The bayonet offers the wire cutter, sawback, and symmetrical blade profile of the Russian AK74 bayonet, along with a detachable belt hanger design similar to some GMS-produced KCB-77 bayonets. The rifle was judged to not offer sufficient advantages over the Type 81 to merit its adoption. The QBZ-87 rifle was to be an improved Type 81, but also introduced a new 5.8 x 42 mm. QBZ-87 ( Qing Buqiang Zu or, in English, Light Rifle Family 1987). This example is of recent manufacture, produced for commercial sale.
1983 into the mid-1990s, as development of the Type 95 rifle neared completion. importer, Paragon Sales, modified some by bushing the muzzle ring and welding a plate to the pommel, enabling them to mount to the U.S. in the mid-2000s, they did not sell well. When these were first imported to the U.S. The bayonet's red-brown polymer grip, double-fullered blade, and green plastic scabbard are distinctive and make for an attractive design. Unlike the Chinese AK47 and AKM Type II bayonets that were manufactured solely for commercial sale, the Type 81 bayonet is used in quantity by the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA). As a result, the Type 81 bayonet will not mount to any other Kalashnikov rifle. Three versions exist: a clamp-on version (with rings like a scope mount), a quick-detachable version, and a pinned-on version (pictured above).Īlthough the Type 81 rifle borrows from the Type 56 Rifle (AK47), Type 56 Carbine (SKS), and Dragunov designs, it is a totally new rifle. This is the bayonet observed on the AKs equipping the People's Liberation Army.
The Type 56 Rifle bayonet differs from the Type 56 Carbine (SKS clone) bayonet, in the absence of a muzzle ring. The bayonet remains attached and folds under the barrel to stow in a cutout in the rifle's lower handguard. The Chinese Type 56 rifle is a close copy of the AK47. The black nylon web belt hanger is unique to the bayonets supplied to Iraq, with Bulgarian Army bayonets retaining the leather belt hanger. produced the AR–M1 bayonet for use with the milled receiver rifles, since they were also producing the AK74 bayonet for use with stamped receiver rifles. AR–M1, which is a hybrid incorporating up-to-date AK74 design features, such as polymer furniture, with the more durable early milled receiver and front sight block. Government to supply Kalashnikov rifles to equip the reconstituted New Iraqi Army.
Knife bayonet for use with newly-manufactured Kalashnikov assault rifles supplied to the New Iraqi Army. There are others, but these are the examples currently in my collection. The following are bayonets for Kalashnikov rifles that depart from the four basic AK bayonet types.
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