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The Type 63 (Chinese: 63式7.62mm自动步枪) is a Chinese 7.62×39mm assault rifle.The weapon's overall design was based on the SKS (known in Chinese service as the Type 56 carbine), but with select fire capability and a rotating bolt system adapted from the Type 56 assault rifle, a derivative of the AK-47. [7]
The SKS is a gas-operated carbine with a conventional wooden stock and a fixed ten-round box magazine enclosed inside the receiver. [7] It has a tilting bolt and a gas piston operating rod that works to unlock and cycle the action via gas pressure. [ 7 ]
The PLA's first attempt to replace their aging Type 56 carbine (a Chinese license produced SKS) and Type 56 assault rifle (a Chinese license produced AK-47) was the Type 63 assault rifle. [5] This weapon, however, ended in failure due to a variety of issues resulting in a switch back to the weapons it intended to replace.
A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...
The "Type 56" designation was also used for Chinese versions of the SKS and of the RPD, known as the Type 56 carbine and Type 56 light machine gun respectively. Unlike the popular Type 56 rifle, all Type 56 carbines have been removed from military service, except a few used for ceremonial purposes and by local Chinese militia.
A vertical, spring-loaded, plastic folding foregrip is mounted on the front of the receiver. [7] When not in use, it folds forward beneath the barrel. [7] The magazine well is located to the rear of the pistol grip and will accept 10-, 20-, and 30-round magazines [8] as well as drum magazines. [7] The rear sight is an aperture/peep sight ...
The multiple bolt crossbow appeared around the late 4th century BC. A passage dated to 320 BC states that it was mounted on a three-wheeled carriage and stationed on the ramparts. The crossbow was drawn using a treadle and shot 3 m (9.8 ft) long arrows.
The Chinese People's Militia were using Chiang Kai-shek rifles (as well as Arisakas, M1903 Springfields and Mosin–Nagants) up until the early 1980's before it was replaced with more modern small arms (e.g. the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle and the Chinese Type 56 carbine) and became a supplemental ceremonial weapon (the main ceremonial rifle ...