Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Steel Field Scabbard 81mm Mortar Each gun was issued with

Each gun was issued with a quick detachable "T" Butt stock which replaced the Mk ll silhouette stock

56-46 fired a 320 to 330 grain

being third in order of precedence (ranked as the 3rd Regiment of the line)

which had issues with blade snapping due to the thinner design

Officer's were much more likely to use private purchase material

Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Steel Field Scabbard 81mm Mortar Each gun was issued withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war