During the Croatian War of Independence and the Yugoslav Wars, the Type 56 was used by the armed forces of Croatia along with the other weapons they possessed. Since the end of the Cold War, the Type 56 has been used in many conflicts across the world by various military forces. Consequently, the Iran–Iraq War became another conflict in which both sides used the Type 56, much like the Sino-Vietnamese War. During the war, Iraq purchased a small quantity of Type 56 assault rifles from China, despite Iraq being a major recipient of Soviet weapons and assistance during the Iran–Iraq War, while also purchasing large number of AKMs from the USSR and Eastern Europe. The Chinese Type 56 assault rifle saw considerable action in the hands of Iranian forces during the Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, with Iran purchasing large quantities of weapons from China for their war against Iraq. Thus, Chinese and Vietnamese forces fought each other using the same Type 56 rifles.Ī pair of Type 56-2 rifles and a Type 69 RPG. When relations between China and the North Vietnam government declined in the 1970s and the Sino-Vietnamese War began, the Vietnamese government still had large numbers of Type 56 rifles in its arsenals, while the People's Liberation Army still used the Type 56 as its standard weapon. The Type 56 was discovered in enemy hands far more often than regular Russian-made AK-47s or AKMs. Many of these rifles found their way to battlefields in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East and were used alongside other Kalashnikov rifles from both the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact nations of Eastern Europe.Ĭhinese support for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam before the mid-1960s meant that the Type 56 was frequently encountered by American soldiers in the hands of either Vietcong guerrillas or PAVN soldiers during the Vietnam war. While exact production figures are unknown, it is estimated that as many as 10 to 15 million Type 56 rifles have been produced since the 1950s.ĭuring the Cold War period, the Type 56 was exported to communist forces in the Third World. The Type 56 is a widely proliferated variant of the AK-47. The gas-operated mechanism of a Type 56 rifle. 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. Type 56 Assault Rifle, Type 56-1 Assault Rifle, Type 56-2 Assault Rifle, Type 56-4 Assault Rifle QBZ-56C Assault Rifle, Type 56S, Type 84S rifle Norinco, Bangladesh Ordnance Factory (License-made) Northern Mali conflict and numerous others
For the Chinese SKS variant of the same designation, see SKS#Variants.
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