Firearms Chambered in 7.7x58mm Arisaka

The Type 92 heavy machine gun was the standard heavy machine gun of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was an air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun chambered in the 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge. The Type 92 was a development of the earlier Type 3 heavy machine gun, which itself was based on the French Hotchkiss design. It is often called the Woodpecker by Allied soldiers due to its distinctive slow rate of fire. The weapon was fed from metal feed strips and was mounted on a heavy tripod for sustained fire.

The Type 99 Arisaka is a Japanese bolt-action rifle chambered in 7.7x58mm Arisaka, introduced as the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army. It features a distinctive chrysanthemum crest on the receiver, a dust cover over the action, and a wire monopod under the forend. The Type 99 was designed to provide more power than the earlier Type 38's 6.5mm cartridge.