Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Type 81 remains in Chinese service but has been largely replaced by the more modern bullpup QBZ-95 and also the QBZ-03, a modernized traditional-configuration ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Type 81 borrowed from the AK-47, but it proved China’s ability to design its own weapons from scratch. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to ...

The AK-47 has become the most recognizable assault rifle in the world, celebrated for its simplicity, durability, and devastating reliability in combat. In this video, we trace its origins in the ...

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