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Publication Date: November 1944

Creator / Author: War Department

Collection: Military Publications

TITLE: SOLDIER\'S GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE ARMYText Samples:CONDUCT IN BATTLE (page 11)
In combat the Japanese soldier is strong and hardy. i
On the offensive he is determined and willing to sustain
sacrificial losses without flinching. When committed
to an- assault plan-, Japanese troops-adhere- toit
unremittingly even when severe casualties would
dictate the need for abandonment or modification of
the plan. The boldness and courage of the individual
Japanese soldier are at their zenith when he is with
his fellows, and when his group enjoys advantages of
terrain or fire power. He is an expert at camouflage
and delights in deceptions and ruses. Japanese troops
obey orders well, and their training and discipline are
well exemplified in night operations. On the defense
they are brave and determined; their discipline is
good and fire control excellent. In prepared positions
the resistance of Japanese soldiers often has been
fanatical in-its -tenacity ....
GRENADES (continued - page 96)
Before the grenade is used it is necessary to screw the firing
pin down into its holder as far as possible. The grenade then
is grasped so that the fuze points downward. Next, the safety
pin is withdrawn, after which the head of the fuze cover is
struck against some hard object. The grenade then is thrown
immediately since the fuze is erratic in timing.
Another widely used grenade is the Model 91 (1931) which
can also be fired from SO-mm dischargers Models 10 and 90.
It also can be used as a rifle grenade by substituting a tubular
tail-fin assembly for the propellant container.
Made of serrated cast-iron and painted black, it is used as a
hand grenade in the same manner as Model 97. If fired from a
discharger, the safety pin is removed and the grenade is
dropped base downward into the discharger. A firing pin hits
the percussion cap in the base of the grenade when the trigger
mechanism of the discharger is operated. During the acceleration
of the grenade in the barrel of tile discharger, the firing
pin sets back, overcoming the resistance of the creep spring
and firing the percussion cap.
During the Kiska operations, Aleutian Islands, the Model
99 (1939) grenade was found in large quantities by U. S.
forces. It differs from the other grenades in that it is not
serrated. Its time delay is 4 to 5 seconds. It is fired in the same
manner as the Model 97 and the Model 91. Both \"a\" and \"b\" ...MORTARS (continued - page 97)
Mortars are used most effectively by the Japanese Army,
and their performance seems to be fully up to the standard of
other modern armies. The Model 98 (1938) 50-mm mortar has
three main parts-the base plate, the bipod, and the barrel.
Its elevation is fixedI at about 40 degrees, but provision is made
for limited traverse by loosening the two wing nuts that secure
the bipod and swinging the bipod feet on the arc.
The Model 98 50-mm weapon fires a formidable stick bomb
which weighs nearly 10 pounds and contains about 7 pounds
of explosive charge. To fire the weapon it is first necessary to
insert one or more powder increments into the muzzle. The
stick of the bomb then is placed in the tube. Adjustment of the
graduated range slide, which is clamped to the muzzle, will
regulate the distance the stick will go into the barrel. The
greater the distance the stick extends into the barrel, the
greater the range that will he attained.
The explosive charge of the bomb is armed by insertion of
two friction-type pull igniters in the holes in the base of the
charge. Each igniter is connected by cord to one of the two
links extending from the barrel collar of the mortar on each
side. A pull-type friction primer then is inserted into the primer
seat on the side of the barrel near the base. Pulling the loop
lanyard attached to this friction printer fires the piece.