Talk:Type 56 assault rifle

message: Hi, I just wanted to say...thank you to all who have contributed to this article on one of my favorite Kalashnikov variants.  I have done much work on it this year, but the additional contributions made by others (including the new photographs) have been invaluable.
Anyway, I would also like to discuss additional information to be added...for instance, does anyone think we should compile a list of countries known to use the Type 56 besides China?  I would also suggest adding information the civilian variants of the Type-56 (in the States, we call them the Type 56S and Type 56-1S, respectively, "S" for semi-auto.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.134.227.49 (talk) 23:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Future work

message: MAK-90 redirects here, but there is no mention of the variant. 66.191.19.217 (talk) 01:25, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MAK-90? 

message: Finland uses this rifle.  It should be added to the list  66.191.19.217 (talk) 16:18, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finland 

message: I wrote an article on the QBZ-56C and after being deleted I would like to discuss what constitutes what. Nukes4Tots states that is a 'minor variant' when weapons even though there are nore than half a dozen Zastava articles around all of which are EXTREMELY minor in difference, the MISR and other minor AK variants that have even less differences from the original AK as the QBZ-56C has a number of improvements over the original AKM based design. On top of that if we look at another weapon, the M-16. We have an M-16 article AND and an M4 article, which is its carbine variant of the M4. On top of that we even have an article on the Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine! Which is exactly the same as the regular M4A1 but fires only in semi-automatic. I believe this matter should be discussed. Semi-Lobster (talk) 03:08, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally the 'Variants' in the Wikiprojects Firearms, variants of a firearm, if the weapons development history is signifcantly different from the parent weapon then it gets an article. The development history of the QBZ-56C was significantly different than the conventional AK clone and a great deal of research was invested into it, especially considering that the QBZ-56C only started to go into development 30 years after China introduced the Type 56. Semi-Lobster (talk) 09:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  QBZ-56C 

message: "It was produced by state factory 66 from 1956-73, then by Norinco from 1973 onwards." but Norinco states that that corporation was founded in 1980, 7 years later. Who produced the rifle in the interim? 86.26.9.106 (talk) 23:49, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who produced it from 1973-1980? 

message: "In the United States and the United Kingdom, the Type 56 and its' derivatives are frequently used in the filming of movies and television shows, standing in for Russian-made AK-47's due to the rarity of genuine AK-47 rifles"
Umm, I dont think the Russian AK-47 is rare by any means. Can someone find a source for that? I'd say its just cheaper to use type 56s  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.157.147 (talk) 20:25, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really? 

message: Albania also uses the Type 56 and manufactures copies that include a Designated Marksman Rifle set to fire semi-auto only and another version with a rifle grenade launcher, I tried to find pictures of the Albanian copy, but they are hard for me to find, and we should also put Albania as a user of the Type 56. Right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleMikhail (talk • contribs) 20:16, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I found and added a source for that information. Your previous addition was reverted because you need to cite a reliable source when you make additions to the user lists. ROG5728 (talk) 20:50, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Albanian Use & Manufacture

message: I believe Croatia also used the Type 56, in addition they also used East German Kalashnikov variants, I don't know if we should also list Croatia as a user of the Type 56 and if we should write an article for the East German AK variants? The Russian Wikipedia page has that article, but the English one doesn't. UncleMikhail (talk) 11:10, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can cite a reliable source that states Croatia uses the weapon, it can be added to the article. ROG5728 (talk) 23:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Croatian Use

message: I also read that Bosnia & Herzegovina used the Type 56. They were given to Bosnia by Iran during the Bosnian War. Should we also include Bosnia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleMikhail (talk • contribs) 20:07, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, you need to cite a reliable source that says they have the weapon. ROG5728 (talk) 21:27, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

text: I cited a source for Bosnia-Herzegovina, it was the only good source I could find. I hope it meets standards.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleMikhail (talk • contribs) 01:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Bosnia as user

message: Its Harpreet Sandhu, i usually translate defense related equipment in Punjabi Language ... i have started the translation of A.K 56 last week but today it has locked kindly unlocked this page just for translation purpose Harpreet Sandhu (talk) 08:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. You need to make 5 more helpful edits in order to be automatically granted WP:Autoconfirmed access in order to edit this page.  —  IVORK Discuss 11:26, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2017 

message: The following statement is removed from the article as the source does not mention Type 56. -Mys_721tx (talk) 22:19, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  License status 

message: Curious as to if anyone has considered adding the Norinco Type 88-1 as a variant to this page, they're a limited production/prototype, but do appear in some places in Europe and I believe there are a few semi auto variants in the US. Ajacklee4 (talk) 03:40, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Type 88 AK74 

message: There is no mention of the 56S-I variant. Should it be added or is it considered a subvariant of the 56S or 56-I?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by NuclearpotatoX (talk • contribs) 00:13, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  56S-I Variant 

message: This article opens with identifying the Type 56 as a “variant” of the AK-47. I would argue that it should be considered a “derivative.”
“Variant” — in my opinion — implies that it is an “official” model of the Kalashnikov line; this is obviously not the case. Further, “variant” implies that *something* about the design was changed; However, the article itself later states that the Type 56 was (originally) a “direct copy” of the “final iteration of the AK-47.” This is not a variation. This is a weapon that was derived from another.
Anyways, thoughts? MWFwiki (talk) 05:22, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  AK-47 “Variant” vs “Derivative”