The Type Kō (Japanese: 試製自動小銃甲, Shisei jidō shōjū kō, lit. Experimental Automatic Rifle Kō) was a Japanese prototype self-loading rifle.
History[]
The Type Kō rifle was one of three self-loading rifle designs commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Army for military trials. The trials took place in 1935, however none of the rifles tested were considered suitable for service, and the projected costs were too high to justify a full production run, so the project was cancelled.
Design[]
The Type Kō rifle utilized a copy of the Pedersen rifle action, and had a redesigned 10-round rotary magazine. Around 24 rifles were made, 12 with a shorter barrel.
Gallery[]
Serial number 1, left side
Serial number 8
See Also[]
External Links[]
- Japanese Pedersen Rifle - YouTube
- Japanese Pedersen Rifle 6.55 mm
- Japanese Army Pedersen Copy Trials Rifle - YouTube
- Japanese Pedersen Rifle 6.5 mm Japanese
- https://www.icollector.com/Exceptionally-Rare-Pre-World-War-II-Japanese-Experimental-Pedersen-Semi-Automatic-Rifle-Serial-Numbe_i15827689
- https://hennahanashi.militaryblog.jp/e913386.html
- https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%A6%E8%A3%BD%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E5%B0%8F%E9%8A%83%E7%94%B2
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