The Nambu pistols were a series of semi-automatic pistols produced by the Japanese company Koishikawa Arsenal, later known as the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal. The pistols were designed by Kijiro Nambu and saw extensive service in the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War.

The Nambu pistols were designed to replace Japan's earlier service pistol, the Type 26 Revolver. The first Nambu was completed in 1902. This version was never adopted, but some were sold to China and Siam. The Type B was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s, and the later Type 14 was adopted in 1926 as the service pistol of the Imperial Japanese Army until 1945.

The Nambu pistols were recoil operated, locked breech, semi-automatic pistols chambered in 8×22mm Nambu, a semi-rimmed, bottleneck handgun cartridge introduced in Imperial Japan in 1904.

In 1949, William B. Ruger took design elements of the Nambu in his own design, which would become the Ruger Standard in .22lr.

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