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BamBam wrote:

bradaz11 wrote:i thought most screen used ak's are actually Norinco type 56's?

They are outside of the USA.

They are in the US as well......the Type56 variant is easy to spot in films as the front sight post is fully enclosed like a Dragunov sight whereas AKM variants from just about everywhere else have the "eared" style front sight block.
The Chinese Type56's also have a unique rivet pattern on the front trunnion that no one else uses and the majority of Type56's use the AK-47 style gas tube with four vent holes, whereas the standard AKM pattern rifles have the vent holes located on the gas block itself.

A classic shot of a Type56 in a film is the scene in Full Metal Jacket with the Vietnamese female AK equipped sniper, in one shot there is a view where the front sight arrangement can clearly be seen, see below.....
And before anyone says it.......I know the NVA and Viet-Cong received thousands of Type56's from China so the scene in Full Metal Jacket is historically accurate with regard to its use.

snayperskaya wrote:

BamBam wrote:

bradaz11 wrote:i thought most screen used ak's are actually Norinco type 56's?

They are outside of the USA.

A classic shot of a Type56 in a film is the scene in Full Metal Jacket with the Vietnamese female AK equipped sniper, in one shot there is a view where the front sight arrangement can clearly be seen, see below.....

400px-FMJ-Sa-vz-58.jpg

And before anyone says it.......I know the NVA and Viet-Cong received thousands of Type56's from China so the scene in Full Metal Jacket is historically accurate with regard to its use.

I should point out that FMJ was filmed in the UK. The USA banned importation of Chinese made AKs some time ago.

And that it wasn't a type 56 either.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket#SA_Vz.58

BamBam wrote:And that it wasn't a type 56 either.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket#SA_Vz.58

You I right Comrade!!!......I shall board the truck for journey to "re-education centre" with my head hung in shame!

Click on link below and have a look on the Type56 section.....

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/AK-47#Norinco_Type_56

You can still get Norinco type-56 rifles in Canada, which doubles as a cheap location for the USA in so many popular films and tv.