" ENEMY WEAPONS -- JAPANESE ARMY " RESTRICTED WWII INFANTRY TRAINING FILM NAMBU MACHINEGUN 11854.webm

This restricted WWII era Signal Corps training film conveys information about common weapons used by the Japanese military. It covers the basic function of each weapon including various features, as well as information about how to load, aim, fire, and disassemble it in a field situation. The film features close up footage of all the weapons and the different constituting parts. The M38, M99, Solothurn SMG, Type 89 Grenade Discharger, Nambu Model 1922 SMG, and the Model 1932 Heavy Machine gun are featured. 0:10 Title “War Department Film Bulletin: Produced by Signal corps Photographic Center Issue No. 80”, 0:21 U.S. Army soldier testing a bolt-action rifle, 0:40 Title “Rifles Model 38 and Model 39”, 0:41 Shot of both aforementioned rifles, 0:58 Close up shots and demonstrations of the functions of the M38 such as the bayonet, cleaning rod, sights, loading chamber, trigger, and magazine, 2:04 Soldier demonstrates how to disassemble the bolt of the weapon and shows its different parts, 2:59 Soldier holding a M99 rifle with bayonet and demonstrates its monopod function, 3:21 Soldier begins showing the different functions of the M99 including the bayonet, sight, loading chamber, trigge