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7×20mm Nambu

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Type
  
Pistol

In service
  
1929-1945

Wars
  
World War II

Place of origin
  
Japan

Used by
  
Japan

Designer
  
Kijiro Nambu

The 7×20mm Nambu is a rimless, bottleneck handgun cartridge designed in Japan for use in the Type B or "Baby" model Nambu pistol. The cartridge is a scaled-down version of the 8×22mm Nambu used in all other Nambu pistol models, and is ballistically similar to the .32 ACP.

References

7×20mm Nambu Wikipedia