Other then satisfactory results, the Type 61 did not enter mass production because China was still recovering from the political turmoil caused by the Great Leap Forward, during which time many military programs were scaled back or canceled altogether.
可除了令人满意的成果以外，61式却因为中国仍在从大跃进引发的政治动荡中恢复过来而并无投入大量生产；而在此期间，中国众多军事计划都被缩减或完全取消，61式也不例外。