The Type 56 assault rifle is the Chinese variant of the Russian designed and produced AK-47 and AKM assault rifles. The gun first began production in 1956 at State Factory 66 and continued so until 1973 when the responsibility of its manufacture was handed over to Norinco who continues to produce the rifle.
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length (km)
0.874
weight (kg)
4030.0
origin
China
type
Assault rifle
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Kosovo War, Cold War, Sino-Soviet border conflict, Sino-Vietnamese War, Northern Mali conflict, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Vietnam War, Rhodesian Bush War, Thai–Laotian Border War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Syrian Civil War, Laotian Civil War, Sri Lankan Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Bosnian War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Croatian War of Independence
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