Type 100

The Type 100 is a Japanese submachine gun, which is featured in Call of Duty: World at War and the Nintendo DS variant, Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS).

Single Player
In the campaign, the Type 100 is a Submachine Gun, with little recoil and moderate power. It is found in abundance during the Pacific campaign. It has a 30-round magazine, and surprisingly proves to be almost a match for the Thompson, which is only loaded with a 20 round magazine. Another advantage the Type 100 has over the Thompson is that ammunition is far more common. While the Thompson has much more power, ammunition is rarely found, so players often trade out their American SMG for a Type 100. The Type 100 is a CQC sidearm to a long range rifle such as the Arisaka or M1 Garand.

Multiplayer
In multiplayer, the Type 100 is fairly common weapon with well-rounded stats; It possesses a high rate of fire, little to moderate recoil, and a 30 round magazine. It excels with a Suppressor as well, as its high rate of fire and low recoil compensate for its lack of range. Unfortunately, its iron sights can be fairly hard to see through, especially with muzzle flash while firing without a Suppressor (this not aided by the noticeable leftward slant the sights have). For this reason the Suppressor or Aperture Sight make tracking targets much easier while shooting. With a box magazine, the lines denoting how much ammo left does not stack; they simply stretch across the bottom of the screen. It is also important to note that the Type 100 and the Thompson virtually have the same range, rate of fire, recoil, and damage. Without Extended Magazines the Thompson reloads and reload-cancels faster, otherwise with Extended Magazines the Type 100 is overall statistically superior to the Thompson.

Nazi Zombies
The Type 100 has been given a new place in Zombie mode, which is available by buying it off of a wall or from the Mystery Box in Shi No Numa and Der Riese (being the only available Japanese weapon in Der Riese). It is an overall decent weapon, roughly the same as Thompson, but with a few differences in stats.

When upgraded in Der Riese, it becomes the "101 Samurais". The 101 Samurais possesses a 60 round magazine capacity, a maximum of 220 carried ammo, double its previous damage, and a slight increase in it's firing rate. Again, it is roughly the same as the Gibs-o-Matic (the upgraded Thompson), however, the Gibs-o-Matic is seen as superior because it can penetrate multiple enemies (a feat the 101 Samurais is incapable of performing). Speed Cola is also recommended when using the 101 Samurais.

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)
The Type 100 is available in the Nintendo DS version of Call of Duty: World at War as one of the five obtainable SMGs in game, the others being the Thompson, Sten, PPSh-41, and the MP-40. Like all DS weapons, they bear similarities to their console/PC counterparts. Notable points include the general appearance of the gun, the 30 round magazine, same reload animation, and similar iron sights. Differences include a lower rate of fire, higher recoil, and higher minimum damage (single player only). Like in the console versions, the Type 100 has nearly the same stats as the Thompson.

In single player the Type 100 is only available in the American campaign missions, being the only obtainable Japanese weapon. Due to the large abundance of this weapon, it is nearly impossible to run out of ammunition, an advantage which its rival, the Thompson, doesn't possess. Similar to the Thompson, the Type 100 is able to kill in a maximum of three shots at any range; two shots if both hit the enemy at chest level, and also the 30 round magazine. The Type 100 also has high upwards recoil, which makes it difficult to use at range, though this can be easily solved by moving the stylus downwards when firing continuously.

In multiplayer, the Type 100 is only available if one were to choose the Imperial Army as their fation. Like most weapons in multiplayer, its damage is reduced, but not by a large amount, as it is capable of killing in four shots at any range, one shot more than the single player variant. Due to the moderate damage, high rate of fire (compared to other weapons in game), and managable recoil, the Type 100 is one of the most powerful SMGs, behind the PPSh-41.

Call of Duty: World at War

 * On the Create-A-Class picture there is no trigger guard or even a trigger.
 * In the game, the maximum ammo capacity the player can hold for the weapon is 160. 160 is not divisible by 30 and the last magazine will only be loaded with 10 rounds.
 * In the guide that comes with the game, one can barely see in the pictures Hold "use button" to pick up the Type 100 SMG, but in the actual game it just says Hold "use button" to pick up the Type 100.
 * Oddly, the iron sights appear to slant slightly leftward. This is because the character holds the gun by the magazine, causing the gun to slant.
 * When aiming with the Aperture Sight, the iron sights are not slanted at all, even if held by the magazine.

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)

 * The Type 100 is the only obtainable Japanese gun in the American Campaign.
 * This is the only game that the Type 100 is held the "correct" way; steadying the gun by the forward receiver, instead of by the magazine, as seen in the console and PC versions.