The Type 79 fires 7.62 millimeter caliber steel-cored pistol bullets in either automatic or semiautomatic mode. The gun is a gas-operated rotating closed-bolt action with short stroke gas piston, located …

Jun 7, 2021 · Among the weapons to see combat in Vietnam was the Chinese Type 79 submachine gun, unfamiliar to most Americans because it was fought in a different Vietnam war—one waged …

The Type 79 submachine gun (79式衝鋒槍 79 Shì chōngfēngqiāng) is a Chinese submachine gun. In the 1970s, special requirements were put forth by the People's Liberation Army, and the Chinese …

Apr 25, 2025 · The Type 79 is an overly-complex submachine gun that uses a scaled-down AK operating system chambered for 7.62x25mm Tokarev. In many ways, this is akin to the H&K MP7 – …

Jul 30, 2017 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the NORINCO Type 79 Submachine Gun (SMG) including pictures.

The Type 79 is a dual purpose naval gun of Chinese origin. These twin barrel 100mm dual purpose naval guns are known as H/PJ33 in the new Chinese naming convention and were marketed as ENG …

The Type 79 was finally simplified with the introduction of the Type 85 submachine gun in 1985. This series returns to the widely accepted recoil operating system and features a new cylindrical receiver …

The Type 79, officially known as the 1979 Year Type Submachine Gun, is recognized as China's first indigenously developed submachine gun. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff …

SERVICE – Chinese Military and Police forces, Commercial sales. This is one of the very few submachine guns that are gas operated. The action is very much like a reduced-size AK-47, scaled …

The Type 79 is a Chinese submachine gun. This is the first generation of self-produced submachine guns. It was designed in 1979 and began mass production in 1983. 200,000 units were produced …