“The Japanese people forever renounce war,” pronounced Japan’s postwar constitution. The notion, fostered eloquently by General Douglas MacArthur, proved so popular that later Japanese governments ...

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The Type 20 rifle can be configured for either automatic or semi-automatic fire. (Howa Machinery Ltd) Japan has continued to roll out its 5.56×45 mm Type 20 assault rifle, with a new delivery to a ...

Snipers are among the most cost-effective infantry elements in use in a modern military. The concept is simple, you have a trained marksman that can tie up companies, take out valuable officers, and ...

The Carl-Gustaf M4 (pictured above) is an 84 mm, shoulder-fired, one-manportable, breech-loaded, percussion-fired, recoilless rifle. (ECDI) The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has ordered 300 ...

In 1942, Japanese engineers tested a captured American rifle and uncovered a devastating truth about modern warfare. The ...

Police in Japan can from Thursday use rifles to shoot bears after strict gun laws were revised to help authorities battle a spate of fatal attacks that also prompted the US embassy in Tokyo to issue a ...

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