Type 67 machine gun

Type 67
Type 67
	The Type 67 on a tripod field mount
Type	General-purpose machine gun; From PK Machine Gun
Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Service history
In service	1967–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	Vietnam War; Lebanese Civil War; War in Afghanistan; Syrian Civil War[1]; Yemeni Civil War[2][1]
Production history
Designed	1959
Manufacturer	China North Industries Corporation
Produced	1967–
Variants	Type 67-1, Type 67-2
Specifications
Mass	11 kg (24.25 lb)
Length	1,650 mm (65.0 in)
Barrel length	605 mm (23.8 in)
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR
Action	Gas-operated, tilting breechblock
Rate of fire	650–700 rounds/min
Effective firing range	800–1000 m
Feed system	100/250-round belt
Sights	Rear leaf sight, forward post

The Type 67 is a general-purpose machine gun, chambered in 7.62×54mmR used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Design history

The Type 67 machine gun was developed as a lightweight replacement for the Type 53 (SG43) and Type 57 (SGM) medium 7.62 mm machine guns.

According to a United States Army Materiel Command analysis, the Type 67 uses the DP trigger mechanism, the quick-change barrel of the SG-43, a gas regulator similar to the RPD, the ZB vz. 30 bolt mechanism, and a modified Maxim-type feed mechanism.[3]

Since 1967 – the year of its introduction – the Type 67 has gone through two model modifications and improvements, with the newer models designated Type 67-1 and Type 67-2.[1]

Users

Bangladesh[1]
Cambodia[4]
Central African Republic[5]
Equatorial Guinea[5]
Iraq
People's Republic of China[1]
North Korea[1]
Palestine: Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria: Used by the SAA and by Free Syrian Army[1]
Tanzania[6]
Turkey
Vietnam: The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese Army.[7]
Yemen[1]

Non-state actors

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[8]

References

Ferguson, Jonathan; Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (17 March 2016). "Chinese Type 67 GPMGs in Syria & Yemen". armamentresearch.com.
http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=4074
Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide—Eurasian Communist Countries Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Defense Intelligence Agency/United States Army Materiel Command ST-HB-07-03-74, p. 264
ទាហានខ្មែរ ដោះនិងរៀបដាក់កាំភ្លេីង PKMS K57 K67 | Army Institute Cambodia on YouTube
Touchard, Laurent (17 December 2013). "Centrafrique : le Soudan a-t-il armé les ex-Séléka ?". Jeune Afrique (in French).
https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_tanzania
James H. Willbanks (2004). Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-85109-480-6.
"WEAPONS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE | Conflict Armament Research". www.conflictarm.com. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

External links

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[Syria_Yemen-1] Ferguson, Jonathan; Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (17 March 2016). "Chinese Type 67 GPMGs in Syria & Yemen". armamentresearch.com.

[2] ttp://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=4074

[3] Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide—Eurasian Communist Countries Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Defense Intelligence Agency/United States Army Materiel Command ST-HB-07-03-74, p. 264

[4] ទាហានខ្មែរ ដោះនិងរៀបដាក់កាំភ្លេីង PKMS K57 K67 | Army Institute Cambodia on YouTube

[CAR-5] Touchard, Laurent (17 December 2013). "Centrafrique : le Soudan a-t-il armé les ex-Séléka ?". Jeune Afrique (in French).

[6] ttps://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_tanzania

[Willbanks2004-7] James H. Willbanks (2004). Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-85109-480-6.

[8] "WEAPONS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE | Conflict Armament Research". www.conflictarm.com. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-12-22.