Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Rifles and Carbines›Assault Rifles›of ChinaGroupAssault Rifles of ChinaThis is a child group of Assault Rifles, collecting the Small Arms And Sidearms subcategory's assault rifles designed and manufactured in China: the bullpup QBZ-95 and its QBZ-191 successor, and the earlier Type 56, Type 63 and Type 81 rifles that armed the People's Liberation Army through the second half of the twentieth century before the QBZ series replaced them as the country's standard-issue infantry rifle. The 5 members here trace the People's Republic's own transition from Soviet-derived early Cold War designs to indigenously developed bullpup service rifles.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsShort LabelWell-attestedof ChinaShort LabelWell-attestedof ChinaComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1956 1Browse ByAll Assault Rifles of ChinaAssault Rifles of China6 entriesAssault Rifles of ChinaFilter Results6 entriesWeapon ClassAllRifle (6)Weapon FamilyAllAssault Rifles (6)Assault Rifles of China (6)Rifles and Carbines (6)Introduced EraAll1956 (1)1968 (1)1983 (1)1995 (1)1997 (1)2003 (1)2019 (1)ManufacturerAllBangladesh Ordnance Factories (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (2)China South Industries Group (1)Norinco (1)OperatorAllHezbollah (1)People's Liberation Army (5)CaliberAll5.8x42mm (3)7.62x39mm (3)Service StatusAllIn Service (6)Retired (1)Country of OriginAllChina (6)Wars Used InAllBosnian War (1)Cambodian Civil War (2)Croatian War of Independence (1)Gulf War (2)Iran-Iraq War (2)Iraq War (2)Kargil War (1)Kosovo War (3)Laotian Civil War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (1)Soviet-Afghan War (2)Sri Lankan Civil War (3)Syrian Civil War (1)Vietnam War (2)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6QBZ-03Small Arms And Sidearms1 linkQBZ-191Small Arms And Sidearms1 linkQBZ-95Small Arms And Sidearms2 linksType 56 Assault RifleSmall Arms And Sidearms13 linksType 63 assault rifleSmall Arms And Sidearms4 linksType 81 assault rifleSmall Arms And Sidearms12 linksSources1. Wikipedia: Type 56 assault rifletier 2WikipediaInfobox: serviceQuote, Infobox: service1956-presentView the SourceQBZ-03 (Wikipedia)Has Member: QBZ-03, Lead sentenceQuote, Has Member: QBZ-03, Lead sentenceChinese gas operated, selective-fire assault rifleView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.