2/25/2023 0 Comments Milled type 56 red bakelite![]() ![]() ![]() Production started in 1956 at State Factory 66 but was eventually handed over to Norinco and PolyTech, who continue to manufacture the rifle primarily for export.ĭuring the Cold War period, the Type-56 was exported to many countries and guerrilla forces throughout the world. The Type 56 rifle was designated by the Chinese military as "Type 1956 Sub-Machinegun", because the Type 56 took the role of SMG rather than infantry service rifle in the PLA in the rifle's early service years. It is a variant of the Soviet-designed AK-47 (specifically Type 3) and AKM rifles. The Type 56 ( Chinese: 56式突击步枪 literally "Assault Rifle, Model of 1956") also known as the AK-56, is a Chinese 7.62×39mm rifle. ![]() ![]() Effective range 300–400 metersĢ0, 30, or 40-round detachable box magazine My example has a folding stock, copying the AKS, and is therefore a type 56-1: To fold out the stock, the user has to depress a button on the rear of the receiver: This then allows the stock to fold back and the shoulder piece just moves into position: The fittings on this weapon are made of wood, with wooden foregrips and a wooden pistol grip: Immediately in front of this is the trigger, trigger guard and magazine release: The Type 56-1 uses brown plastic magazines that holds 30 rounds of 7.The Type 56 with a folded spike bayonet and milled receiver The original milled receiver was replaced with a stamped one in the mid-sixties and it is this version we have here. The type 56 was produced in state factory 66 in China from 1956 until 1973 and is now produced by Norinco for the export market and it is thought 10-15 million of these weapons have been produced in various configurations. As this weapon has been manufactured in huge quantities and used regularly by the enemy in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan there is a connection with the British military experience. Long term readers will know that every so often I go a little ‘off topic’ and discuss an item of militaria that is loosely connected Britain at best: these posts normally focus on an item of deactivated weaponry I have recently picked up and tonight is no exception as we are looking at a Chinese AK-47 derivative- the Type 56-1. ![]()
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