A Japanese Officer's Pistol: The Baby Nambu 

Papa was a Luger.

@@bobbylee2853 Mama was a 380, and baby dreamt of being a .50

god i wish that was me...

Geez, I had to pay more than 1000 $ for an Arisaka alone here in Poland...

@@makeintoschu Arisaka rifles have become quite expensive now, here in the USA. I last saw one for sale in a gun store two years ago, and it was priced at $795.

People were sleeping on japanese weapons for such a long time after WW2. Its such a shame too since they are so interesting.

@@kevins1114 It must still have the mum on it. I paid $250 for a non mummed Type 99 4 or 5 years ago.

Arc-Enemy of Jaja Bings

God knows, we need one!

Yes sorry, I really forgot how to write his name. But I actually did not hate him.

That's where they got the name for the Planet.

Yes! for example,,, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi, both of them were invented from OBI(帯＝Belt) and JIDAI(時代＝Age) in Japanese.

Is the Great Great grandaunt's cousin on her mother's side, twice removed, concealed carry?

Nah concealed carry is a fetus nambu

Guy Smiley nice thumbnail

It probably did.

They were just decoration , like these kids today with there oversized watches .

“Killing Gun”

I think Patton fully intended to shoot anyone that gave him an excuse. Gotta have enough gun if you want to use it

Slight correction. Patton did NOT carry two ivory handled Colts. One was an ivory handled Colt in .45 caliber and the other was a Smith and Wesson in .357 Magnum. Okay, I'm a military trivia nerd.

Tom Justis I stand corrected. Nothing wrong with knowing your stuff. I must say though, a .357 is also in character

They'd carry a katana with it

@@estroll5034 Well, only kinda, they don't consider them to be katanas, either at the time or now. Shin gunto, mass produced, machined sword blades that look similar to katanas (although some of the older ones have like katana blades and a hand guard).

​@@Lowlandlord Katana, Shin Gunto or かたな) is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. It's literally a definition of katana. GOTIT?

@@Kinosaurus except the part where one differentiates between things like katana, or tachi, based on which side of the tang the swordsmith's mark was, slight difference in curvature, and carrying style (tachi was carried edge-down, like a traditional saber, in a scabbard hanging from the belt, while the katana was carried edge-up, in the obi, as a means of faccilitating faster draw - understandable, as the tachi was a cavalry sword intended for war, while the katana was used prominently during peacetime in small-scale skirmishes between mostly unarmored combatants).

Plot twist: That's not a baby nambu, that's a Ruger mk

Japanese Kolibri! XD

that fetus was aborted

With full Bayonet lug!

@@mntlmentos so the bayonet lug is like the tail? For this species it disappears before the baby is born, but is present in some stages of pregnancy?

They tried a version but it was aborted

LOL

USSEnterpriseA1701 Nice copy and paste piece of fallacy. You don't even know if that's true or not, just spreading the same bs you read somewhere or heard in some guy talk in some gun channel, they all repeat the same piece of text Fact is that this Nambu design comes from Luger, itbwas heavily inspired by the Luger P08 and Mauser C96, so obviously so does that Ruger pistol

@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess As noted in the October 1996 issue of Guns magazine: One of the interesting sidelights to the "Baby" Nambu story is that Bill Ruger had two in his personal collection. He copied the "Baby" concept, making two more, although both were in .22 rather than 7mm. Ruger considered his "Baby" Nambus too concealable and, before getting into the casting business, too expensive to produce by conventional methods. Nevertheless, a picture of Ruger's prototype "Baby" appears on page 48 of Wilson's Ruger & His Guns. Found at www.rugertalk.com/articles/the-baby-nambu-and-its-importance-to-ruger.102/ I believe this story preexisted the internet. I seem to recall reading something similar to this article in an old issue of Gun Digest perhaps from the early 1980s.

@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Jesus H. Christ, dude...take a few deep breaths, maybe listen to some New Age meditation music...just calm down. You act like you went looking for him to get the $50 he owes you, and you found him while he was talking shit about your mother. Or something. Anyway: the Ruger Mk II is strikingly similar to the Luger P08 in appearance and ergonomics, but I'd say the resemblance ends there. It's been quite awhile since I last shot/stripped/cleaned a Mk II, but I do seem to recall the action on it was a lot like the Nambu, and virtually nothing like the Luger; the former was simple and robust, whereas the latter suffered from the classic German predilection for over-engineering the bejeezus out of all things mechanical. Which would seem to make a lot of sense. the Nambu-inspired action would be far easier and cheaper to manufacture, and that'd be reflected on the price tag. Besides that: the mechanical properties of the Nambu/Mk II are more ammo-tolerant; the Luger P08 tends to be a little picky when it comes to ammo.

I can't say I ever had a problem taking a Ruger Mk II apart. Putting one back together though, that's a different story.

All small arms are worthy (and interesting) in the sight of the Gun Jesus!

One COULD ask how was he holding it that his pinky was in a position to BE almost shot off =)

Exactly my thoughts.. GLITCH IN THE MATRIX

Glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was going crazy. Or I was developing a strangely specific precognitive ability....

War is hell.

What do you mean, take good care of YOURSELF??

lol what video did that picture come from?

spef 😂love dat pic!

Rusty lungzs Fetus Nambu

Rusty lungzs And then the smallest would be Sperm Nambu

Whats a Nambortion look like?

and then when the gun's condition goes beyond repair you can call it an abortion

Pooky Nambu.

Pre war I think the yen and the dollar were par with each other so 180 yen = $180. If you crank in inflation to today's dollar you're looking at maybe $2,000 ?

@@jerryholt5290 actually it's closer to 20,000 yen for 180 dollars American rather than 2000.

@@pfitz9346 The inflation history of USD and yen were quite different though. I guess he was saying 180 pre-WWII US dollars had the same purchasing power as 2000 modern dollars.

Entäs Valmetin/Sakon rynnäkkökivääri 62/95?

Ianilla itse asiassa on Valmet M76, siitä ei tosin taida vielä olla videota.

Video about Peltiheikki aka m/44 would be awesome.

A such better perception of any other weapon than japanese － is wnen you recognize that some detail polish non ice cold machine but nice sweet white hands jaoanwse schoolgirl

Unit 731's activities didn't normally require an execution afterwards...the experiment generally took care of that....

Certain features were inspired from the Luger and the Luger's the more visually iconic and of course popular firearm among most people. That's my guess as to why because the Ruger should definitely be known more in relation to the Nambu than the Luger based on design.

The reason officers are issued pistols is to prevent themselves from being captured by the enemy. During the same time period, American generals were issued the Colt M1903 in .32acp. Any of these are adequate to do that job, even a .22 or a .25 would work. Enlisted ranks are issued a hand grenade for that purpose.

yes, that is a late war model, not a Nambu, i don't remember the name but TFB has a video on it

That was a Type 94. And yes it was made throughout the war but was really a last resort option especially during the end when Japan was desperate to continue fighting. It was poorly manufactured with little though put into safety.

Thanks guys!

The Type 94 was not a late was design; it was introduced before WWII began. And it was not actually a hazard to those who carried it. This is a gun widely misunderstood.

Did you ever do a full video on the Type 94, all I could find was the slow-mo one I linked above.

I remember reading that same story. He was a legitimate doctor...he came to the US to meet the new owner of his pistol, and actually got to fire it.

Not all Japanese guns have that. NOT EVEN THE ARISAKA RIFLES HAD THEM!

@@tenaciousstudios03051 😮

It did. then was retracted after some hours. Dunno why.

It's a linear hammer.

Just what I was thinking.

yes it was

You may have seen the grandpa Nambu. It looks the same, but is another gun.

Everybody is getting Baby Panda and 3d wooden shapes.

That was standard Japanese holster design practice...include a pouch for reload ammo.

Different frame of mind mate. Most nations didn't consider a pistol to be a strategically important military weapon, save as a close range, last ditch for officers. The real weapons were rifles, cannons, and airplanes.

Greg A loads of learning colours videos. Strange.