Howa - Royal Thai Police M1 carbine

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   Hello - new guy here. 
My first post. Wanted to share images of my brothers carbine. Its a Howa - made in Japan and supplied to the Royal Thai Police. While researching this rifle, I stepped into lots of convoluted history on post war re-arming in Japan, post war police forces versus military, etc. The story gets even more convoluted when the importation of arms is restricted, and importers used various methods to bring back US GI guns. The Japanese-built Howas came along for the ride.  

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	Hello - new guy here. My first post. Wanted to share images of my brothers carbine. Its a Howa - made in Japan and supplied to the Royal Thai Police. While researching this rifle, I stepped into lots of convoluted history on post war re-arming in Japan, post war police forces versus military, etc. The story gets even more convoluted when the importation of arms is restricted, and importers used various methods to bring back US GI guns. The Japanese-built Howas came along for the ride.

New2brass Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Dan Pinto, Photo Editor Joined: Nov 29 2015 Location: CT Status: Offline Points: 4657	Post Options Post Reply Quote New2brass Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Dec 31 2017 at 12:49pm
	you found the right place! In case you missed it http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_howa2.html
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jpl-carbine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Recruit Joined: Dec 28 2017 Location: Antelope, CA Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpl-carbine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Dec 31 2017 at 12:59pm
	Hello Dan - Thanks for the welcome. Missed it (info on RTP carbines) on first pass thru, then realized I missed Part II where the history on Howas branches into the Royal Thai Police info. This site is the real deal for carbine info, thats for sure.