Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. Phillip Peterson
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Название: Standard Catalog of Military Firearms
Автор: Phillip Peterson
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Спорт, фитнес
Серия: Standard Catalog
isbn: 9781440230462
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Chambered for the 7.92x57mm cartridge and fitted with a 23.6" barrel. Magazine capacity is 5 rounds in a flush-mounted box magazine. Tangent rear sight to 2,000 meters. Mauser banner trademark is marked on the receiver ring. Weight is about 8.75 lbs. Stock has a pistol grip and upper handguard. Straight bolt handle.
M1933 Standard Model Carbine
As above but with turned down bolt handle and sling swivels mounted on left side of stock. Chambered for the 7.92x57mm cartridge but also offered in 7.65x53mm and 7x57mm. Mauser trademark on receiver ring. Weight is about 8.5 lbs.
Bayonets for Chinese Mausers
China aquired bayonets along with the rifles they purchased from foreign makers. Look in the appropriate nations’ listings for bayonet specifics. Janzens Notebook mentions they made some domestically but none could be documented at the time of this writing.
VZ24 with Japanese Folding Bayonet (Chinese copy)
A copy of the VZ24 and fitted with a Japanese Model 44 folding bayonet. Pistol grip stock and straight bolt handle. Barrel length is 23". Chambered for the 7.92x57mm cartridge. Rear tangent sight to 2,000 meters. Chinese markings on the receiver. Weight is about 9 lbs.
Manchurian Mauser Rifle (Mukden Arsenal)
See Japan, Rifles.
ARISAKA
In 1946 the Chinese obtained large numbers of Japanese Type 99 rifles. These rifles were altered to 7.92x57mm, 8x57mm, or 7.62x39mm calibers. Original Type 99 barrels were cut and re-chambered. Most parts were refinished.
Type 53
This is a Chinese copy of the Soviet Model 1944 Mosin-Nagant carbine. Production began in 1953. Early models up to 1959 have Chinese characters for the model designation stamped on the receiver. Rifles made after 1959 do not have these characters. Chinese rifles have the bolt, magazine, floorplate, and buttplate serial-numbered to the rifle. Production ended sometime in the early 1960s.
Type 53 Rifle • Courtesy West Point Museum, Paul Goodwin photo
Type 56 Carbine (SKS)
A 7.62x39mm semi-automatic rifle with a 20.5" barrel and 10-shot fixed magazine. Blued with oil finished stock. The early Chinese military issue Type 56 rifles came with a blade bayonet. Later models had the spike bayonet. Price listed is for used Type 56 made for the Chinese military. Some were brought back from Viet Nam, others were imported in the late 1980s.
Norinco SKS
Same as above, but made for export sales to the U.S. Will have “Norinco” or other importer’s name on the receiver. They have a orange colored wood stock. At first they were imported with a spike bayonet, then the U.S. government ruled that the attached bayonet violated the “Sporting use” definition in federal law. Later importation had no mounting bracket for the bayonet.
Bayonets for Type 56 SKS
After the U.S. government prohibited importation of SKS rifles with bayonets installed, the importers simply brought them in separately. Value for blade or spike is the same. Price range 25 – 10.
Norinco SKS with detachable magazine
This version was made to accept AK-47 type detachable magazines. There are three variants. The first was a standard pattern SKS, with or without the bayonet.
After the ban on importation of “assault rifles” they were made in a “sporter” configuration. One variation has a monte carlo stock, the other has a thumbhole stock.
North Korean Type 56 Carbine (SKS)
Same overall design as the Chinese version but with high quality fit and finish. Has a gas shut off valve on the gas block. This was to allow use of a grenade launcher. Reddish-brown laminated stock. Rare.
SKS Carbine • Paul Goodwin photo
Chinese Type 56-1 • Paul Goodwin photo
Chinese Type 56 Rifle
A close copy of the AK-47 and first produced in 1958, this select fire rifle is chambered for the 7.62x39mm cartridge. It is fitted with a 16" barrel and has a magazine capacity of 30 rounds. This model has a folding bayonet hinged below the muzzle. Weight is about 8.4 lbs. Rate of fire is 600 rounds per minute. Markings on left side of receiver. Still in production. This rifle was adopted by Chinese forces and was seen in Cambodia as well.
There are a number of subvariations of the Type 56. Early guns had machined receivers with Chinese characters for selector markings, some of which are marked “M22” to designate export sales. Another style is fitted with a folding spike bayonet as well as a machined receiver. Still another style has a stamped receiver, Chinese characters for selector markings, and a folding spike bayonet. All are direct copies of the Soviet model AK-47.
Another variation of the Type 56 was the Type 56-1, which featured prominent rivets on a folding metal butt. No bayonet. Other variants of the Type 56-1 are fitted with a folding spike bayonet and folding metal buttstock. The Type 56-2 has a skeleton tubular stock which folds to the right side of the receiver with no bayonet. There is also the Type 56-C with plastic furniture, side folding butt with cheekpiece, and improved sights with no bayonet.
NOTE: Type 56 rifles manufactured by China СКАЧАТЬ