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Just got my copy today from Doss White and am quite happy with it. I see that Doss did the bayonet section as it shows just 2 bayonets, a hook guard and straight guard.
Found lots of great info. You guys did a remarkable job and it is a WELL put together book.
One thing I wanted to discuss though was the Table 3 production chart on page 15. It shows that Nagoya 10th series production was in the 4th quarter of 1944, with 11th series production spanning 1st and 2nd quarters of 1945 with 12th series production in the 3rd quarter. This does not compute with the figures in MRoJ, on page 104 of the 5th edition. It shows that fiscal year 1945 (April 1, 1945 to end of production, probably July or August, 1945) there were 107,144 T-99 produced. If this is the case, then the 1,000 (believed) 12th series, the entire 11th series and about 6,000 of the 10th series was produced in fiscal 1945. This would put nearly all 10th series production in (actual) 1945 with just the first few thousand at the end of 1944. By my rough computations, from at least early 1944 on, a complete series at Nogoya could be completed in 3-4 months. Also, and I am sure this is only a typo, under the Toyo Kogyo production, the 34th series is left off.
Maybe the authors had access to different production info, and if that is so its great. I would believe that the heavy bombing campaign of Nagoya and other areas would disrupt supply and production, but fredh did get those numbers from Japanese sources connected with Nagoya. Judging by the accelerated crudity of the later Nagoya T-99's I cant believe that it took near the time to complete each rifle as it did from early 1944 to the beginning of production so a series should take much less time to complete, all things equal. Also fredh had mentioned in a post a while back that the rifle production buildings at Nagoya did not get hit by bombing, but were disguised as already bombed buildings.
Just my thoughts thrown out for discussion purposes. But the book is outstanding and I can't put it down.
One thing I wanted to discuss though was the Table 3 production chart on page 15. It shows that Nagoya 10th series production was in the 4th quarter of 1944, with 11th series production spanning 1st and 2nd quarters of 1945 with 12th series production in the 3rd quarter. This does not compute with the figures in MRoJ, on page 104 of the 5th edition. It shows that fiscal year 1945 (April 1, 1945 to end of production, probably July or August, 1945) there were 107,144 T-99 produced. If this is the case, then the 1,000 (believed) 12th series, the entire 11th series and about 6,000 of the 10th series was produced in fiscal 1945. This would put nearly all 10th series production in (actual) 1945 with just the first few thousand at the end of 1944. By my rough computations, from at least early 1944 on, a complete series at Nogoya could be completed in 3-4 months. Also, and I am sure this is only a typo, under the Toyo Kogyo production, the 34th series is left off.
Maybe the authors had access to different production info, and if that is so its great. I would believe that the heavy bombing campaign of Nagoya and other areas would disrupt supply and production, but fredh did get those numbers from Japanese sources connected with Nagoya. Judging by the accelerated crudity of the later Nagoya T-99's I cant believe that it took near the time to complete each rifle as it did from early 1944 to the beginning of production so a series should take much less time to complete, all things equal. Also fredh had mentioned in a post a while back that the rifle production buildings at Nagoya did not get hit by bombing, but were disguised as already bombed buildings.
Just my thoughts thrown out for discussion purposes. But the book is outstanding and I can't put it down.