Nambu Type 94 Complete Specs and Full Gun Specifications

Nambu Type 94 pistol was designed by General Kijiro Nambu in 1934. It was made from 1934 till 1945. It was designed as compact pistol for pilots and tank crews because they thought that Type 14 was too big. The pistol is a recoil operated, locked breech, semi-automatic pistol. The Nambu Type 94 pistol uses same 8 x 22mm Nambu cartridge as Nambu Type 14. 8mm cartrige is low pressure cartridge so it is considerably less powerful than comparable Western rounds like the .45 ACP, the 7.62x25mm Tokarev or 9x19mm Parabellum. Muzzle velocity: 900 FPS.