Type 30 rifle

The Type 30 Rifle Arisaka (三十年式歩兵銃) was a bolt-action rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Japanese infantry from 1897 to 1905. It was the first rifle in the Arisaka family as well as the first to chamber the 6.5×50mm Arisaka round. The designation Type 30 means that it was adopted by the military on the 30th year of the Meiji Restoration, which is equal to 1897. The main production version was the long rifle but carbine versions were available for cavalry and mounted troops. The Type 30 rifle was used in the Russo-Japanese War. They were replaced by the Type 38 for World War I. The Type 30 was also used by the British Navy and by Finland.

The Type 30 bayonet was designed for this rifle and used throughout the Arisaka line.

Type 30 Carbine
The Type 30 carbine or cavalry rifle (三十年式騎銃（三十年式騎兵銃)) is a modified version made 300 mm shorter than the infantry model (the carbine's barrel measures 480 mm against 790 mm for the standard infantry issue). The cavalry version also lacks a bayonet.

Type 35 Naval Rifle
Developed from Type 30 and issued in small numbers as of Meiji 35 (1902). Kijirō Nambu made the minor modifications, converting the gun-sight's rear sight leaf (rear sight ladder) from slide-out to a "fan out" (扇転式), and adding a dust cover (遊底覆).Unlike the Type 38 rifle bolt action, the crudely designed dust cover does not co-react with the bolt action, and had to be manually moved before and after firing.

Users

 * 🇪🇪 Estonia: Most Type 30s converted to take .303 British.
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia
 * 🇯🇵 Empire of Japan
 * Nationalist Chinese forces: Captured from and used against invading Japanese forces in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
 * [[Image:Chinese_Red Army_Flag.jpg|22px]] Chinese Red Army: Captured from and used against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
 * United Kingdom: used by the Royal Navy.