Large cashes of these rifles are known to have come from Truk and the Philippines as well as the Main Japanese Naval Bases of Sasebo and Yokouska so it is likely that this un-issued rifle came from one of these places.Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Heckler&Coke Military Weapons Forum 127 11:52 AM Cool Hand Wilderness Survival, Hiking and Camping Forum 114 10:31 AM ACME_MAN Controversial News and Alternative Politics 51 06:59 PM tankman1989 DIY - Do It Yourself 42 06:33 AM apps47inc For Sale 0 07:41 PM speedofl33t Controversial News and Alternative Politics 2 05:58 PM Jubbles Political News and Discussion 30 04:17 PM ACME_MAN Controversial News and Alternative Politics 5 10:19 PM Guardian Edible & Non-Edible Plants 12 02:46 PM sailinghudson25 Military Weapons Forum 8 03:01 PM. The Japanese Naval use of these rifles is well documented, they armed landing parties from ships and the very Famous Special Naval Landing forces, the Japanese Marines.
This is one of those very rare rifles, and they are confirmed to have been entirely shipped solely to the Imperial Japanese Navy and no other attribution has been found. These rifles are identified by the “ P” suffix serial number, however there was a special group of rifles that were produced at Brno’s Bystrica Factory and they are marked with a “C” suffix only on the stock. The Famous Czech Firm of Brno had large numbers of Vz24 Rifles on hand for export and they were actively selling them to both the Nationalist Chinese Government and later to the Japanese Navy and also to Several European Nations such as Romania and Slovakia. In the late 1930’s the Japanese Navy was forced to source the small arms it needed from Europe because the Japanese Army was allocated everything the Home Arsenal’s could produce for the war in China. This is certainly the finest example of an all matching totally untouched Japanese Navy purchased and issued Czech Brno Export Model Vz24 very rare “C” Prefix serial range 1937 dated Service Rifle that we have ever seen.
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