. The real Nambu pistol is another design which is also similar to the Luger P-08: due to misidentification by Americans, Japanese also call this pistol a Nambu type-14 post-war.

In 1925, IJA also introduced the improved model of Nambu pistol as the Type 14 Pistol which was almost the same as the early model except some small improvements. About 279,000 Type 14s were produced. Later production models were fitted with a much larger trigger housing to fit the hand of a shooter wearing gloves.

Nambu pistols were used by officers and MPs of the IJA until Japan's surrender.

Users

Japan

Commonwealth of the Philippines

• Filipino Gurrila (captured from Japanese forces)
• Military of the Philippine Commonwealth (captured from Japanese forces)

Republic of China

• Republic of China Army (captured from Japanese forces)
• Chinese resistance Gurrilas (captured from Japanese forces)
• Chinese communist gurrilas

Dutch Indonesia

• Indonesian Gurrila

British Malaya

• Malayan Gurilla