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Originally Posted by -=]MH[=-RaiDen
A real steel type 56? I thought they phase them out in 1986.
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Due to the vast size of the PLA, it has proven economically challenging to replace every single Type-56 in service. Front line and special forces units are issued the newer QBZ-95 for example, while second line and training units still use the Type-56.
It's like Russian. The small arm of choice for the army was supposed to be the AN-94, but budgetary issues have led to a relatively small adoption rate amoung even front-line units - most are still using some variant of the AK74 or AKM.