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JAPANESE IMPERIAL MARINES take barricade during their street fighting and progression in Shanghai, China action, 1938. The marine on the far right is armed with a Model M.P.28,II machine pistol utilizing a 32 round capacity magazine. The Japanese imported test samples of these European weapons in the 1930’s for consideration of troop issuance and which their navy adopted for the Special Forces.

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M.P. 34/I BERGMANN Machine Pistol in disassembled view. The system has a floating firing pin feature that was also designed into the Italian Beretta MP 1938A machine pistol. The weapon’s main spring encompasses the rear portion of the firing pin that is compressed between a collar and an end tube integrated with the bolt retracting assembly. 
 

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ITALIAN OFFICERS of Fabbrica Armi Regio Esercito [Royal Army Arms Factory] of Terni and Sezione Fabbrica Armi Regio Esercito [Section of the Royal Army Arms Factory] of Gardone Valtrompia, Italy entertain Japanese military personnel poising for photos during the production of Type "i" rifles through the 1938/39 contract period. The contract emanated from agreements of the 1936 Anti Comintern Pact between the two countries and Germany

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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY Special Landing Force personnel patrol Shanghai perimeter gates in early 1932. The guard on the right is equipped with a Swiss Model 1920 Brevet Bergman Machine Pistol. The Japanese later modified them by adding a jacket collar for bayonet attachment.
 

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JAPANESE Special Naval Landing Forces cross the Long River in Central China in fall of 1938. The soldier at near left is shouldering a Type 11 Light Machine Gun. The soldier at right is carrying a Bergmann Type BE Machine Pistol. The Navy purchased a small amount of the European produced machine pistols in the early 1920’s for combat testing purposes.
 

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