 The 6.5 mm Arisaka rifles were used mainly by the British for training, homeland defense, and by naval units.In 1916, the rifles were shipped to Russia and none were left by the end of World War I.The Russians, having acquired 600,000 Type 30 and Type 38 rifles by direct purchase from Japan during World War I or by capture during the Russo-Japanese War, warehoused some of these rifles in Finland.