Revisiting the Soviet design was partly a matter of practicality. By modifying an already-existing design, a large part of the machine tooling that had been calibrated for producing AK-47s could be ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite its success, in the end, the Type 81 was still a stopgap rifle. What the PLA really wanted was a rifle in a new true intermediate caliber: 5.8mm. In the 1980s ...