CODE – 04-062-936

NAME – Type 96

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Japan

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1936

CALIBER – 6.5x51mmSR (6.5mm Arisaka)

OVERALL LENGTH – 105.4 cm (41.5 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 55.1 cm (21.7 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 20 cm (7.87 in)

LOAD – Spitzer-type full jacketed ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 6.65 mm (0.262 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.01 g (139 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 735 m/s (2410 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2431 j (1793 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.7 kg (19 lb 2 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 9.69 kg (21 lb 6 oz) loaded with 30 rds 6.5mm ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Drum adjustable with aperture, Graduated from 200 to 1,500 meters in 100 meter increments (219 to 1640 yards in 109 yards increments)

OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.37 kg (13 oz)

OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 2.5 Power

OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 13 degrees – 22.75 m @ 100 m (68.2 ft @100 yds)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 120 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 550 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 30 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.36 kg (13 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.99 kg (2 lb 3 oz) loaded with 30 rds 6.5mm Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Twelve 30-rd magazines (360 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 11.88 kg (26 lb 3 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Kokura Arsenal, Kyushu

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Imperial Japanese Army