Type 100 / 44 (Late Pattern) Japanese SMG 

I like how in every WW2 game there are 100s of these everywhere in the pacific missions.

TO&E of a Japanese 10 man infantry squad in Call of Duty: World at War: 8 x Type 100 SMG's 1 x Type 99 rifle 1 x Type 97 LMG 1000 hand grenades

It still astonishes me how the Japanese were the only nation not to go all-in on Submachine guns in WW2, how Australia and Finland outproduced them.

The Japanese tactic of attacking at close range at night would have made more sense if they equipped leading troops with SMG's.

What? A gun designed by Nambu that can fire accidentally? Impossible!

The Japanese soldiers in World at War had more of these than Arisakas, probably why I nearly ripped my hair out on Veteran.

Hello, I am a Japanese gun enthusiast. Thank you for introducing our country's Type 100 submachine gun.

As the grandchild of a Japanese woman born during WWII and a 20 year US Marine, I also feel the primal need to fix a bayonet onto absolutely everything.

I will say, one overarching theme between Japanese firearms of the era, mostly ones designed by Kojiro Nambu, is that they have the best takedown methods. Something which is rarely appreciated, especially by the all the gamers who comment on these videos. The ease and convenience of being able to take it apart quickly, especially for regular soldiers, is a massive time-saving advantage. More time to entrench or do other essential tasks. Particularly in the era of corrosive ammunition. Taking apart a Kar98k bolt and a Type 99 bolt is like night and day.

Is it possible that logistics also had some bearing on the Japanese lack of enthusiasm for submachine guns? At the beginning of the war, Japan was operating with very long lines of supply and a limited industrial base. The idea of a relatively inaccurate gun that chews through bullets very quickly (the common view of the type) would not have sat well with people responsible for getting all those bullets to the front line. In the later war, the supply lines are shorter and maximising firepower for every remaining soldier might have made it more appealing.

Just to clarify, I would say that the Japanese SNLF were not what we would consider 'elite' troops in that they did not undergo a rigorous selection process nor did they receive special training. The were regular IJN sailors who had undergone basic infantry training, like every other sailor, but were peeled off to form infantry units after being given whatever Japanese Army weapons and uniforms were available. What was amazing was their accomplishments given their rather lowly beginnings.

I’ve been waiting for this episode since I first started watching the channel

Bro I’ve been waiting on this vid since like 2016 back when he covered all the Japanese semi automatic rifles.

If it doesn't take a bayonet i dont want it

Actually Japanese did make another new shorter bayonet with a 7.7 inch blade It's called Type 2 from what I read, addopted in year 1942 they were made specifically for paratrooper, whom will also have smg like type 100 in their armory

Even the Japanese realized that using double-stack, single-feed mags was a bad idea.

A gun collector friend had a type 100 (probably early model) he captured while fighting with the Army in New Guinea. He said the Japanese had painted it green. Never heard of them painting their guns before. And no, he unfortunatly didn't have a chance to bring it home.

Ah yes..The type 100. one of my favorite obscure weapons of WW2. Thanks Ian. Really appreciate the close look.

holy shit finally the type 100!

The bayonet is unironically longer than the barrel…

Always wondered about the lack of SMGs in the IJA, thanks Ian

Lets not forget that from the second Arisaka type, it really is Nambu design. He changed so much that it is no longer an Arisaka. The bolt was an even stronger Mauser type than the K98K.

The average japanese soldier of the time was 5'3" and about 120 lbs. Why they didnt think to heavily implement a light, nifty gun is beyond me.

Oh no, Ian, you are wrong. Marines and soldiers on troop ships were not allowed alcohol, but just enjoyed the ice cream freezers. As a side nit, when a late buddy was shipped home from the ETO, he said the amount of booze snuck aboard and consumed was "astronomical." He was astonished at the variety as well. Bill started out as an anti-aircraft gunner in the US ("I guess they thought the Heines were going invade Long Island") and ended up fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, seeing much combat. I would have hit the booze on the way home too in his shoes.

The fact that a Type 100 made it's way to the US proves that there's some kind of cosmic force out there.

Tear downs of sub machine guns are always my favorite on this channel. I love seeing just how simple the design philosophy usually is for them.

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Despite Kijiro Nambu's name being attached to this weapon, the actual design work was reportedly done by Lt. Col. Sadamitsu Taguchi, who also designed a copy of the Czech ZH 29 rifle (Type Otsu) which was not adopted. Similarly the earlier Nambu Model 1 and Model 2 prototypes mentioned in this video, which preceded the Type 100 (which was the Model 3), were apparently the work of Maj. Gen. Shikanosuke Tokunaga, not Nambu himself. Nambu's name was attached to a lot of guns that he probably didn't design but which were developed at his factory in Tokyo.

Imperial Japan remains an enigma to me. On some things they were ahead of the game, just to blow their lead, and on other things were stubbornly backwards

Holy smokes you have no idea how excited I am to see the Type 100 featured on your channel!

This is such a welcome surprise, I've been waiting for Ian to cover the Type 100 in detail for over a decade at this point. It was definately worth the wait!

たびたび日本語で失礼します 貴方の動画には誤りはもちろん、誤解を招くような表現すらほとんど無いのでいつも安心しています。 日本の兵器も差別せずに取り扱ってくださってとても嬉しいです。 いつもありがとうございます。

The anecdote about the bolts/mags being dumped was brilliant!

Probably seen more Type 100 playing World at War than there was ever produced

The Japanese instilled in their troops that it was their fighting spirit that would win the fight. They expected their troops to get in close and use the bayonet. Look at many of the pictures of Japanese soldiers and you’ll see most of the rifles have their bayonets mounted on them. They should have figured by the end of 1943 a submachine gun would be definitely needed in the dense jungles.

Thanks Ian Please read about this true story,,,, I worked as a Landfill Inspector and apparently during the Clinton ARB years the USMC’s found a large wooden crate that had been lost at USMC Logistics Base in Dagget California since 1945 that had been sent back to the USA by a high ranking Marine from the PTO and it contained 302 guns that would have been in use during WWII in the Pacific Theater of Operation 03 Springfields , Thompsons, M1 Carbines & Garands, BARs, Johnson rifles, & so on, around a thousand Samari swords, and around a hundred Japanese rifles with two of these rare Japanese SMG’s according to the base commander who I spoke with to see if the Marines would have any trouble in me trying to recover these guns from a closed site Landfill that they had been barred in since the Marines had found them. He wanted as many Samari swords as possible and the two Japanese SMGs along with other types of guns that were in there. Apparently two 22 ton Euclid dump trucks left the base, the one with the rifles ended up at the then active site landfill. I spoke with all three of persons working at the site that day. They took a dozer and pushed up the pile of guns up the side slope to the top hinge of the cell and they fell into a void at the top edge, then they ran the dozer back down and pushed up some trash and placed it next to the guns and tracked it in. The driver signed off the paperwork and then the three guys at the sight took home guns out of the pile. L took home a 1928 Thompson SMG with a 100rd FBI drum that I have physically seen, touched and looked over that I believe is currently on the Navajo reservation in AZ. B took a 1903 Springfield and a 1917 Eddestone Enfield. D said that he took 20 guns and he wouldn’t tell me anything about what kinds of guns that he took, and got very pissed off at me and told me that the 20 guns that he took and the ones that were still barred in the ground were his retirement program and that if he would have known then what they were worth then in the mid 2000’s that he would have taken them all. I don’t know what happened to the Samari swords, but they never made it to the landfill. D the guy that took the 20 was in supervision with our current LF contractor at that time and to protect the guns from me getting them, burned me down with my superintend who had been on board with recovering these guns and almost got me fired. So are they still there? Probably,. Will they ever be dug up? No chance what so ever. Any thanks again Ian for bringing us yet another very rare gun.

"Bayonetcentric" Japanese tank commanders where the first to wave their samurai swords and order their tank driver to: "Bring me closer so I can hit them with my sword!" long before it became a 40K meme

FINALLY. he's finally reviewed every gun ive wanted to see.

I’ve been waiting for this episode!

While the world was studying the art of submachine guns, Japan was studying the blade

I've read the reason the Japanese didn't push for a submachine gun is that they preferred light machine guns for automatic fire in small unit combat. Japanese infantry battalions had more machine guns (or BAR type weapons) that US Army or Marine infantry battalions which makes you aware of how savage the fighting could get.

Finally i waiting Soo long to see how does this smg work. Thank sir😃

I always assumed these were rare because they were dumped into the ocean by the tens of thousands, not because Japan didn't even make ten thousand of them!

In Polish TV Show from the 60s "Four Tank-Men and a Dog" EP01 there is a scene with Japanese commando armed with that one, however it was a lanchester smg, so yes, quite a scarce gun.

Just in time for Lunch!! Found myself watching a video everyday!

Really refreshing to get a classic video, thanks

The Japanese name is Hyaku-shiki which makes me think of the gold colored mecha that was in Zeta Gundam.

Ah, so those are responsible for missing parts of trophy guns. Another item on the list to do if there's a time machine - find and beat the navy guys responsible and force them to fish said missing parts out, shark-infested waters or not. That aside, wasn't there another, rather weirdly designed/looking japanese smg made(usually named type 2 in various games)?

Had a Type 100 with the correct magazine brought back by a WW2 vet. Often, GI's were allowed to bring back the gun but not the mag, making this mag rarer than the gun itself. Someone had chromed it and it was typical Japanese with moderate quality. The firing pin was missing. It was neat but it felt cheap compared to my Thompson. It now sits in a museum along with another bring back", an STG 44 with an MP43 mag.

Good afternoon You can compare the Japanese Type 100 submachine gun with the Japanese Nambu training machine gun. And you will understand the origin of the Type 3 submachine gun. And if you compare the bolt of a Type 100 submachine gun with the bolt of a Smith and Wesson M76, then you will find an unexpected discovery. Andrey Ts.😀

Oh my god, I've been waiting forever for a Type 100 to show up on forgotten weapons.

I saw plenty of these years ago on CoD World at War Pacific missions. I don't know how I survived.

Type 100....Hyaku Shiki....Please tell me there's a gold one somewhere!

Sub machine guns were considered a bit of a fad after the first world war, a bit like tanks. A number of nations dismissed AFVs after the big conflict as an improvised kludge to break a siege and in turn - not particularly necessary going forward. For example, the first tanks in the USA were the M1 and M2 "Combat cars" because there was no budget for tanks. Better tactics, artilery coordination via portable wireless, or air-power could deal with fortifications better. "Trench Broom" machine pistols were not really needed if there were other ways to deal with trenches - right? While Russia would produce millions of SMGs before during WWII, before 1940 and numerous problems fighting the Finns, that country was not sold on the idea either.

Finally, the Type 100 submachine gun.

The British Army had a disdain for SMGs pre-war also, viewing them as unsuitable for infantry use and also the idea of being 'gangster' weapons.

I wonder how much Japan's risk-aversion culture plays into them not going whole-hog on the SMG concept. Japan can often be very slow to adopt new concepts into its culture and is conversely reluctant to let go of old ideas. The fax machine is still in common use and there are plenty of cities where you can pay at a vending machine with the credit on your public transport card, but can only pay in cash in the shop around the corner from it. I could see them adopt similar principles in firearms doctrine: hyperfocus on LMG's and GPMG's as a result of the Russo-Japanese war and seeing what the rest of the world went through in WWI, but then being very reticent to give their average troop so much firepower off the bat and only being mildly curious because of very limited experience in China, thinking that they do not need to give the individual soldier so much firepower when his ultimate role is to serve the unit's machine gunners and if necessary, use their bayonet as Ian mentioned. The idea being they had a very good doctrine and the new one hadn't been proven out to them yet. Perhaps if the Pacific War had kicked off 3 years later, they would have shown more interest.

Amazing detailed analysis, great video again!

If you're at all interested in the lesser known battles of the Pacific I cannot recommend HypoHistorocalHistory's videos enough

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So wait… this is the type 100? Hyaku Shiki? Why isn’t it gold then?

As a Brit, I must commend the Japanese their love of giving everything and everyone a shiv

That bears a striking resemblance to a German design. MP18 / 28

Ian being that someone to take it home soo he can complete his dad's japanese firearms collection!

I have been waiting for this video, for years. "Why doesn't Ian talk about this gun!?!?!?!". Thank you Ian.

Unarmed men, women and children don't require bullets to eliminate.

Could you talk about the Japanese 99 with the flower 🌼 on it my dad bought one home from ww2 thank you

every gun needs a bayonet

Bayonet on a Bayonet?

a very long anticipated episode

Finally!!!! Type 100!!! Any chance that you can make videos on the even rarer Japanese experimental smgs?

That's a great looking Type 100

Is there a name for the feature on a bolt that picks up cartidges from the magazine? Feeding lug?

I've clicked on this so fast lmao, I've been waiting for the day where you actually made a video on this smg :D

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Always wondered how well/terribly soviet-like focus on production and deployment of more SMGs would have worked out for japanese in China and beyond?

"They preferred bringing knives (swords) to the gunfight" still feels like a stretch.

It takes a certain perverse dedication to make a PPSh look like a Browning product by comparison.

The reason the magazine is mounted on the side is to prevent the shooting posture from being too high when shooting face down on the ground.

Every gun should have a bayonet lug.

Anyone else remember a show called “tales of the gun” where Ian’s dad did a short break down this gun? Pepperidge farm remembers.

Interesting, I first saw depictions of the WW2 Japanese Army Type 100 submachinegun in 1960s comic books like, "The Iron Corporal", which focused around the actions of an Australian jungle patrol led by a sergeant and a corporal who actually had iron replacement ribs. I remember at least one Iron Corporal comic book where the Australian patrol is fighting a Japanese patrol. One of the Japanese NCOs is wielding a Type 100 submachinegun. Imagine "The Iron Corporal" as the Australian counterpart to the American television show, "Combat!" which was about the long-range missions of an American patrol group led by First Lieutenant Hanley and Sergeant Saunders in coastal France two months after D-Day. Military armament historians agree the drawback of the Type 100 was its weak 8mm Nambu cartridge. Why the Japanese Army refused to adopt the European 9mm Parabellum remains a mystery. Other military historians argue the Type 100 was over-engineered. It followed the path of pre-WW2 European submachineguns in having wood stocks, length, and more and often complex engineering.

Been looking forward to this one for ages! Thank you

Did he REALLY just say that the Imperial Japanese forces were a relatively small military??????? Really????

There's almost asmuch steel in that bayonet then there is the bloody barrel. No wonder steel was in such short supply.

Would the Japanese have been capable of manufacturing enough cartridges to outfit frontline troops with enough ammo (say 5 mags of 30 rounds each) had they decided to mass produce this weapon? They'd need a semi-automatic switch in order to conserve ammo at the very least I'd imagine. It's mad that they didn't even consider the production of a GARAND style rifle over their old Mauser-esque bolt guns. I have heard that the Arisaka was extraordinarily reliable though, but then it would have to be in order to last 30 years of pacific-island guerrilla-warfare in the hands of Hiroo Onoda!

一〇〇式機関短銃(後期型) The performance is not outstanding, and this gun, which was hardly ever used despite finally being practically perfected, has a charm because of its tragedy.

This was my nightmare in bf5

Wow. Very interesting subgun. This was definitely being manufactured during the allied bombing of the Japanese mainland. It is very crude. I have actually seen homemade subguns based on the Bren gun made in a mechanics shop that looked to be more finished than the type 100/44.

I've been hoping for this one for ages!

FYI, there was a purpose “shortened” version of the Type 30, known as the Type 100 bayonet that was produced to pair with this sub-machine gun as well as with the Type 2 “paratrooper” rifle. Quite rare in its own right.

that tack welded (?) end cap is an interesting complication.. and , perhaps those square protrusions from the receiver were for jigs to hold it in place for machining? I also wonder if the army/navy divide on procurement stepped in the way.. if production was a navy project that may have locked the army out?

100式短機関銃希少なので大切にして下さい。

My local regimental museum has a Type 100 complete with the magazine and bayonet. This is here in Canada mind you so I'm not sure how the museum got it.

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Been waiting for this

By the last year of the war, positive reports from those units lucky enough to have these issued to their section leaders or specialist detachments were circulating, and there was massive demand for SMGs from many divisions. To try to meet it, they even issued the remaining Test Type III preproduction guns. Thus, extremely rare variants like the Test Type IIIB 'Cavalry' model, with its bipod and 1500 meter tangent sight, were captured in the field.

I've been waiting for this video for years. This is my favorite gun, using it in so many games. Seeing you finally get your hands on one and make a video of it made me so happy, thank you.

These were fantastic in call of duty world at war

Quoting one of samurai impression about musket /w Buttstock in Tanegashima vid.... "It's not Real Shooting"... So That's why their military didn't embrace this SMG during WW2