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The rear sight has anti-aircraft sight wings like the short rifle would have later on, but it has notches on both the bottom and top and at the 200 and 300 knot positions, while the short rifle have a notch on only the bottom at the 200 knot position. Both long and short rifles had monopods, but the long rifles are slightly different in being longer and with having one spring on each side instead of the spring wrapping around the monopod base. The sling swivels are mounted on the bottom. The stocks are similar to the Type 38 with a short handguard and exposed barrel. Type 99 long rifles basically a mix between a Type 38 rifle and a Type 99 short rifle.
TYPE 99 ARISAKA FRONT BAND REMOVAL SERIES
Note: Toyo Kogyo also made “last ditch” short rifles in the 35th series late in WWII.
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Nagoya Arsenal did not use a series number, but Toyo Kogyo was assigned the 35th series ( テ). Ultimately the Type 99 long rifle designed was shelved in early 1941 in favor of the Type 99 short rifle design with just over 8,000 rifles produced at Nagoya Arsenal and about 30,000 made at Toyo Kogyo. Production started in mid-1940 at the Nagoya Arsenal and at the commercial firm Toyo Kogyo in Hiroshima, which was a subcontracted out by Kokura Arsenal. When the Japanese decided to build a rifle on on their new 7.7 rimless round they at first decided on a long infantry version with an 800mm ( 31.5 inches) length barrel just as the older Type 38 was.