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  1. Service Rifle Evolution of a KMT-ruled China (PODs: Mao and Zhou were killed in 1935, National Revolutionary Army captured Manchuria in late 1946)

    1) Hanyang Type 88 rifle Produced from 1888 to 1944 In front-line service from 1888 to 1949 In service as a ceremonial rifle 2) Chiang Kai Shek rifle / Type 24 rifle Produced from 1935 to 1955 In front-line service from 1935 to 1959 In service as a ceremonial rifle 3) FN-49 rifle / Type 39...

  2. AHC/WI: US Army adopts AK47 for the Infantry during Vietnam?

    Seen a few documentaries on the Vietnam War and the consenses among militart historians seems to be that the m16 rifle of the US army compared poorly to the AK47 assault rifles of the NVA and the Vietcong guerilla army with some of the major issues being lack of reliability in jungle climate as...
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