The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Type 56 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, plain pistol grip and two piece fore end. The left side of the receiver is marked with 66 in a triangle, three Chinese characters (Type 56) and the serial number, 12098890.
The steel butt plate is fitted with a spring loaded trap door and contains a small steel tube for cleaning equipment. It has a folding cruciform bayonet and 30 round detachable magazine. It is missing the cleaning rod.
A brass plate is fitted to the right side of the butt and is engraved 'Presented by Lt.Col NGUYEN-MAU Chief VN Special Police to His Excellency R.L.Harry Ambassador of Australia to Viet-Nam Saigon'. The weapon has been refurbished with the steel parts re-blued and the woodwork painted brown.
This weapon was a presentation to the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, His Excellency Ralph Lindsay Harris 1968-70.
Type 56 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, chequered pistol grip and two-piece fore end. Hooded foresight. The left side of the receiver is marked with M22 and the serial n
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
The AKM is a gas operated, select fire assault rifle. The gas operated action has a bolt carrier permanently attached long stroke gas piston. The gas chamber is located above the barrel. The bolt carr
North Korean Type 68 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, plain pistol grip and two piece fore end. The left side of the receiver is marked with a five pointed star in a circl
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
Chicom Type 53 bolt action carbine. Breech ring stamped with three Chinese characters (Type 53) over 1956 and the serial number. It has a one piece wooden stock and there are slots in the butt and for
