The Type 38 rifle Arisaka (三八式歩兵銃 san-hachi-shiki hoheijū) is a bolt-action rifle. The standard rifle of the Japanese infantry during World War II, it was also known in Japan as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine. The weapon was designed by lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army Arisaka Nariakira who, along with Kijiro Nambu, was Japan's most important weapons engineer.The Type 30 bayonet was designed to be used with the Japanese Type 30 Rifle and later used on the Type 38 Rifle and Type 99 rifle. The weapon was a sword bayonet with a 400 mm (15.75 inch) long blade and an overall length of 514 mm (20.25 inches). The weapon was manufactured from 1897 to 1945 by the Matsushita National, the Kokura-Tokyo Arsenal, and the Toyoda-Jodoshoki Seisakusho Arsenal.
