Japanese Weapons of Guadalcanal
Only a small garrison of Japanese and Korean laborers were on Guadalcanal when the Marines. The Japanese responded by committing increasing numbers of soldiers.

For the Marines, the crack of their Arisaka rifle and sound of their "Nambu" machine guns would be familiar for the the entire campaign and on many others islands across the Pacific.

7.7mm Arisaka Rifle & Bayonet
50mm Grenade Discharger "Knee" Mortar
Model 97 Hand Grenades
Personal Equipment