essentially a Chinese-made SKS copy, and the Type 56 assault rifle, a Chinese copy of Kalashnikov’s iconic AK-47. The Type 63 was an unmitigated disaster. Chambered in the ubiquitous 7.62×39 ...

or SKS, an unmistakable reality is that the majority of these carbines taken as “bring-backs,” or trophies of war, were more often Chinese-produced Type 56 SKS carbines. It was no secret that ...

which combined characteristics of both the SKS and the AK-47. The Type 63, however, failed to meet accuracy expectations and the Chinese military found it unsatisfactory. In 1979, the Chinese ...

In the 1950s, the SKS would be adopted and put into production by Yugoslavia, Romania, China, Albania, North Korea, East Germany and, to a small extent, North Vietnam. Chinese production dwarfed ...