The series has three variants, the Type A, the Type B (also known as the Baby Nambu), and the Type 14 (十四年式拳銃, Jūyon nen shiki kenjū). The Nambu pistols were designed to replace Japan's earlier service pistol, the Type 26 revolver.

Type 14 may refer to: Type 14 Nambu pistol, a Japanese pistol; Blackwood-class frigate, a class of anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy; Type 14 10 cm AA Gun, an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army; Volkswagen Type 14A (Hebmüller Cabriolet), a German automobile; Peugeot Type 14, a motor car by the French auto-maker Peugeot

Dec 11, 2019 · Arguably the most successful of Japanese firearm wonk Kijirō Nambu’s pistols, the Type 14 saw lots of use in World War II and is seriously collectible today. Nambu is associated with at least a...

Aug 30, 2022 · The Type 14 is a recoil-operated, locked-breech design that fires the relatively anemic 8x22mm bottlenecked cartridge. This novel little round is only slightly spunkier than the .380 ACP. The military 8x22mm loading pushes a 102-gr. bullet to just north of 1,000 feet per second out of a pistol barrel.

The Type 14 10 cm AA gun (十四年式10cm高射砲, Jyūyonen-shiki jissenchi Koshahō) was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I. The Type 14 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, the 14th year of Emperor Taishō's reign, 1929 in the Gregorian calendar. [2]

Jul 27, 2023 · Commonly referred to simply as the “Nambu” in the US collector market, the Type 14 was the culmination of efforts by designer Kijiro Nambu to simplify and reduce the costs of his previous Nambu pistols, the Type A and modified Type A, colloquially known as the Grandpa and Papa Nambu respectively.

Oct 21, 2024 · Introduced in 1925, the Type 14 is the most common Nambu variant and is an evolution of the Type A. The name stems from the fact that it was designed in the 14 th year of the Taishō era according to the Japanese calendar of the time.

Apr 30, 2024 · The Type 14 Nambu Pistol got its name from the first year it was made — the 14th year of the Taishõ era, or 1926. The Nambu was produced in four variants, starting with Type A, which came in two versions.

Dec 1, 2000 · The Nambu is a semi-auto pistol similar in manipulation to the modern Ruger .22 caliber pistol. A large cocking knob on the rear of the bolt makes cocking the gun quite easy. Ejection is straight out of the top, making the Nambu left or right hand neutral.

The Japanese Type 14 came about from an effort to simply the "Papa" Nambu Pistol. The "14" in the name comes from the 14th year of Taisho's reign (1925). The Type 14 is often referred to as a "Nambu" pistol, but the actual involvement of Kijiro Nambu is dubious.