 The Type 44 is sometimes confused with the Type 38 carbine, since they were developed based on the Type 38.The Type 44 entered production in 1911 and entered service in 1912 (the 44th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 44"), and served on until the end of the Second World War in 1945, production of the rifle ran until three years prior to the end of the Second World War; 1942.Approximately 91,900 Type 44 rifles were produced by Japanese arsenals during these years.