Read a story on Nambu in a recent combat (relatively recent, much more recent than WWII).
July, 1979, Manchuria, two man and one woman stole three Type 63 assault rifles (its appearance is more or less like a SKS, but can fire full-auto) and 1500 rounds of ammo from a local militia storage, killed one truck driver. While chasing them, police lost six men. Police used light machine guns and grenades and even demanded tank support... finally, two men were killed, the woman was captured alive.
One police KIA was a court police. Nambu T14 was associated with him. He's not on duty, his wife was sick that day, so they visited a hospital. On the way home, they encountered this gun fight. The guy's brave, "holding his pistol, a vintage Japanese T14, he rushed towards and fired. Unfortunately, the pistol jammed after firing out the first round. While he turned around checking what's wrong, he was hit and lost his life"..
Of course, T14 vs assault rifles, this was a fair "duel"... but that jamming was definitely a factor in his death.
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