1. Type 24
The Type 24 (二四式) - named after the Year 24 of the Republican calendar - aka Type Zhongzhen rifle (中正式) aka Chiang Kai-shek rifle is based on the Mauser Standard Model of 1933, a shortened variant of the Gewehr 98 and was used alongside the Hanyang 88. 500,000 - 600,000 were manufactured from 1935 to 1945. It saw service in both the hands of Nationalist and Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Its last conflict was in Korea when the People's Volunteer Army was equipped with Type 24s along with Soviet and captured Japanese weaponry. Today, it is a supplemental ceremonial rifles having been used by paramilitary groups up until the 80s.
Thanks to its 7.92x57mm IS rounds its stopping power was superior to the Type 38 Arisaka. It was also better than its Japanese counterpart in terms of fire rate and range. The only drawbacks were weight (4kg) and varying quality of production.
Two marks of the firearm existed: the Type 2 differed from the Type 1 having a shorter barrel and forend and a bent bolt-action lever. Both models could have an HY1935 bayonet attached which is based on the Mauser S84/98 III bayonet used on the Gewehr 98.
Type 2 (above) and Type 1
HY1935 bayonet
Sgt. Tun Chih Yeh claimed to have made more than 100 kills with the Type 24 with and without a scope.
The Type 24 (二四式) - named after the Year 24 of the Republican calendar - aka Type Zhongzhen rifle (中正式) aka Chiang Kai-shek rifle is based on the Mauser Standard Model of 1933, a shortened variant of the Gewehr 98 and was used alongside the Hanyang 88. 500,000 - 600,000 were manufactured from 1935 to 1945. It saw service in both the hands of Nationalist and Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Its last conflict was in Korea when the People's Volunteer Army was equipped with Type 24s along with Soviet and captured Japanese weaponry. Today, it is a supplemental ceremonial rifles having been used by paramilitary groups up until the 80s.
Thanks to its 7.92x57mm IS rounds its stopping power was superior to the Type 38 Arisaka. It was also better than its Japanese counterpart in terms of fire rate and range. The only drawbacks were weight (4kg) and varying quality of production.
Two marks of the firearm existed: the Type 2 differed from the Type 1 having a shorter barrel and forend and a bent bolt-action lever. Both models could have an HY1935 bayonet attached which is based on the Mauser S84/98 III bayonet used on the Gewehr 98.
Type 2 (above) and Type 1
HY1935 bayonet
Sgt. Tun Chih Yeh claimed to have made more than 100 kills with the Type 24 with and without a scope.
