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And then the M16 came along...and almost every other veteran from the old days loves to bitch about that....not that they were necessarily wrong, mind you, the platform in itself is brilliant and stood the test of time. It's just that the original execution was shoddy and rather idiotic, again...

Okay, so now a more modern small arm, an Indian one, sadly...the INSAS. Or rather, "how to Rube Goldberg a modern small arm design and screw it up horribly." To make a basic summary, I shall quote one of our own members, Isem. :oops: 😲 Now, how you Frankenstein a modern assault rifle that...

That ties into the claims that there was no word for "surrender" in Japanese. Which IMHO seems to have been a combination of failure-to-translate between English and Japanese, and also the twisted form of Bushido (or, Imperial Bushido, if you will) that was instituted by Imperial Japan around...

Very true....and not just bamboo staves in 1945 Japan, homemade grenades consisting of black powder stuffed in clay pots, over 100-year old (if not older) muskets, farm implements, etc. etc....all the chosen weapons of the dubiously vaunted "Volunteer Fighting Corps" that would have opposed...

Of course the IJA would have bayonets on their LMG's...how dare you refute the Rule of Cool, gaijin! 😎 In all seriousness, the Imperial Japanese along with the Italian Blackshirts had some rather, eh, unique POV on some of their weapons. Not to rag on the IJA again...oh who am I kidding...

It wasn’t a horrible weapon, the later ones anyway. It was basically a product of its time and of circumstance when you really need a lot of automatic weapons for soldiers and militia right away. And it seemed to perform the job it was intended for, quirks notwithstanding. That said I am...

A zip gun essentially, but was meant exactly for the role it was intended for.

Okay....while maybe not really bad....IE, two weapons filled the roles they were meant for, automatic weapons that could be produced on the cheap and quickly, they were just ugly, nasty weapons that were more akin to the sort of "last ditch weapons" you'd see that was made in someone's garage or...

Okay, if we're doing this, I will raise a glass to: The WW2 Imperial Japanese Type 94 Nambu pistol. I'd add a pic but it's not working for some reason. Anyway...clunky design, weak cartridge, exposed sear that could lead to negligent discharge if not careful(!), stripping and disassembly was...

Well, if you really wanna go there... I think the L85/L86 gets the same infamous reputation like the Chauchat did during WW1, at least in retrospect....a piece of worthless junk that needlessly got some fine British soldiers killed. Now, I would argue that the rep of the Chauchat is not...