I remember that in a certain episode of "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", the dragon article once mentioned the name of the Liao Thirteenth Old Master Gun. It is true that this gun does not look very famous from now on, but before the War of Resistance, its total production reached 14. So today the dog and everyone come to figure out what the origin of this rifle is.
From the word "Liao", it is clear that this product is the product of Zhang Zuolin's fengshi arsenal in that year, and the thirteenth is the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, that is, produced in 1924. At present, there are several widespread accounts of the origin, and the mainstream is two theories.
First, the general office of the Arsenal in the Three Eastern Provinces at that time was Han Linchun, and he participated in the design of the Liao Thirteenth Type, so it is also said that this gun is called the Korean 79 rifle.
The other is that Yu Dawei, director of the Bureau of Ordnance Engineering, mentioned in his report on the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934) that the thirteen-year-old drawings were purchased from Steyrman Lixia Company. It is also true that Steyr once introduced a Manlissia-Mauser 1912 with a practical Mauser bolt in 1912, which has many similarities with the Liao XIII.
(Manlicia-Mauser 1912)
But in any case, the Liao thirteenth type has several features that Manlixia 1912 does not have, and these characteristics can be found on the Japanese three-eight covers. Thinking about Zhang Zuolin's ambiguous relationship with Japan at that time, I guess both of these statements are correct. Zhang Zuolin could ask Manlixia to buy the drawings, and then through Han Linchun, a graduate of the Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer School, to participate in the improvement of the design, so Liao Thirteen had both Mauser characteristics and three-eight characteristics.
Mauser we are all quite familiar, let's talk about the details of the three eight on Liao Thirteen.
The two pressure relief holes at the red circle are the same as the design of the three-eight, if the bottom of the bullet shell is inflated and the gas leaks backwards. These two pressure relief holes can direct the gas upwards, avoiding the face of the shooter. Similarly, in the event of a blast accident, high-pressure gas can also be diverted to reduce injury. The LOGO of Liao Thirteen is the traditional character "Dong", which represents the Arsenal of the Three Eastern Provinces.
Similarly, the standard type of the Liao Thirteenth Rifle is the same as the Three-Eight Big Cover, and there is a dust cover above the bolt, which is also in line with the problem that the northeast Nagada wind and sand are larger, which is easy to cause sand failure in the bolt.
There is nothing else to say, after all, the bolt structure of the Liao thirteenth and third eight types is mauser,000, so there is not much difference. However, after the firing pin of Liao Thirteen was removed, there was also a barrel sleeve that protected the firing pin spring, which was also somewhat similar to the Three-Eighth Type.
However, after Japan launched the 918 Incident, the northeast quickly fell, and according to the book "Historical Materials of Sino-Japanese Small Arms" written by the Firearms Hall, the 72679 Liao Thirteenth Type, which was still lying in the armory at that time, fell into the hands of the Japanese army.