 Many of them were seen in the Chinese Civil War and in the Korean War.Modern day clones made as air guns are currently made in Japan by Tanaka Works.Developed from the Type 38 carbine to provide a cavalryman a carbine with a bayonet and not be encumbered with weapons as before the trooper was required to have a Type 32 cavalry saber, a Type 38 carbine and a bayonet., the main difference being the bayonet is a needle type and it can be folded backwards and locks underneath the barrel.