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Wikipedia: 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 series had five variants, the Type A Model 1902 (also called the Grandpa Nambu), the Type A Model 1902 Modified (also known as the Papa Nambu), the Type B (also known as the Baby Nambu), the Type 14 and the Type 94.
The pistols were designed by Kijiro Nambu and saw extensive service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type A was made in very small numbers. Type A Modified and Type B Nambus were never formally adopted by any branch of the armed forces of Imperial Japan but were sold to officers through officer stores. The Type 14 was adopted as an official sidearm.
As World War II progressed, and particularly in the final year of the war, in order to speed production, Type 14s began to be more hastily manufactured with a subsequent decline in quality.
The Nambu pistol series withdraw the magazine from the grip of the pistol by pressing the magazine release button on the left side of the frame.[4] The magazine is loaded by hand, as there is no charger clip for loading.[4] The A Nambus and the Type 14 Nambu have 8-round magazines while the Type B Nambu has a 7-round magazine.[4]
The Nambu pistol series is a recoil operated, locked breech, semi-automatic pistol. The Nambu series is well balanced despite the main spring chamber protruding from the left side. The pistols are slender barreled with a single piece frame.[1] The barrel is forged integrally with the receiver. The breech-lock was achieved by a propping system similar to the breech lock system used in the Glisenti Model 1910.[5] As the barrel moved forward, the block would be lifted as it rode across the frame forcing the lug upward to lock into the bolt. A common flaw in the series was that the gun's safety catch and its magazine release did not enable the magazine to slide out of the gun once it was emptied, forcing its wielder to use both hands to remove it manually and thus slowing reloading. The catch was omitted entirely from the Type 14.
The Nambu pistol uses a low pressure 8 mm cartridge, which is considerably less powerful than contemporary pistol cartridges like the American .45 ACP, the Soviet 7.62×25mm Tokarev, the British .455 Webley, and the German 9×19mm Parabellum.
