TERA rifle

Type 2 TERA rifle

The TERA Rifles (挺進落下傘小銃／挺身落下傘小銃 "Teishin Rakkasan Shyoujyu") were special Japanese rifles developed for paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army. All designs were capable of either being broken down or folded into two parts and easily assembled or disassembled. There was one production model and two prototypes:

Type 100 based on the Karabiner 98k Fallschirmjäger Detachable-Barrel ("Abnehmbarer Lauf") Variant. Complete copy prototype; never mass-produced.^[1]
Type 1 based on the Type 38 Cavalry Rifle. Replicating the mechanism of the Karabiner 98k "Klappschaft" Variant, it was not separated but folded. The Type 1 was not introduced because its folding mechanism was not reliable enough.
Type 2 based on the Type 99 Rifle. Common production variant. Separated into two parts: stock and action, and barrel and sights.

The Type 2 variant gained notoriety as the sniper rifle used in the 1971 Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry by the Scorpio killer.

References

↑ http://taka25ban.sakura.ne.jp/newpage62.htm

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Japanese Infantry Weapons of World War II

Swords

Guntō

Bayonets

Type 30
Type 2

Handguns

Rifles

Arisaka	Type 30 Type 30 Carbine Type 35 Type 38 Type 38 Carbine Type 44 Carbine Type 97 Sniper Rifle Type 99 Type 99 Sniper Rifle TERA

Other	Type 4 Automatic Rifle Type 97 Automatic Cannon Type I Type Mo

Grenade Launcher	Type 10 Type 89

Rifle Grenade	Type 100 Type 2

Rocket Launchers

Experimental Type 4
Experimental Type 5

Flamethrowers

Number 1
Number 2
Type 93
Type 95
Type 100

Cartridges

Rifle	6.5×50mmSR Type 30 6.5×50mmSR Type 38 7.7×58mmSR Type 89 7.7×58mmSR Type 92 7.7×58mm Type 97 7.7×58mm Type 99 .303 British

Handgun	9×22mmR Type 26 8×22mm Type 14 7×20mm Nambu

Firearms of Japan

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