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Overview[]

The QBZ1956-1 7.62mm Assault Rifle (abbreviated as QBZ56-1), also known as Type 1956-1 Submachine Gun is a Chinese assault rifle developed from the Soviet AKMS. Like the AKMS, the QBZ56 lacks a rail to mount optics.

Nomenclature[]

Like most weapons developed before the 1980s, the QBZ56 was known by the Type designation until it was re-designated by the new naming systems implemented in the 1980s through to the early 2000s.

Variants[]

QBZ56
Original model developed from the AKM.
QBZ56-1
Model developed from the AKMS.
QBZ56-2
Improved QBZ56-1 with new folding stock.
QBZ56-3
Fixed stock QBZ56-2.
QBZ56-4
Under folding stock QBZ56-2.

Derivatives

QBZ56C
Compact QBZ56-2.
QBZ56M
Squad automatic weapon, developed from the RPK.

Foreign

ASh-78 Tip-1
Albanian model developed from the QBZ56.
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See also: CSGC
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