The Type Kō prototype automatic rifle (Japanese: 試製自動小銃甲号 ''Shisei Jidō Shōjū Kō Gō'') was a semi-automatic rifle developed by the
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...
during the 1930s. Its design is heavily based on the
Pedersen rifle.
See also
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List of clip-fed firearms
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Type Otsu Rifle
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Type Hei Rifle
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Type 4 Rifle
References
Semi-automatic rifles
Rotary magazine firearms
Clip-fed firearms
Rifles of Japan
Trial and research firearms of Japan
Gas-operated firearms
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1933
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