the book "Japanese Small Arms and Equipment"

Thi is my fourth book published in 1995.
It is A3 size 210pages all color about 200 photos of Japanese Rifles, Bayonets,Pistols, Light Machineguns,Scopes, Portably Motars, Granedes, Foot Gears,Uniforms, Helmets, Communication tools, Construction tools, Gas Masks and many other Gears of Japanese Infantry until 1945.

I worte this book in New York City.
I have visited many museums and people who collected Japanes Items.
It was a large work spending many hours.
The book was in Japanese but I put English as much as I could for each photo.

I found many markings on the weapons which means the makers.
Most of them still be active in Japan and sucessful.
The production conditions in late war especially in 1944 due to lack of materials , workers and damages of bombardments of U.S. Airforces, were worst.
They had learned how to solve the problems, saving enegys, increasing efficiency, trainning younger workers such as students so on.
It made them stronger later.

In Vietnam most of the weapons came from USSR and no technology or skills did not accumulated.
see, http://japaneseweapona.com
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/japaneseweapons