Type 44 cavalry carbines, first adopted in 1911, were also chambered in 6.5×50mm.
In 1905, the round also came to be offered in the Type 38 Arisaka infantry rifle and carbine, both of which rendered the Type 30 obsolete in Imperial Army service. In 1902, the Imperial Japanese Navy chambered its Type 35 rifle for the cartridge as well. The new rifle and cartridge replaced the 8×52mm Murata round used in the Type 22 Murata rifle. It was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1897, along with the Type 30 Arisaka infantry rifle and carbine. 264 inches) followed by the case length in millimeters. The first part of the cartridge's name refers to the diameter of the bullet (6.5 mm or. The 6.5x50 Japanese Arisaka naming convention follows common European naming conventions. Historically it has been referred to as the " 6.5 Jap".
The 6.5×50 Japanese Arisaka, 6.5mm Japanese Arisaka, 6.5 Jap, or 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka is a semi-rimmed rifle cartridge with a 6.5 mm (.264) diameter bullet. Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, Indonesian War of Independence, Korean War, Malayan Emergency 30-06 (right).Įmpire of Japan, Russian Empire, United Kingdom, China, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Finland, Indonesia, Cambodia, Poland