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Type 99 scope
7.7x58 - 4x - Japan - Type 99






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Example of a Type 2 cradle mount from a Type 99 in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Unclear if the rifle or the scope is numbered 17833.




Reticle



Manufactuer Marks


Enomoto Kogaku Seiki Seisakusho
Enomoto Optical Mfg Co. Ltd
Nihon Kogaku Kogyo KK
Nippon Optical Industry Co. Ltd
Nihon Taipuraitā KK
Nippon Typewriter Co. Ltd
Takatiho Seisakusho KK
Takatiho Mfg Co. Ltd

Tokyo Dai-ichi Rikugun Zoheisho
Tokyo First Army Arsenal
Tokyo Kogata Kikai KK
Tokyo Optical Machinery Co. Ltd
Tokyo Shibaura Denki KK
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Ltd
Tomioka Kogaku Kikai Seisakusho KK
Tomioka Optical Machinery Mfg Co. Ltd




Serial Numbers

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Serial Maker Marked Images Notes
6456 Tokyo Dai-ichi Rikugun Zoheisho 2 3 4 5
7116 Tokyo Dai-ichi Rikugun Zoheisho 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Possible 71169, hard to tell.
10141 Tokyo Shibaura Denki KK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Inside of rail marked 2396.
10377 Tokyo Shibaura Denki KK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12068 Takatiho Seisakusho KK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12206 Takatiho Seisakusho KK 2 3 4 5 6 7
13190 Nihon Taipuraitā KK
13629 Nihon Taipuraitā KK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cradle mount scope.
16931 Tokyo Shibaura Denki KK 2 3 4 5 Cradle mount scope.
17833 ? 1 2 Cradle mount scope.



References

Walter, John. (2024). Sniping Rifles in the War Against Japan 1941-45. Osprey Publishing.



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