Scarce example of the Chinese AKM Type II bayonet with an olive green plastic grip and scabbard body. This example is a variation with the orange grip secured by a brass pin. This example is serialized, indicating that it was shipped along with an AKM rifle. There is no evidence that the People's Liberation Army ever used this bayonet.Īnother example of the Chinese AKM Type II bayonet with an orange plastic grip and scabbard body. This example also has the chromed steel belt hanger provided on the earliest U.S. This example has a black plastic grip and scabbard body. AKM assault rifles commercially exported in the 1980s by Polytech and NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation).Įssentially, a copy of the Russian 6X4 (AKM Type II) bayonet, except that the sawback and wire-cutter features have been eliminated. Knife bayonet for use with the semi-automatic 7.62 mm. The reason for the unusual grip and second partial muzzle ring was that the bayonet was an afterthought, the AK47 not being initially designed to accept a bayonet. The scabbard has an integral web belt hanger with a hilt strap secured with a glove fastener. Rifles used by the People's Liberation Army had the permanently-attached folding spike bayonet shown above. AK47 assault rifles commercially exported in the 1980s by Polytech and NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation).Ī copy of the Russian 6X2 bayonet, these bayonets were made for shipment with exported Type 56 (AK47) rifles only. Knife bayonet made for use with semi-automatic 7.62 mm. Research indicates that it was most likely issued to the anti-Vietnamese forces of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and the Khmer Rouge via United Nations convoys over the Thailand border in 1979. Provenance obtained with the bayonet indicates that this example was obtained in Battambong, Cambodia, in 1998, from a former Khmer Rouge soldier. Differs from Type 56 Carbine bayonet in not having a muzzle ring.
Folds under the barrel and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock. Type 56 rifle (copy of the Soviet Kalashnikov AK47). Folds under the barrel and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock.įolding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 mm. Type 56 Carbine (copy of the Russian Simonov SKS–45 rifle). Folds to the right side and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock.įolding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 mm. Type 53 rifle (copy of the Soviet Mosin-Nagant M1944). Ricasso: Tokyo arsenal marking (four stacked cannonballs)įolding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 mm. The fit and finish are quite high by Chinese standards and the grip screws are set in oval Japanese escutcheons. This is an actual Japanese Type 30 blade mated to a Chinese Zhong Zheng Shi hilt. They also retained captured Type 30 steel scabbards for use with the converted bayonets. The scabbard for these were typically leather, so most did not survive the hard use these bayonets experienced.įollowing the Japanese surrender in 1945, the Chinese converted captured Japanese Type 30 bayonets to conform to the Zhong Zheng Shi pattern. More typical of Chinese manufacturing of the period, where much of the work was done by hand. They saw extensive use during the Second Sino-Japanese War that began in 1937 and led to the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific.Ĭrude design and construction compared to the M1924 Mauser Export bayonet. Total production is believed to be approximately 360,000. Zhong Zheng Shi rifles and bayonets were made from approximately 1935–1945. Sword bayonet for use on the 8 mm Mauser Standard-Modell short rifles purchased from Mauser and China's domestic copy, the Zhong Zheng Shi (Chiang Kai-Shek) rifle.
The hilt was originally painted black, however, only traces of the paint remain. The blade is unmarked, so it is unclear whether it was salvaged from an earlier socket bayonet or newly manufactured in the 1920s, when this bayonet was assembled. This example appears to utilize a Pattern 1853-style triangular blade. These all-metal bayonets are believed to have been produced in Belgium following the First World War for export to China.