Imperial Japanese Grenade Launchers

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Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers

By Gregory A. Babich and Thomas A. Keep

After eight years of intense effort, Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers is finished. This 264-page book is hardbound with 8.5-by-11 inch pages. There are more than 300 photographs and drawings; most of the photographs are in color. Below are details about the book and ordering information.

Front of dust jacket.

Back of dust jacket.

What is inside?

• Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers covers the gamut of this topic including army and navy arsenal procedures, inspection marks, ordnance nomenclature, Japanese dating systems, and relevant rifles and bayonets. More than twelve types of grenade rifles and launchers and numerous variants, many of them previously undocumented, are described in this book. In addition, cup wrenches, carrying pouches, cleaning equipment, and launching cartridges are discussed. Throughout this book, grenade rifles and launchers are placed in historical context, and background information is given regarding their development, manufacture, and use.

• Considerable text, photographs, and drawings are devoted to the numerous shells, hand grenades, and rifle grenades that were used with Imperial Japanese grenade rifles and launchers. Many previously undocumented fuzes and grenades are covered including improvised, rocket propelled, and naval variations.

• With ten chapters of detailed information, more than 300 photographs and drawings, translated wartime documents, and an extensive reference section, Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers is the definitive work on the topic. This book is a must for museums, military historians, and collectors of Imperial Japanese rifles, rifle cartridges, and ordnance.

• Use this link to view the Table of Contents.

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How do I order?

Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers is $75 per book plus shipping.

For US customers, USPS media shipping and insurance is $5.00 for the first book and $3.00 for each additional book to the same address (other methods of shipping/insurance, if requested, will cost more). PA residents must add 6% sales tax. Money orders and personal checks are accepted. Personal checks take up to 10 days to clear. Payment can also be made using PayPal. Payment should be made to dhpco@comcast.net when using PayPal.

For international buyers, we will ship books to the countries listed below. Payment must be by international postal money order or by PayPal in US dollars. Payment should be made to dhpco@comcast.net when using PayPal. The shipping prices below are for airmail parcel post and insurance; the shipping time is 4-10 days. For other locations, please write to the publisher at dhpco@comcast.net or at the address below for shipping costs.

Australia	$32.06
Canada	$18.91
Germany	$32.06
Great Britain	$30.40
Japan	$32.06
New Zealand	$29.55
Italy	$30.40

When paying by snail mail, please make payment payable to Dutch Harlow Publishing Company and mail to:

Dutch Harlow Publishing Company

PO Box 301

Lemont, PA 16851-0301

USA

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