Nambu Type 14

The Nambu pistol was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the WWI and WWII. Nambu pistol was designed in 1902 by General Kijiro Nambu. The pistol is a recoil operated, locked breech, semi-automatic pistol. The manual safety is located on the left side of the frame. The Nambu pistol uses 8 x 22mm Nambu cartridge. 8mm cartrige is low pressure cartridge so it is considerably less powerful than comparable Western rounds like the .45 ACP, the 7.62x25mm Tokarev or 9x19mm Parabellum. Tokyo Arsenal manufactured most of Nambu pistols, others were manufactured by the Tokyo Gas and Electric company. Nambu Type 14 was successor of Nambu pistol and it was manufactured from 1925. Production of Type 14s lasted until the end of World War II in 1945. Muzzle velocity: 950 FPS.