TERA rifle
Type 2 TERA rifle
TypeBolt-action rifle
Place of originEmpire of Japan

The TERA rifles (Japanese: 挺進落下傘小銃／挺身落下傘小銃, romanized: Teishin Rakkasan Shoujuu) were special Japanese takedown rifles developed for paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army. All designs were capable of either being broken down or folded into two parts and easily assembled or disassembled.

Variants

  • Type 100: Based on the Karabiner 98k Fallschirmjäger detachable-barrel (Abnehmbarer Lauf) variant. Complete copy prototype; never mass-produced.[1]
  • Type 1: Based on the Type 38 cavalry rifle. Replicating the mechanism of the Karabiner 98k Klappschaft Variant, it was not separated but folded. The Type 1 was not introduced because its folding mechanism was not reliable enough.
  • Type 2: Based on the Type 99 rifle. Common production variant. Separated into two parts: stock and action, and barrel and sights.

References

  1. ↑ "二式テラ小銃 １". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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