Japan Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle

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Timelord got me considering this rifle. I'm pretty sure Japanese law prohibits export though. Pretty good vids...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGJsI8LnRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8rDMHM8ewk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHywGFoAHJc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugqZIsiF4ak

CQB Green Ninjas!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saMMKKmOpEk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9UcEbmQuKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2cPWkS8Hjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79V9MjX-e0Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6edTue5bcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb5zdNY2GTM

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It's a unique design. The gas piston has a two part head, with one part moving almost instantly with gas flow, the other trailing behind slightly, dampening the impulse. It's ergonomics are awful, but what do they have to compare it with?

Yes, Japanese law would not allow exports, and there was no semi only version.
 
It's a bit scary seeing Japan beefing up their Armed Forces these days. They could be quite ambitious when it comes to power. ;)
The rifle sort of has that ripped-off kind of look to it, doesn't it? One of those can't-quite-put-my-finger-on-which-rifle-they-copied-from-but-I-know-they-did look, you know? :) I wonder how it compares to Korean army's K2 rifle, which is another copied design.
 
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Cocked&Locked said:
If it comes with the model I'll take TWO!:D (don't tell my wife! they look short enough to fit in my gun lockers, I'll hide em!)
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You want two? No problem!
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but why go for a "model" ? There is a real Japanese woman soldier:)
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I've heard they can apply for special permit for hunting rifles, like bolt action, for carrying in specific area designated by government.
 
The Type 98 is not offered for civil sale anywhere, just like Diemaco. I don't think they make a semi-auto version anyway.

Also Japanese are not allowed semis as they were all banned by in 1960's.
 
You can have "real" guns in Japan, but it's very difficult to get a licence. Remember that Browning and Winchester have a lot of their guns made in Japan.

To get a licence for an air rifle or a shotgun is fairly straightforward but very long-winded, you have to join a club, do a probation, take a written test, have secure storage in your home which is inspected by the police, and so on. There are about 300,000 shotgun licenses on issue in Japan (as compared to GB, where there are 700,000 with slightly over half the population of Japan).

Getting a licence for anything else is very hard indeed. Rifles were basically banned for target shooting back in the early 1970s, you can have them for hunting, but you have to hold a shotgun licence for ten years before you can even apply and there is a full-on psychometric test. It is possible to get one faster for some very limited occupational reasons (e.g. employed to perform certain types of pest control). Last I heard there were about 25,000 rifle licences on issue.

For handguns, you can have an air pistol on the same basis as an air rifle, but in addition there is a shooting test to qualify for the licence (which is reasonably tough), and there can only be 500 licenses on issue at any one time for air pistols.

Someone who has an air pistol licence can apply for a licence for a .22 pistol for ISSF competition, only 50 can be on issue at any one time, there is a really tough shooting test (i.e. you would stand a chance of qualifying for the Olympic team) and the gun has to be stored at a police station.

The Japanese are very odd in their choice of guns, the police use a version of the SIG-Sauer P232 in .32ACP, which is obviously anemic. The military use the P220 which is on the large side for Europeans, so God knows how the Japanese cope with it.

Even with all this bull####, they had a nutter run amok with a semi-automatic shotgun some years ago.
 
Wow, some ####ty tactics in those videos, I think they've watched too many James Bond films. Let's see them walk through double-glazing, and having five points of entry into a room is a recipe for getting shot by friendly fire.
 
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The one that has wooden stock is Type 64 rifle, it should be counted as 4th 7.62mm battle rifle, although it is usually loaded with the downloaded version of the 7.62mm NATO cartridge, and could feed on full-powered stuffs with the adjustment of the gas regulator.

BTW I got a movie(Sengoku Jieitai 1549) that has lots of Type 89s in action:


Part 1(266.6MB, Real Media Variable Bit-Rate[.rmvb] Format):

http://www.oxyshare.com/get/1800166405449fac621a5b80.84556210/


Part 2(247.4MB, Real Media Variable Bit-Rate[.rmvb] Format):

http://www.oxyshare.com/get/1154468280449fc776340257.05500932/


Be advised through, this movie is in Japanese with Simplified Chinese subtitle only, and is in Real Player format(Real Media Variable Bitrate[.rmvb] in this case)........ this can be sloved by download and install KMPlayer(http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/ ,registration required before you can download the player).

As for inserting English subtitles, get someone who have the skills to do that........


Just a tiny bit of screenshots:

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Original thread that I posted in MP.net, more screenshots tehre:

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=84463


-Polyshot
 
cancer said:
I've heard that firearms are essentially entirely prohibited in Japan. I didn't even think you could hunt with them. But I could be completely wrong.
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There is bear (rifle) hunting in Japan for licensed PHs.
 
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