Weapons · Japan · 1926-1945
Nambu Type 14 pistol
service pistol
The Type 14 was the standard sidearm of Imperial Japanese Army officers, adopted in 1926 as a cheaper, simpler evolution of Kijiro Nambu's earlier Type A pistol. It was a recoil-operated 8-round semi-automatic firing the underpowered 8x22mm Nambu cartridge, and officers were expected to purchase their own. Wartime production pressure after 1937 degraded fit and finish, and many were destroyed or discarded by their owners rather than surrendered, which makes exact survival and production counts uncertain.
| caliber | 8x22mm Nambu |
|---|---|
| weight | 0.9 kg unloaded |
| effective range | 50 m |
| produced | ~400,000 |
| magazine | 8-round box |
Pacific, China, Burma and India
