Type 100

History
The type 100, not to be confused with the type 99, derives from the British Sten and the German Bergman SMG. Designed and built by the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, and later,the Kokura and the Nagoya Arsenal. The Type 100 was a conventional blowback weapon constently let down by its underpowered 8mm round which had a tendency to jam. It was first delivered to the Imperial Army in 1942. Japan was surprisingly late to introduce the submachine gun to its armed forces.

The Type 100 was a simple and relatively well made gun, but the 8x22mm Nambu round was underpowered, roughly the equivalent to the .380 ACP. Atypically for a submachine gun but typical of Japanese small arms, a bayonet lug was fixed under the barrel.

Despite its many shortcomings and complexities, the Type 100 had a high quality chrome plated barrel to aid cleaning and reduce wear. Some models also featured a bayonet lug under the barrel or a complicated muzzle brake. It was mostly used in WWII during the pacific campaign. The Type 100 saw very limited production due to the Japanese having very limited factory space and poor quality of the ammunition. In 1944 the Japanese introduced an improved model, which differed only in minor respects, like an experimental suppressor, but it never saw service, about 10,000 were produced until the war ended, and about 7,000 of the parachutists models. The Type 100 was simply outclassed in every way by the much more powerful and reliable Thompson SMGs used by the Allies.

In multiplayer, the Type 100 is a well rounded gun, with a high rate of fire, little recoil and a 30 round magazine. It excels with a fictional suppressor too, as its high rate of fire and little recoil compensate for the lack of range.