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Ghosts of the Emperor’s Army

While doing work on the campus of an elementary school outside of Tokyo, crews performing drilling work started running into the items at a depth of 3-7 feet.

Stuff like this:

A Lil Ballistol will fix these Arisakas right on up.

Since then, an estimated 1,400 firearms, as well as 1,200 “swords” (actually Type 30 bayonets from the look of things) and a number of grenade projectors, have been cataloged.

More in my column at Guns.com.