What are the classifications of China machine guns?

In 1950s, China successively completed the imitation of two generations of Soviet-style machine guns, represented by Type 53 and Type 56, which not only realized the standardization of military equipment in China for the first time, but also trained the technical team and accumulated development experience. Considering the technical performance of machine guns, in order to adapt weapons and equipment to China's climate, topography and landform conditions, to meet the requirements of man-machine matching in China, to meet the operational characteristics and traditional tactics of our army, and to meet the major domestic political, economic and military needs, China has embarked on the road of self-design. Over the past 40 years, nearly 10 machine guns have been designed, manufactured and equipped, including 67 light and heavy machine guns, 67- 1 0, 67-2, 77 anti-aircraft machine guns, 8 light machine guns, 85 W85 anti-aircraft machine guns and 82 carrier-based machine guns, some of which have reached the world advanced level.

The first light and heavy machine gun designed by China was Type 67 light and heavy machine gun. As the main firepower of infantry units, it replaces Type 53 heavy machine guns and Type 58 combined machine guns. The gun is equipped with a tripod and a fixed tripod. Mounted on a tripod as a heavy machine gun, it can suppress enemy firepower points and support infantry units to fight; Remove the tripod and use it as a light machine gun. Type 74 machine gun has many faults, and the average impact point deviation between cold gun shooting and hot gun shooting is large. These problems were not completely solved in time after the design of 1974 was finalized, so the gun died without the finalized equipment. However, the superior performance of its drum was used for reference by the later 8 1 light machine gun.

8 1 light machine gun is a member of the 8 1 gun family. The total weight of the gun is 5. 15 kg, and the length of the gun is1004 mm. The principle of rotating and locking the gun body and automatic air conduction is adopted. The gun overcomes the shortcomings of the 74-type light machine gun, and has the advantages of light weight, good reliability, simple operation, and forming a gun family with rifles. 198 1 year, gradually replacing the 56-type light machine gun through design and finalization.