The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Chicom Type 56-1 (RPD) Light Machine Gun. Machined steel receiver, air cooled barrel with a gas port underneath. A folding bipod is attached to the barrel near the muzzle. It has a wooden butt, pistol grip and two piece fore grip. The receiver top is marked with 36 in a triangle, 56-1, a Chinese character (type) and the serial number, 219672. The bolt and feed mechanism have been welded, rendering this weapon inoperable. It is fitted with a khaki webbing sling that has leather strap ends.
This weapon was captured by B Company 2 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) on operation "Duntroon" in Phuoc Tuy Province. On night of 13 January 1968. While in a blocking position during operation "Duntroon" B Company made contact with 2 Viet Cong at about 2220 hours. The clearing patrol next morning found two VC dead plus this weapon and an AK47. The contact was with members of 274 VC Regiment. The Type 56-1 light machine gun is a Chinese copy of the Soviet RPD.
Chicom Type 56 (RPD) Light Machine Gun. Machined steel receiver, air cooled barrel with a gas port underneath. A folding bipod is attached to the barrel near the muzzle. It has a wooden butt and pisto
Chicom Type 56 Light Machine Gun. This is a Chinese copy of the Soviet Degtyaryov light machine gun model 1944 (the RPD - Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova). Machined and pressed metal construction rece
Chicom Type 56 automatic assault rifle. Pressed steel receiver and machined bolt mechanism. The action is marked with a 66 in a triangle, three Chinese characters indicating the type and the serial nu
Chicom Type 43 sub-machine gun. Pressed metal receiver and drilled top barrel cover that folds down over the muzzle. Marked on the top of the action with three Chinese characters, 1954 and the serial
Chicom Type 56 Light Machine Gun. Machined and pressed metal construction receiver with a right hand cocking lever. It is marked with three Chinese characters and 36 within a triangle. Serial number
Chicom Type 56 automatic assault rifle. Pressed steel receiver and machined bolt mechanism. The action is marked with a 66 in a triangle and the serial number 5290526. The three Chinese character type
