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The Chinese Type 56 assault rifle (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK derivative utilized in Hollywood productions, both film and television. These are frequently seen used as a substitute for Russian AKs in many films, as the Russians never sold a civilian AK model in the U.S. (or Europe) during the latter half of the 20th century.  Most of the movie prop rental houses in Hollywood had dozens if not hundreds of Chinese AKs -  mostly the Type 56s (7.62x39mm version) or the similar [[AK-47#Norinco Type 84S|Type 84s]] (5.56x45mm version). These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in many cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.
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History in Cinema:
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Prior to 1982, importing firearms and equipment from 'communist' nations was illegal at the federal level in the United States.  In 1983 the list of prohibited countries from which to receive weapons from (for the civilian market) was amended due to special trade agreements signed between the USA and China & Yugoslavia.  Around the same time, Egypt managed to bypass the "commie gun ban' by offering their MISR (the ARM or the civilian version of the soviet AKM) to the west being that Egypt was a non communist nation, making the weapon under license.  After 1983, the flood gates opened, with AKs and SKS variants being available to the USA until the first import ban in 1989 (a political response to the Stockton Schoolyard shooting of 1989).  But the vast majority of American movie armories AKs came from this time span where Chinese weapons were easily obtainable.  After the fall of the wall and the Soviet Union in 1990, the Cold War era LAW banning import of weapons from Communist nations (for the most part) was no longer relevant.  Then Americans started seeing AK variants from Romanian, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and any other former warsaw pact nation that decided to sell their weapons to the US Market.  The import of AK and SKS variants from Eastern European nations was later banned by then president Obama.
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There are three main variants of the Type 56 - the standard Type 56, which has a fixed stock, the Type 56-1, which has an under-folding stock, and the Type 56-2, which has a side-folding stock. Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, known as the "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. Quite a few of the Type 56s seen in movies also have [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]-style slant compensators fitted; this was a common feature on semi-auto Type 56s exported to the U.S., but NOT the full-auto military model.
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The easiest way to tell when an AK-type rifle seen in a movie or TV show is a Chinese Type 56 is by looking at the front sight; Chinese AKs have a distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sight that no other AKs (excluding the Romanian AK Draco carbines) have.
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==Norinco Type 56==
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[[File:Early type 56.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56, early milled receiver model with bayonet - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[File:M22.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56, milled receiver model without bayonet - 7.62x39mm. This is the "sanitized" (''M22''-code) export version made with no factory markings and the selector markings in the latin alphabet (L for full-auto and D for semi-auto).]]
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[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 with bayonet - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.]]
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[[File:297 (Type56-1).JPG|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[File:56-1typeAKmilledreceiver.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver and plastic fittings - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:Type56S.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:Type56-2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-2 - 7.62x39mm]]
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[[Image:Type56withChicomDrum.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 with Chinese 75 Round Drum Magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
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=== Film ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="285"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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|''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|||| ||seen in arsenal ||2021
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|-
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|''[[Mosul]]''||Adam Bessa||Kawa|| Type 56-1||2019
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|-
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|''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]''||||cartel soldiers||||2019
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|-
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|''[[Sicario 2: Soldado]]''||||cartel soldiers||||2018
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|-
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|''[[American Assassin]]''||||terrorists||||2017
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|-
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|''[[Mummy, The (2017)|The Mummy]]''||||tribal fighters||||2017
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|-
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| ''[[Wolf Warriors 2]]'' || [[Jing Wu]] || Leng Feng || Type 56 || 2017
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|-
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|''[[Suicide Squad]]''||[[Jared Leto]]||The Joker||||2016
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]'' ||[[Tina Fey]]||Kim Baker|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2016
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|-
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| [[Alfred Molina]]||Ali Massoud Sadiq
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|-
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| ''[[London Has Fallen]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Mike Banning || Type 56-1 || 2016
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|-
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| ''[[Karate Kill]]'' || || Capital Messiah member || || 2016
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|-
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| rowspan=2| ''[[Wolf Warriors]] || || Ming Deng's troops || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || rowspan=2| 2015
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|-
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| [[Jing Wu]] || Leng Feng || Type 56
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|-
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| rowspan="6" | ''[[Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe]] || [[Mark Chao]] ||Hu Bayi|| rowspan="5" | ||rowspan="6" | 2015
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|-
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| [[Rhydian Vaughan]]|| Chen Dong
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|-
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| [[Yan Tang]]|| Weiwei
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|-
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| [[Li Feng]]|| Fat Wang Kaixuan
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|-
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| || Group of explorers
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|-
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| || Soldiers || Type 56-1
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|-
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| rowspan=2| ''[[Skin Trade]]'' || [[Dolph Lundgren]] || Nick Cassidy || || rowspan=2| 2015
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|-
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| || Dragovic's henchmen ||
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|-
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| ''[[Zulu (2013)|Zulu]]'' || [[Clayton Evertson]] || Beach thug || Type 56-1 || 2013
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|-
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| rowspan=3|''[[Berlin File, The|The Berlin File]]''|| || Abdul's henchmen || Type 56-2 with plastic furniture || rowspan=3|2013
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|-
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| || North Korean agent || rowspan=2|Type 56-2 with [[AK-74]] style muzzle brake and [[MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72|MPi-KMS-72]] style side-folding stock
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|-
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| [[Seung-beom Ryu]] || Dong Myung-Soo
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|-
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| ''[[Captain Phillips]] || || Somali pirates || Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without jungle-taped magazines || 2013
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|-
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| ''[[Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi)]] || [[Mario Casas]] || Antonio || Type 56-1 || 2013
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|-
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| ''[[Osombie]] || || || || 2012
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|-
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|''[[Red Dawn (2012)|Red Dawn]]''||[[Josh Hutcherson]]||Robert Kitner||||2012
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|-
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| ''[[R2B: Return to Base]] || || North Korean soldiers || || 2012
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|-
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| ''[[Guardian Angel (Schutzengel)]] || || Assailant || Type 56-1 with green handguard|| 2012
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|-
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| ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'' || || Mozambique guard || Type 56-1 || 2011
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|-
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| rowspan=3|''[[Machine Gun Preacher]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Sam Childers || Type 56-1 || rowspan=3|2011
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|-
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| || LRA and SPLA troops || w/ pig-sticker bayonet
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|-
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| || LRA and SPLA troops || Type 56-1
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|-
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| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]] || || Fighters || early variant with milled receiver|| 2011
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Largo Winch II]]'' || [[Nirut Sirichanya]] || General Kyaw Min || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2011
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|-
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| || Burmese soldiers
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|-
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| ''[[Memorial Day]] |||| Iraqi Security Forces || || 2011
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|-
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| ''[[Guard, The (2011)|The Guard]]|| || || ||2011
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|-
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| rowspan="5" | ''[[Red State]] || [[Nicholas Braun]] ||Billy-Ray|| rowspan="4" | Type 56 - made to look like AKM ||rowspan="5" | 2011
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|-
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| [[Melissa Leo]]|| Sara
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|-
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| [[James Parks]]|| Mordechai
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|-
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| [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]]|| Esther
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|-
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| || Believers || Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS
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|-
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| ''[[Kandahar]] || ||Taliban fighters|| with and without under-folding bayonets || 2010
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Green Zone]] ||[[Matt Damon]] || Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller ||rowspan="2" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2" | 2010
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|-
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| || Iraqi gunmen
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|-
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| ''[[Salt]] || || North Korean soldiers || || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Outside the Law (2010)|Outside the Law]] || || Vietminh || anachronistic || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright]] || ||thugs|| || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Elephant White]] || [[Kevin Bacon]]|| Jimmy || Type 56-1 modified with picatinny rails and composite grips|| 2010
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|-
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| rowspan="4"|''[[Angel of Evil (Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male)|Angel of Evil]]'' || [[Kim Rossi Stuart]] || Renato Vallanzasca || rowspan="4"|Type 56-1 || rowspan="4"|2010
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|-
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| [[Filippo Timi]] || Enzo
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|-
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| [[Moritz Bleibtreu]] || Sergio
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|-
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| [[Paolo Mazzarelli]] || Beppe
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|-
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| rowspan=3| ''[[Big Money Rustlas]]'' || [[Violent J]] || Big Baby Chips || rowspan=3| Type 56-1 || rowspan=3| 2010
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|-
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| [[Jumpsteady]] || Hack Benjamin
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|-
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| [[Monoxide]] || Dusty Poot
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|-
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| rowspan="5" | ''[[Kandahar Break]] || || Tribesmen || Type 56, with underfolding bayonet ||rowspan="5" | 2009
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|-
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| || Taliban fighters
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|-
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| || Anti-Taliban fighters
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|-
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| || Tribesman || Type 56-1, with smooth orange magazine
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|-
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| || Afghan National Army soldiers || Type 56-1
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|-
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| ''[[31 North 62 East]] || || Terrorists || Type 56-1 || 2009
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|-
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| rowspan="4" | ''[[A Dangerous Man]] || [[Jesse Hutch]] || Sergey ||rowspan="4" | Type 56 ||rowspan="4" | 2009
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|-
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| [[Steven Seagal]] || Shane
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|-
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| [[Vitaly Kravchenko]] || Vlad
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|-
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| || Russian thugs
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|-
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| ''[[Balibo]] || || Indonesian soldiers || || 2009
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|-
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| ''[[War, Inc.]]''|| || || Turaqi militia || 2008
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|-
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| ''[[Crossfire (Les Insoumis)]] || || Gangster with a face paints || || 2008
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Kite Runner]] || || Taliban fighters || rowspan="2" | Type 56 and Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2" | 2008
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|-
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| || Soviet soldiers
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|-
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|''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' ||[[Graham McTavish]]||Lewis||||2008
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|-
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| ''[[Body of Lies]] || || Iraqi insurgents || Type 56-1 || 2008
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|-
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]] || || Soviet soldiers || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 2008
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|-
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|''[[Skinwalkers]]''||[[Sarah Carter]]||Katherine||||2007
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Outlaw]] || [[Lennie James]]|| Cedric Munroe || rowspan=2|Type 56-1 || rowspan=2|2007
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|-
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| [[Sean Bean]]|| Danny Bryant
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|-
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| rowspan=3|''[[Invisible Target]]''|| [[Andy On]] || Tien Yeng-Yee || Type 56 with laser aiming device || rowspan=3|2007
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|-
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| [[Vincent Sze]] ||Tien Yeng Chi ||Type 56 and Type 56-1
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|-
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| [[Mei Wang Xue]] ||Tien Yeng Yan || Type 56-1
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|-
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| ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' || || || Type 56 and Type 56-1, seen with dead drug dealers || 2007
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|-
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| ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' || || Crackhead || Type 56-1 || 2007
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|-
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| rowspan="4" | ''[[Battle for Haditha]] ||[[Falah Falyeh]] || Ahmad ||rowspan="4" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="4" | 2007
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|-
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| [[Oliver Bytrus]] ||Jafar
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|-
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|||Iraqi Army soldiers
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|-
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|||Iraqi civilians
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|-
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|''[[In Her Line of Fire]]'' || || The rebels || || 2006
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|-
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|rowspan="3" | ''[[Blood Diamond]] || [[Kagiso Kuypers]] || Dia Vandy ||rowspan="3" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3" | 2006
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|-
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| || R.U.F. rebels
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|-
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| || Sierra Leone Army soldiers
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|-
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|rowspan="5" | ''[[Lord of War]] || [[Weston Cage]] || Mechanic ||rowspan="3" | Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover ||rowspan="5" | 2005
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|-
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| || Soviet soldiers
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|-
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| || Afghan Mujahideen
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|-
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| |||| Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard
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|-
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| || R.U.F. rebels|| Type 56-1
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|-
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Sahara (2005)|Sahara]] ||[[Matthew McConaughey]] || Dirk Pitt ||rowspan="2"| Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"| 2005
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|-
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| || Malian Soldiers
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|-
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[Munich]] || || Black September terrorists ||rowspan="3"| Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3"| 2005
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|-
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| || PLO gunmen
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|-
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| || Israeli commandos
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|-
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| ''[[Batman Begins]] || || Chinese soldiers || Type 56-1 || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[Stealth]] || || Tajikistani terrorists || Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[A Bittersweet Life]] || || Thugs || Type 56-1 || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[Typhoon]] || || Pirates || Type 56-1 || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[Sky Fighters]]'' || || Terrorists || || 2005
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|-
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| ''[[District B13|District B13 (Banlieue 13)]] || || Guard || Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake || 2004
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|-
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| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]] || || Tutsi rebel || || 2004
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|-
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|''[[Corsican File, The (L'enquête Corse)|The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse)]] || [[Eric Fraticelli]] || Figoli "Le Piaf" || || 2004
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || Carlos Padilla || Chava || rowspan=2|Type 56 || rowspan=2|2004
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|-
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| || Salvadoran guerrillas
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|-
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[Tears of the Sun]] || || Militia fighters || Type 56 and Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3"| 2003
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|-
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| || Cameroon border guards ||
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|-
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| || Refugees|| Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet
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|-
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| ''[[Belly of the Beast]] || || Kidnappers, Abu Karaf fighers || || 2003
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|-
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| ''[[The Missing Gun]] || [[Jiang Wen]] || Ma Shan || in his memories || 2002
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|-
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Die Another Day]] || || North Korean soldiers || Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"|2002
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|-
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| || North Korean commando|| Type 56-1, made to look like [[AKS-74]]
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|-
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| ''[[Outside the Law (2002)|Outside the Law]]'' || || Delgado's bodyguards, Peyton's hecnhman || Type 56-1 with black furniture || 2002
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|-
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| ''[[Christmas Rush]]'' || || Ghost Dragons gangster || Type 56-1 || 2002
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|-
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|''[[Route 666]]''||||Russian mobster||||2001
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|-
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| ''[[Black Hawk Down]] || || Somali militiamen || Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without pig-sticker bayonets || 2001
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|-
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| ''[[24 Hours (24 chasa)]] || || Spetznaz GRU operator, various police officiers, hitman || Type 56-1 || 2000
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|-
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| ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'' || [[Stefan Kudek]] || Dr. Dinglenut || Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture, Romanian AIM-style grip, AKM-style slant compensator || 2000
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|-
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| ''[[K-911]]'' || [[Vincent Castellanos]] || Harry Stripe || || 1999
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|-
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| ''[[Black Dog]] || [[Gabriel Casseus]] || Sonny || || 1998
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Belly]]'' || [[Louie Rankin]] || Lennox || Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture || rowspan=2|1998
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|-
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| || Jamaicans || With AKM-style and AK-74-style muzzle brakes and red dot sights
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|-
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| ''[[Air Force One]] || || Rebel soldiers || Type 56-1|| 1997
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|-
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| ''[[Dangerous Ground]] || [[Elizabeth Hurley]] || Karen || || 1997
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|-
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| ''[[Devil's Own, The|The Devil's Own]] || [[Brad Pitt]] || Frankie Maguire || Type 56-1 || 1997
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|-
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| ''[[Cat's Eye (1997)|Cat's Eye]] ||  || King's soldier || || 1997
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|-
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| ''[[Courage Under Fire]] || || Iraqi soldiers || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 1996
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|-
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| rowspan=6|''[[Mercenary]]'' || [[Martin Kove]] || Phoenix || rowspan=6| || rowspan=6|1996
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|-
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| [[Lindsey Ginter]] || Klinge
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|-
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| [[Patricia Skeriotis]] || Kurdish Woman
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|-
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| [[Olivier Gruner]] || 'Hawk'
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|-
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| [[John Ritter]] || Jonas Ambler
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|-
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| || Nomads, Phoenix mercenary
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|-
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|''[[Heat]] || [[Danny Trejo]] || Trejo || Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake || 1995
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|-
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| ''[[Dead Presidents]] || || N.V.A. soldiers || || 1995
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|-
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| rowspan=5|''[[Soldier Boyz]] ||[[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]] || Vinh Moc || || rowspan=5|1995
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|-
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| [[Jacqueline Obradors]] || Vasquez || With pig-sticker bayonet
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|-
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| [[Demetrius Navarro]] || Lopez ||
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|-
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| || Vinh Moc's soldiers || With & without pig-sticker bayonets
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|-
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| || A criminal || Type 56-1
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|-
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| ''[[Top Dog]] || || Neo Nazi terrorists || Type 56-1 with AKM-style muzzle brakes || 1995
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|-
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| rowspan="5"| ''[[GoldenEye]] || [[Pierce Brosnan]] || James Bond ||rowspan="3"| Type 56-1, made to look like [[AK-74#AKS-74|AKS-74]] ||rowspan="5"| 1995
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|-
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| [[Sean Bean]] || Alec Trevelyan
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|-
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| [[Famke Janssen]] || Xenia Onatopp
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|-
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| || Russian soldiers ||rowspan="2"| Made to look like [[AK-74]] and AKS-74
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|-
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| || Janus soldiers
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Steel Frontier]] || [[Stacie Foster]] || Sarah ||rowspan="3" | ||rowspan="3" | 1995
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|-
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| [[Kane Hodder]] || Kinton
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|-
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| || mercenaries
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|-
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| ''[[Dead Weekend (1995)|Dead Weekend]] || || TWF soldiers || Type 56-1 || 1995
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|-
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[In the Army Now]] ||[[Lori Petty]] || Pvt. Christine Jones ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake ||rowspan="3"| 1994
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|-
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| || Libyan Army soldiers
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|-
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| || Libyan Army soldier || Type 56-1, made to look like [[AK-74]]
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|-
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| ''[[Clear and Present Danger]] || || Colombian cartel gunmen || Type 56-1 || 1994
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|-
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| ''[[Bad Blood]]'' || || Chang's henchmen || || 1994
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|-
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|rowspan=2|''[[Enemy Gold]] || [[Julie Strain]]|| Jewel Panther|| rowspan=2|Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake || rowspan=2|1993
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|-
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| [[Ron Browning]] ||Slash
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|-
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|''[[Crime Story (1993)]] || || Robber || with AKM muzzle brake || 1993
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|-
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| ''[[Martial Outlaw]]'' || || Rodchenko's henchman || || 1993
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|-
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| ''[[Curacao]]'' || || A terrorist || Type 56-1 || 1993
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|-
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Freejack]] || [[Emilio Estevez]] || Alex Furlong ||rowspan="2"| ||rowspan="2"| 1992
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|-
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| || Mercenaries
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|-
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|''[[Beyond the Law]] || [[Ed Adams]] || Dirt || Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake || 1992
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|-
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| ''[[Rapid Fire]]|| ||Guards|| ||1992
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|-
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| ''[[Hard Boiled]] || || Johnny Wong's thugs || Type 56-1|| 1992
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|-
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| ''[[Boyz N The Hood]] || [[Baldwin C. Sykes]] || Monster || Type 56-1|| 1991
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|-
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| ''[[In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal]]'' || || Mobster || || 1991
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|-
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|''[[Afghan Breakdown]] || || Afghan Mujaheddin || Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet || 1991
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|-
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| rowspan="5"| ''[[Bullet in the Head]] || [[Waise Lee]] || Little Wing ||rowspan="5"| ||rowspan="5"| 1990
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|-
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| [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]] || Ah Bee
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|-
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| [[Jacky Cheung]] || Fai
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|-
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| || N.V.A. soldiers
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|-
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| || Viet-Cong guerrillas
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|-
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|''[[Revenge (1990)]]'' || [[Miguel Ferrer]] || Amador || Type 56-1 || 1990
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|-
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| rowspan="4" | ''[[Enemy]] || [[Peter Fonda]] || Ken Andrews ||rowspan="4" | ||rowspan="4" | 1990
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|-
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| [[Tia Carrere]] || Mai Chang
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|-
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| [[Felindo Obach]] || Sgt. Tuong
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|-
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| || Vietcong, Vienamese soldiers
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|-
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| ''[[Hunt for Red October, The|The Hunt for Red October]] || || Soviet Naval Infantryman || || 1990
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|-
 +
|rowspan="2"| ''[[RoboCop 2]] || [[Thomas Rosales Jr.]] || Chet || Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake ||rowspan="2"| 1990
 +
|-
 +
| || Nuke cartel thugs || Type 56, 56-1, & Type 56-2, with & without bakelite magazines and AK-74 muzzle brakes
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection]] || || Ramon Cota's men || Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet || 1990
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Navy SEALs]] || [[Nicholas Kadi]] || Ben Shaheedis || || 1990
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[The Killer]] || [[Danny Lee]] || Inspector Li Ying || Type 56-1 || 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[UHF]] || || Villain || || 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July]] || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 with pig-sticker bayonet || 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Casualties of War]] || || Viet Cong guerrillas || Type 56-1 || 1989
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Iron Triangle, The|The Iron Triangle]] || [[Liem Whatley]] || Ho ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="2"| 1989
 +
|-
 +
| || Viet-Cong
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="5"| ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)|Code Name Coq Rouge]] || [[Stellan Skarsgård]] || Carl Hamilton ||rowspan="5"| Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="5"| 1989
 +
|-
 +
| [[Nick Burnell]] || Meyer
 +
|-
 +
| || Israeli terrorists
 +
|-
 +
| || PLO guard
 +
|-
 +
| || Boy on the beach
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[L.A. Bounty]] || ||Cavanaugh´s men|| || 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Dead Bang]]''||[[Mickey Jones]]||Sleepy||||1989
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Rambo III]] ||[[Sasson Gabai]] || Mousa || Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"| 1988
 +
|-
 +
| || Afghan Mujahideen || Type 56 and Type 56-1
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Return of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' || || "Tomato men" soldiers || Semi-auto Type 56S || 1988
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]] || || Wing Kong gang members || Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes || 1986
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Platoon]] ||[[Charlie Sheen]] || Pvt. Chris Taylor ||rowspan="4"| With pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="4"| 1986
 +
|-
 +
| [[Tom Berenger]] || SSgt. Robert Barnes
 +
|-
 +
| || N.V.A. soldiers
 +
|-
 +
| || Viet-Cong
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Volunteers]]'' || || People's Army soldiers || || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti)]] || || Viet Cong guerrillas || With pig-sticker bayonets || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Park is Mine, The|The Park is Mine]] || [[Jong Soo Park]] || Tran Chan Dinh || Type 56-1 || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Commando Leopard]] |||| Rebels || || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Latino]] |||| ''FSLN'' soldiers and villagers || || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Wheels of Fire]] |||| Scourge's Men || || 1985
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="4"|''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Stefan Kalipha]] || Cuban || || rowspan="4"| 1985
 +
|-
 +
| [[Alan Igbon]] || Cuban ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Chris Tummings]] || Garfield Cooper ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Michael Caine]] || Baxter Thwaites ||
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Code Name: Wild Geese]] |||| General Khan's soldiers || || 1984
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Octopussy]] |||| Soviet soldiers ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="2"| 1983
 +
|-
 +
| || Border guards
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Uncommon Valor]]''||[[Kwan Hi Lim]]||Jiang||||1983
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Year of Living Dangerously, The|The Year of Living Dangerously]] || || Indonesian soldiers || Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets || 1982
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Apocalypse Now]] || || N.V.A. soldiers || ||rowspan="4"| 1979
 +
|-
 +
| || Viet-Cong ||
 +
|-
 +
| || Kurtz's men || With & without jungle-taped magazines
 +
|-
 +
| || French colonialists || With & without pig-sticker bayonets
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan=2|''[[The Deer Hunter]]''|| [[Robert De Niro]]||Michael|| rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|1978
 +
|-
 +
| [[Christopher Walken]]||Nick
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=== Television ===
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
 +
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Harry's Game]]'' || [[Derek Thompson]] || Billy Downes || Type 56-1 || 1982
 +
|-
 +
|  ''[[A-Team, The| The A-Team]]'' || || || || 1983 - 1988
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=2|''[[Blott on the Landscape]]'' || [[David Suchet]] || Blott || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1985
 +
|-
 +
| || East German soldiers
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[ MacGyver (1985) - Season 1]]'' || - || Various characters || Type 56 with slant compensator / featured in 9 out of 22 episodes || 1985-1986
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || Vit Cng || || 1987 - 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || NVA soldiers || || 1987 - 1989
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || || || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 1998 - 2001
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' || [[Bokeem Woodbine]] || Massive Genius || Nickel plated Type 56-1; "A Hit is a Hit" (S1E10) || 1999 - 2007
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="8"| ''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || [[Ross Kemp]] || SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie  || rowspan="8"|Type 56-1 || rowspan="8"|2002 - 2006
 +
|-
 +
| [[Jamie Draven]] || Cpl. Jamie Dow
 +
|-
 +
| [[Tony Curran]] || Sgt. Pete Twamley
 +
|-
 +
| [[Miles Anderson]] || Col. Aidan Dempsey 
 +
|-
 +
| [[Louis Decosta Johnson ]] || Cpl. Dave Woolston
 +
|-
 +
| [[Heather Peace]] || Tpr. Becca Gallagher
 +
|-
 +
| [[Conor Mullen]] || Omega
 +
|-
 +
|  || Various terrorists and soldiers
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Tremors: The Series]]'' || [[Victor Browne]] || Tyler Reed ||  "Shriek & Destroy" || 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Doctor Who (New Series) - Season 2]]'' || [[Andrew Hayden-Smith]] || Jake Simmonds || Type 56-1 in episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" || 2006
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 2|Criminal Minds]]'' || || Somali militiamen || "Distress" (S2E17) || 2007
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Leo Fitzpatrick]] || "Mr. Mouse" || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Adam Cantor]] || Rocko || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Frank Grillo]] || Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' ||  || One of Deke Quinlan's men || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
 +
|-
 +
|  ''[[Sea Patrol]]'' || || Various rebels and mercenaries|| || 2007 - 2010
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Sanctuary]]'' ||  ||  || || 2007 -
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' ||  || North Korean terrorists and IRIS mercenaries  || Type 56-1 || 2009
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' || [[Lee Byung-hun]] || Kim Hyun-jun  || Type 56-1 || 2009
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' || [[So-yeon Kim]] || Kim Seon-hwa  || Type 56-1 || 2009
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Falling Skies]]'' || [[Noah Wyle]] || Tom Mason || Type 56-1 || 2011 -
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Falling Skies]]'' || || Resistance fighters || Type 56 || 2011 -
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Jon Benjamin Has a Van]]'' || || Guatemalan troops || Type 56, "Border" (S01E01) || 2011 
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Longmire - Season 1|Longmire]]'' || [[Lobo Sebastian]] || Octavio Muara || Type 56-1, "The Cancer" (S01E04), plastic magazine, muzzle brake || 2012
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=5| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 3]]'' || [[Travis Love]] || Shumpert the Bowman || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10) || rowspan=5| 2012-2013
 +
|-
 +
| various || Woodbury Soldiers || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "Prey" (S3E14), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Melissa Ponzio]] || Karen || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator;  "Home" (S3E10)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Sonequa Martin-Green]] || Sasha || Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S. & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Prey" (S3E14)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Daniel Thomas Ray]] || Allen || Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S & AKM-Style slanted compensator; "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Continuum - Season 2]]''|| ||  || "Second Chances" (E01)  || 2013
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=3| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' || [[Alanna Masterson]] || Tara Chambler || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slant compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) || rowspan=3| 2013-2014
 +
|-
 +
| various || Governor's Militia Soldiers || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
 +
|-
 +
| various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "A" (S4E16)
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=12| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 5]]'' || various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01), "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03) || rowspan=12| 2014-2015
 +
|-
 +
| various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator
 +
|-
 +
| [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Sgt. Abraham Ford || Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Andrew J. West]] || Gareth || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Chris Coy]] || Martin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
 +
|-
 +
| [[April Billingsley]] || Theresa || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Benjamin Papac]] || Albert || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Chris Burns]] || Mike || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with a Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Crossed" (S5E07), "Them" (S5E10)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Jason Douglas]] || Tobin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Steven Yeun]] || Glenn Rhee || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Banshee - Season 2]]'' || ||Rabbit's men || Episode 10; Type 56 and Type 56-1||2014
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Tyrant]]'' || ||Abbudinian soldiers || Episode 1; Type 56 ||2014
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=10| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 6]]'' || [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator || rowspan=10| 2015-2016
 +
|-
 +
| [[Jason Douglas]] || Tobin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "First Time Again" (S6E01)
 +
|-
 +
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Always Accountable" (S6E06)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Austin Nichols]] || Spencer Monroe || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Heads Up" (S6E07)
 +
|-
 +
| various || At least 2 unnamed Savior Members || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator in an after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
 +
|-
 +
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
 +
|-
 +
| [[G-Rod]] || Savior Member || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
 +
|-
 +
| various || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
 +
|-
 +
| various || Savior Members || Type 56 & Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=8| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 7]]'' || [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with wood furniture, AIM Handguard & AKM-style slant compensator; ”The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) || rowspan=8| 2017
 +
|-
 +
| [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with wood furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Cooper Andrews]] || Jerry || Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; " The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Christian Serratos]] || Rosita Espinosa || Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Alanna Masterson]] || Tara Chambler || Type 56-1 fitted with R.I.S. & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Sabrina Gennarino]] || Tamiel || Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| [[Thomas Francis Murphy]] || Brion || Type 56-1 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture, slant compensator, & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Wynonna Earp]] || || Revenant thug || Type 56-2 side-folding stock variant; "The Blade" (S1E04) || 2016
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 4|The Man in the High Castle]]''||[[Joel de la Fuente]]||Chief Inspector Kido||||2019
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Anime===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
 +
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Gunslinger Girl]]||Padania Terrorists||||2003
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=== Video Games ===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
 +
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' ||  ||  ||Type 56; with under-folding bayonet ||rowspan="2" | 2017
 +
|-
 +
| || ||Type 56-1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Rainbow Six Siege]]||||||Unusable||2015
 +
|-
 +
| [[Grand Theft Auto V]]||"Assault Rifle"||||Type 56-2||2013
 +
|-
 +
| [[Godfather II, The (VG)]]|| ||||||2009
 +
|-
 +
| [[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]||"AK47"||||||2009
 +
|-
 +
| [[7.62 High Calibre]] ||"Type 56" ||w/ various attachments|| || 2008
 +
|-
 +
| [[Tomb Raider: Underworld]]||||||not usable||2008
 +
|-
 +
|[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]||"AK-47"||w/ underfolding "pig sticker" bayonet||||2004
 +
|-
 +
|[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]||"AK47"||||||2004
 +
|-
 +
|[[Project IGI 2: Covert Strike]]||"AK-47"||||||2003
 +
|-
 +
|[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]||"Kalashnikov"||||||2003
 +
|-
 +
| [[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]] || "AK47" ||  ||  || 2002
 +
|-
 +
|[[Project IGI: I'm Going In]]||"AK-47"||||||2000
 +
|-
 +
| [[Global Operations]]||"AK-47"||||||2000
 +
|-
 +
| [[Jurassic Park: Trespasser]] || "Kalashnikov" ||  ||  || 1998
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==Norinco Type 84S==
 +
[[Image:NorincoType84SRifle.jpg |thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S - 5.56x45mm]]
 +
[[Image:NorincoType84SFolder.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S-1 Underfolder Model with 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm]]
 +
[[Image:NorincoType84STarget.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S "Target" Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  Basically a standard Norinco Type 84S with a slightly longer barrel.  This variant was ready for market just as the 1989 US import ban was implemented, so it is mostly seen in Canada.  It has an 18.5" barrel and was very rarely seen in the U.S. Gun market.]]
 +
[[Image:NorincoType84SMatch.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S-1 "Match" Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  Norinco was stuck sitting on a pile of 21" RPK barrels chambered for 5.56mm when the door slammed shut on U.S. imports in 1989. Norinco saved money by mating their 21" long RPK-style barrels to their stockpile of 84S Folding Stock receiver bodies and thus exported the '''Type 84S Match''' to countries such as Canada and Australia.  Canada would suffer their own import ban on 'frightening looking guns' in 1995.  Australian gun owners would suffer such a fate in 1997.]]
 +
 
 +
The Type 84 rifle is nearly identical to the Chinese Type 56 (seen above), but it is chambered in 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington and manufactured entirely for export. The civilian variants are known as Type 84S, and are semi-automatic only (full auto Type 84s are far rarer than the Type 84S though). It is often seen impersonating the [[AK-74]] in movies and TV shows (particularly ''[[Stargate: SG1]]'', where it is carried by Russian SG teams).
 +
 
 +
The Type 84 was exported and sold with an AK birdcage flash hider and had a deep polished factory blue. Several other variants of the 84S Rifle (that are mostly unfamiliar to American Gun Owners) were victims of the 1989 Import Ban that barred most new 'assault rifles' from entering the United States.  These rifles were thus mostly exported to Canada and Australia, and as a result, appeared in television shows or movies that were filmed in those countries.  Listed here are two of the variants seen in Canadian or Australian television (the Target and the Match versions). If it were not for Canadian or Australian movie armorers, most Americans would never have known these variants existed. 
 +
 
 +
===Film===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
 +
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="180"|'''Character'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="70"|'''Date'''
 +
|-
 +
| [[Interview, The|The Interview]] ||  || North Korean soldier || Type 84S-1 || 2014
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[A Dangerous Man]]'' ||[[Byron Lawson]]  || Mao || . || 2009
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Zombieland]]'' || || Stylish Secret Agent || . || 2009
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]'' || || Hungarian police officers ||.|| 2006
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]]'' || || Ukrainian soldiers || Type 84S-2, fitted with custom muzzle brakes to pass for [[AKS-74]]|| 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Reindeer Games]]'' || ||.|| Seen in the weapons storage compartment of Gabriel's ([[Gary Sinise]]) truck || 2000
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Bravo Two Zero]]'' || || Iraqi soldiers ||.|| 1999
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Hollow Point]]'' || || Mobsters || w/ Type 56-style bayonets|| 1996
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Television===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
 +
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Actor'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Character'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Note / Episode'''
 +
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Sliders]]'' || || Russian soldiers || || 1995-2000
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Millennium]]'' || || || Found in cult warehouse / "Gehenna" || 1996-1999
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[The X-Files]]'' || || Russian gulag guards/soldiers || Type 84s (standard variant), 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Terma" (S4E09), "Patient X" (S5E13) || 1996-1998
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan=2|''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || || Seth's followers || (S03E02) || rowspan=2|1997 - 2007
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|-
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| [[Jen Halley]] || Lieutenant Tolinev || mocked up as AKS-74U / "The Tomb" (S05E08)
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|-
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| ''[[The X-Files - Season 5]]'' || [[Brian Markinson]] || Gary Lambert || 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Folie à Deux" (S5E19) || 1998
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|-
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| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || || Various military personnel and terrorists || "Peackeepers", "The Fire Last Time" || 1998-2001
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|-
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| ''[[Harsh Realm]]'' || || A bounty hunter and Cherokee nationalists || (Ep. 2 "Leviathan", Ep. 8 "Cincinnati") || 1999
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|-
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' || [[James Gandolfini]] || Tony ||rowspan="3"|  "Two Tonys" (5.01) ||rowspan="3"| 1999-2007
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|-
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| [[Max Casella]] || Benny Fazio
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|-
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| [[Carl Capotorto]] || Little Paulie Germani
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|-
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| ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' || || Resistance fighters || Season 2, "Lay Down Your Burdens" || 2004-2009
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|-
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| ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' || [[Ryan Robbins]] || Charlie Connor || Season 3, "Exodus"  || 2004-2009
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|-
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| ''[[Chris Ryan's Strike Back]]'' || [[Fenar Mohammed-Ali]] || As'ad || Ep. 1, 2 || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Chris Ryan's Strike Back]]'' || || Iraqi insurgents ||  Ep. 1, 2 || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Wynonna Earp]]''|| || Revenant thug || "The Blade" (S1E04), Type 84S-1 "Match" rifle || 2016
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|-
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|}
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===Anime===
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|-
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|[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig|Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG]]||Dejima refugee sniper||Type 84S Target with scope||2004-2005
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== Norinco MAK-90 ==
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[[Image:MAK90.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco MAK-90 - 7.62x39mm]]
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"Post-ban" version of the Norinco Type 56, made for import for use as a civilian sporting rifle. As such, the MAK-1990 was manufactured in semi-automatic mode only, the rear sight was ground down and the bayonet lugs were ground off. Most rifles are fitted with a 'thumbhole' stock and were manufactured with both milled and stamped receivers. Originally, these rifles were sold for around $180 and were looked down on as "cheap" rifles, but have since been regarded as fine rifles and have gone up in price greatly.
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=== Specifications ===
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(1990 - 1994)
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* '''Type:''' Assault Rifle
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* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
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* '''Weight:''' {{convert|lbs|8.25}}
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* '''Length:''' {{convert|in|35.1}}
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* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|in|16.34}}
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* '''Feed System:''' 10, 30-round box magazine
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* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
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===Film===
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|-
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|''[[Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]] |||| Terrorist || || 1996
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|-
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|''[[Soldier]]|| || Arcadia 234 inhabitant || With 10-round magazine || 1998
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|-
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| rowspan=3|''[[God Bless America]]'' || [[Tara Lynne Barr]] || Roxy || rowspan=3|thumbhole stock removed || rowspan=3|2012
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|-
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| [[Joel Murray]] || Frank Murdock
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|-
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| [[Mike Tristano]] || Shady gun dealer
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|-
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|}

Revision as of 20:09, 19 October 2022

The Chinese Type 56 assault rifle (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK derivative utilized in Hollywood productions, both film and television. These are frequently seen used as a substitute for Russian AKs in many films, as the Russians never sold a civilian AK model in the U.S. (or Europe) during the latter half of the 20th century. Most of the movie prop rental houses in Hollywood had dozens if not hundreds of Chinese AKs - mostly the Type 56s (7.62x39mm version) or the similar Type 84s (5.56x45mm version). These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in many cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.

History in Cinema: Prior to 1982, importing firearms and equipment from 'communist' nations was illegal at the federal level in the United States. In 1983 the list of prohibited countries from which to receive weapons from (for the civilian market) was amended due to special trade agreements signed between the USA and China & Yugoslavia. Around the same time, Egypt managed to bypass the "commie gun ban' by offering their MISR (the ARM or the civilian version of the soviet AKM) to the west being that Egypt was a non communist nation, making the weapon under license. After 1983, the flood gates opened, with AKs and SKS variants being available to the USA until the first import ban in 1989 (a political response to the Stockton Schoolyard shooting of 1989). But the vast majority of American movie armories AKs came from this time span where Chinese weapons were easily obtainable. After the fall of the wall and the Soviet Union in 1990, the Cold War era LAW banning import of weapons from Communist nations (for the most part) was no longer relevant. Then Americans started seeing AK variants from Romanian, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and any other former warsaw pact nation that decided to sell their weapons to the US Market. The import of AK and SKS variants from Eastern European nations was later banned by then president Obama.

There are three main variants of the Type 56 - the standard Type 56, which has a fixed stock, the Type 56-1, which has an under-folding stock, and the Type 56-2, which has a side-folding stock. Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, known as the "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. Quite a few of the Type 56s seen in movies also have AKM-style slant compensators fitted; this was a common feature on semi-auto Type 56s exported to the U.S., but NOT the full-auto military model.

The easiest way to tell when an AK-type rifle seen in a movie or TV show is a Chinese Type 56 is by looking at the front sight; Chinese AKs have a distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sight that no other AKs (excluding the Romanian AK Draco carbines) have.

Norinco Type 56

Norinco Type 56, early milled receiver model with bayonet - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56, milled receiver model without bayonet - 7.62x39mm. This is the "sanitized" (M22-code) export version made with no factory markings and the selector markings in the latin alphabet (L for full-auto and D for semi-auto).
Norinco Type 56 with bayonet - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.
Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver and plastic fittings - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56-2 - 7.62x39mm
Norinco Type 56 with Chinese 75 Round Drum Magazine - 7.62x39mm


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Black Widow seen in arsenal 2021
Mosul Adam Bessa Kawa Type 56-1 2019
Rambo: Last Blood cartel soldiers 2019
Sicario 2: Soldado cartel soldiers 2018
American Assassin terrorists 2017
The Mummy tribal fighters 2017
Wolf Warriors 2 Jing Wu Leng Feng Type 56 2017
Suicide Squad Jared Leto The Joker 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Tina Fey Kim Baker 2016
Alfred Molina Ali Massoud Sadiq
London Has Fallen Gerard Butler Mike Banning Type 56-1 2016
Karate Kill Capital Messiah member 2016
Wolf Warriors Ming Deng's troops Type 56 and Type 56-1 2015
Jing Wu Leng Feng Type 56
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Mark Chao Hu Bayi 2015
Rhydian Vaughan Chen Dong
Yan Tang Weiwei
Li Feng Fat Wang Kaixuan
Group of explorers
Soldiers Type 56-1
Skin Trade Dolph Lundgren Nick Cassidy 2015
Dragovic's henchmen
Zulu Clayton Evertson Beach thug Type 56-1 2013
The Berlin File Abdul's henchmen Type 56-2 with plastic furniture 2013
North Korean agent Type 56-2 with AK-74 style muzzle brake and MPi-KMS-72 style side-folding stock
Seung-beom Ryu Dong Myung-Soo
Captain Phillips Somali pirates Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without jungle-taped magazines 2013
Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi) Mario Casas Antonio Type 56-1 2013
Osombie 2012
Red Dawn Josh Hutcherson Robert Kitner 2012
R2B: Return to Base North Korean soldiers 2012
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) Assailant Type 56-1 with green handguard 2012
Johnny English Reborn Mozambique guard Type 56-1 2011
Machine Gun Preacher Gerard Butler Sam Childers Type 56-1 2011
LRA and SPLA troops w/ pig-sticker bayonet
LRA and SPLA troops Type 56-1
Killer Elite Fighters early variant with milled receiver 2011
Largo Winch II Nirut Sirichanya General Kyaw Min 2011
Burmese soldiers
Memorial Day Iraqi Security Forces 2011
The Guard 2011
Red State Nicholas Braun Billy-Ray Type 56 - made to look like AKM 2011
Melissa Leo Sara
James Parks Mordechai
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith Esther
Believers Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS
Kandahar Taliban fighters with and without under-folding bayonets 2010
Green Zone Matt Damon Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller Type 56-1 2010
Iraqi gunmen
Salt North Korean soldiers 2010
Outside the Law Vietminh anachronistic 2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright thugs 2010
Elephant White Kevin Bacon Jimmy Type 56-1 modified with picatinny rails and composite grips 2010
Angel of Evil Kim Rossi Stuart Renato Vallanzasca Type 56-1 2010
Filippo Timi Enzo
Moritz Bleibtreu Sergio
Paolo Mazzarelli Beppe
Big Money Rustlas Violent J Big Baby Chips Type 56-1 2010
Jumpsteady Hack Benjamin
Monoxide Dusty Poot
Kandahar Break Tribesmen Type 56, with underfolding bayonet 2009
Taliban fighters
Anti-Taliban fighters
Tribesman Type 56-1, with smooth orange magazine
Afghan National Army soldiers Type 56-1
31 North 62 East Terrorists Type 56-1 2009
A Dangerous Man Jesse Hutch Sergey Type 56 2009
Steven Seagal Shane
Vitaly Kravchenko Vlad
Russian thugs
Balibo Indonesian soldiers 2009
War, Inc. Turaqi militia 2008
Crossfire (Les Insoumis) Gangster with a face paints 2008
The Kite Runner Taliban fighters Type 56 and Type 56-1 2008
Soviet soldiers
Rambo Graham McTavish Lewis 2008
Body of Lies Iraqi insurgents Type 56-1 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Soviet soldiers Type 56 and Type 56-1 2008
Skinwalkers Sarah Carter Katherine 2007
Outlaw Lennie James Cedric Munroe Type 56-1 2007
Sean Bean Danny Bryant
Invisible Target Andy On Tien Yeng-Yee Type 56 with laser aiming device 2007
Vincent Sze Tien Yeng Chi Type 56 and Type 56-1
Mei Wang Xue Tien Yeng Yan Type 56-1
No Country for Old Men Type 56 and Type 56-1, seen with dead drug dealers 2007
Hot Fuzz Crackhead Type 56-1 2007
Battle for Haditha Falah Falyeh Ahmad Type 56-1 2007
Oliver Bytrus Jafar
Iraqi Army soldiers
Iraqi civilians
In Her Line of Fire The rebels 2006
Blood Diamond Kagiso Kuypers Dia Vandy Type 56-1 2006
R.U.F. rebels
Sierra Leone Army soldiers
Lord of War Weston Cage Mechanic Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover 2005
Soviet soldiers
Afghan Mujahideen
Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard
R.U.F. rebels Type 56-1
Sahara Matthew McConaughey Dirk Pitt Type 56-1 2005
Malian Soldiers
Munich Black September terrorists Type 56-1 2005
PLO gunmen
Israeli commandos
Batman Begins Chinese soldiers Type 56-1 2005
Stealth Tajikistani terrorists Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel 2005
A Bittersweet Life Thugs Type 56-1 2005
Typhoon Pirates Type 56-1 2005
Sky Fighters Terrorists 2005
District B13 (Banlieue 13) Guard Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake 2004
Hotel Rwanda Tutsi rebel 2004
The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) Eric Fraticelli Figoli "Le Piaf" 2004
Innocent Voices Carlos Padilla Chava Type 56 2004
Salvadoran guerrillas
Tears of the Sun Militia fighters Type 56 and Type 56-1 2003
Cameroon border guards
Refugees Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet
Belly of the Beast Kidnappers, Abu Karaf fighers 2003
The Missing Gun Jiang Wen Ma Shan in his memories 2002
Die Another Day North Korean soldiers Type 56-1 2002
North Korean commando Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74
Outside the Law Delgado's bodyguards, Peyton's hecnhman Type 56-1 with black furniture 2002
Christmas Rush Ghost Dragons gangster Type 56-1 2002
Route 666 Russian mobster 2001
Black Hawk Down Somali militiamen Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without pig-sticker bayonets 2001
24 Hours (24 chasa) Spetznaz GRU operator, various police officiers, hitman Type 56-1 2000
Big Money Hustlas Stefan Kudek Dr. Dinglenut Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture, Romanian AIM-style grip, AKM-style slant compensator 2000
K-911 Vincent Castellanos Harry Stripe 1999
Black Dog Gabriel Casseus Sonny 1998
Belly Louie Rankin Lennox Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture 1998
Jamaicans With AKM-style and AK-74-style muzzle brakes and red dot sights
Air Force One Rebel soldiers Type 56-1 1997
Dangerous Ground Elizabeth Hurley Karen 1997
The Devil's Own Brad Pitt Frankie Maguire Type 56-1 1997
Cat's Eye King's soldier 1997
Courage Under Fire Iraqi soldiers Type 56 and Type 56-1 1996
Mercenary Martin Kove Phoenix 1996
Lindsey Ginter Klinge
Patricia Skeriotis Kurdish Woman
Olivier Gruner 'Hawk'
John Ritter Jonas Ambler
Nomads, Phoenix mercenary
Heat Danny Trejo Trejo Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake 1995
Dead Presidents N.V.A. soldiers 1995
Soldier Boyz Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Vinh Moc 1995
Jacqueline Obradors Vasquez With pig-sticker bayonet
Demetrius Navarro Lopez
Vinh Moc's soldiers With & without pig-sticker bayonets
A criminal Type 56-1
Top Dog Neo Nazi terrorists Type 56-1 with AKM-style muzzle brakes 1995
GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan James Bond Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74 1995
Sean Bean Alec Trevelyan
Famke Janssen Xenia Onatopp
Russian soldiers Made to look like AK-74 and AKS-74
Janus soldiers
Steel Frontier Stacie Foster Sarah 1995
Kane Hodder Kinton
mercenaries
Dead Weekend TWF soldiers Type 56-1 1995
In the Army Now Lori Petty Pvt. Christine Jones Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake 1994
Libyan Army soldiers
Libyan Army soldier Type 56-1, made to look like AK-74
Clear and Present Danger Colombian cartel gunmen Type 56-1 1994
Bad Blood Chang's henchmen 1994
Enemy Gold Julie Strain Jewel Panther Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake 1993
Ron Browning Slash
Crime Story (1993) Robber with AKM muzzle brake 1993
Martial Outlaw Rodchenko's henchman 1993
Curacao A terrorist Type 56-1 1993
Freejack Emilio Estevez Alex Furlong 1992
Mercenaries
Beyond the Law Ed Adams Dirt Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake 1992
Rapid Fire Guards 1992
Hard Boiled Johnny Wong's thugs Type 56-1 1992
Boyz N The Hood Baldwin C. Sykes Monster Type 56-1 1991
In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal Mobster 1991
Afghan Breakdown Afghan Mujaheddin Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet 1991
Bullet in the Head Waise Lee Little Wing 1990
Tony Leung Chiu Wai Ah Bee
Jacky Cheung Fai
N.V.A. soldiers
Viet-Cong guerrillas
Revenge (1990) Miguel Ferrer Amador Type 56-1 1990
Enemy Peter Fonda Ken Andrews 1990
Tia Carrere Mai Chang
Felindo Obach Sgt. Tuong
Vietcong, Vienamese soldiers
The Hunt for Red October Soviet Naval Infantryman 1990
RoboCop 2 Thomas Rosales Jr. Chet Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake 1990
Nuke cartel thugs Type 56, 56-1, & Type 56-2, with & without bakelite magazines and AK-74 muzzle brakes
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Ramon Cota's men Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet 1990
Navy SEALs Nicholas Kadi Ben Shaheedis 1990
The Killer Danny Lee Inspector Li Ying Type 56-1 1989
UHF Villain 1989
Born on the Fourth of July NVA soldiers Type 56 with pig-sticker bayonet 1989
Casualties of War Viet Cong guerrillas Type 56-1 1989
The Iron Triangle Liem Whatley Ho Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet 1989
Viet-Cong
Code Name Coq Rouge Stellan Skarsgård Carl Hamilton Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet 1989
Nick Burnell Meyer
Israeli terrorists
PLO guard
Boy on the beach
L.A. Bounty Cavanaugh´s men 1989
Dead Bang Mickey Jones Sleepy 1989
Rambo III Sasson Gabai Mousa Type 56-1 1988
Afghan Mujahideen Type 56 and Type 56-1
Return of the Killer Tomatoes "Tomato men" soldiers Semi-auto Type 56S 1988
Big Trouble in Little China Wing Kong gang members Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes 1986
Platoon Charlie Sheen Pvt. Chris Taylor With pig-sticker bayonet 1986
Tom Berenger SSgt. Robert Barnes
N.V.A. soldiers
Viet-Cong
Volunteers People's Army soldiers 1985
Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) Viet Cong guerrillas With pig-sticker bayonets 1985
The Park is Mine Jong Soo Park Tran Chan Dinh Type 56-1 1985
Commando Leopard Rebels 1985
Latino FSLN soldiers and villagers 1985
Wheels of Fire Scourge's Men 1985
Water Stefan Kalipha Cuban 1985
Alan Igbon Cuban
Chris Tummings Garfield Cooper
Michael Caine Baxter Thwaites
Code Name: Wild Geese General Khan's soldiers 1984
Octopussy Soviet soldiers Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet 1983
Border guards
Uncommon Valor Kwan Hi Lim Jiang 1983
The Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian soldiers Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets 1982
Apocalypse Now N.V.A. soldiers 1979
Viet-Cong
Kurtz's men With & without jungle-taped magazines
French colonialists With & without pig-sticker bayonets
The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro Michael 1978
Christopher Walken Nick

Television

Title Actor Character Note Air Date
Harry's Game Derek Thompson Billy Downes Type 56-1 1982
The A-Team 1983 - 1988
Blott on the Landscape David Suchet Blott 1985
East German soldiers
MacGyver (1985) - Season 1 - Various characters Type 56 with slant compensator / featured in 9 out of 22 episodes 1985-1986
Tour of Duty Vit Cng 1987 - 1989
Tour of Duty NVA soldiers 1987 - 1989
Seven Days Type 56 and Type 56-1 1998 - 2001
The Sopranos Bokeem Woodbine Massive Genius Nickel plated Type 56-1; "A Hit is a Hit" (S1E10) 1999 - 2007
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie Type 56-1 2002 - 2006
Jamie Draven Cpl. Jamie Dow
Tony Curran Sgt. Pete Twamley
Miles Anderson Col. Aidan Dempsey
Louis Decosta Johnson Cpl. Dave Woolston
Heather Peace Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Conor Mullen Omega
Various terrorists and soldiers
Tremors: The Series Victor Browne Tyler Reed "Shriek & Destroy" 2003
Doctor Who (New Series) - Season 2 Andrew Hayden-Smith Jake Simmonds Type 56-1 in episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" 2006
Criminal Minds Somali militiamen "Distress" (S2E17) 2007
The Kill Point Leo Fitzpatrick "Mr. Mouse" Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator 2007
The Kill Point Adam Cantor Rocko Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator 2007
The Kill Point Frank Grillo Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator 2007
The Kill Point One of Deke Quinlan's men Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator 2007
Sea Patrol Various rebels and mercenaries 2007 - 2010
Sanctuary 2007 -
Iris - Season 1 North Korean terrorists and IRIS mercenaries Type 56-1 2009
Iris - Season 1 Lee Byung-hun Kim Hyun-jun Type 56-1 2009
Iris - Season 1 So-yeon Kim Kim Seon-hwa Type 56-1 2009
Falling Skies Noah Wyle Tom Mason Type 56-1 2011 -
Falling Skies Resistance fighters Type 56 2011 -
Jon Benjamin Has a Van Guatemalan troops Type 56, "Border" (S01E01) 2011
Longmire Lobo Sebastian Octavio Muara Type 56-1, "The Cancer" (S01E04), plastic magazine, muzzle brake 2012
The Walking Dead - Season 3 Travis Love Shumpert the Bowman Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10) 2012-2013
various Woodbury Soldiers Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "Prey" (S3E14), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Melissa Ponzio Karen Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Home" (S3E10)
Sonequa Martin-Green Sasha Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S. & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Prey" (S3E14)
Daniel Thomas Ray Allen Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S & AKM-Style slanted compensator; "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Continuum - Season 2 "Second Chances" (E01) 2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Alanna Masterson Tara Chambler Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slant compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) 2013-2014
various Governor's Militia Soldiers Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
various Terminus Inhabitants Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "A" (S4E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 5 various Terminus Inhabitants Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01), "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03) 2014-2015
various Terminus Inhabitants Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator
Michael Cudlitz Sgt. Abraham Ford Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
Andrew J. West Gareth Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Chris Coy Martin Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
April Billingsley Theresa Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Benjamin Papac Albert Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Chris Burns Mike Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon Type 56 fitted with a Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Crossed" (S5E07), "Them" (S5E10)
Jason Douglas Tobin Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
Steven Yeun Glenn Rhee Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
Banshee - Season 2 Rabbit's men Episode 10; Type 56 and Type 56-1 2014
Tyrant Abbudinian soldiers Episode 1; Type 56 2014
The Walking Dead - Season 6 Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator 2015-2016
Jason Douglas Tobin Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "First Time Again" (S6E01)
Unknown Savior Member Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Always Accountable" (S6E06)
Austin Nichols Spencer Monroe Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Heads Up" (S6E07)
various At least 2 unnamed Savior Members Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator in an after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
Unknown Savior Member Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
G-Rod Savior Member Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
various Savior Member Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
various Savior Members Type 56 & Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon Type 56 fitted with wood furniture, AIM Handguard & AKM-style slant compensator; ”The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) 2017
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes Type 56 fitted with wood furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Cooper Andrews Jerry Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives (S7E16)
Unknown Savior Member Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; " The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Christian Serratos Rosita Espinosa Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Alanna Masterson Tara Chambler Type 56-1 fitted with R.I.S. & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Sabrina Gennarino Tamiel Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Thomas Francis Murphy Brion Type 56-1 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture, slant compensator, & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Wynonna Earp Revenant thug Type 56-2 side-folding stock variant; "The Blade" (S1E04) 2016
The Man in the High Castle Joel de la Fuente Chief Inspector Kido 2019

Anime

Title Character Notation Release Date
Gunslinger Girl Padania Terrorists 2003

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Type 56; with under-folding bayonet 2017
Type 56-1
Rainbow Six Siege Unusable 2015
Grand Theft Auto V "Assault Rifle" Type 56-2 2013
Godfather II, The (VG) 2009
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 "AK47" 2009
7.62 High Calibre "Type 56" w/ various attachments 2008
Tomb Raider: Underworld not usable 2008
Battlefield: Vietnam "AK-47" w/ underfolding "pig sticker" bayonet 2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "AK47" 2004
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike "AK-47" 2003
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne "Kalashnikov" 2003
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror "AK47" 2002
Project IGI: I'm Going In "AK-47" 2000
Global Operations "AK-47" 2000
Jurassic Park: Trespasser "Kalashnikov" 1998

Norinco Type 84S

Norinco Type 84S - 5.56x45mm
Norinco Type 84S-1 Underfolder Model with 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm
Norinco Type 84S "Target" Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Basically a standard Norinco Type 84S with a slightly longer barrel. This variant was ready for market just as the 1989 US import ban was implemented, so it is mostly seen in Canada. It has an 18.5" barrel and was very rarely seen in the U.S. Gun market.
Norinco Type 84S-1 "Match" Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Norinco was stuck sitting on a pile of 21" RPK barrels chambered for 5.56mm when the door slammed shut on U.S. imports in 1989. Norinco saved money by mating their 21" long RPK-style barrels to their stockpile of 84S Folding Stock receiver bodies and thus exported the Type 84S Match to countries such as Canada and Australia. Canada would suffer their own import ban on 'frightening looking guns' in 1995. Australian gun owners would suffer such a fate in 1997.

The Type 84 rifle is nearly identical to the Chinese Type 56 (seen above), but it is chambered in 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington and manufactured entirely for export. The civilian variants are known as Type 84S, and are semi-automatic only (full auto Type 84s are far rarer than the Type 84S though). It is often seen impersonating the AK-74 in movies and TV shows (particularly Stargate: SG1, where it is carried by Russian SG teams).

The Type 84 was exported and sold with an AK birdcage flash hider and had a deep polished factory blue. Several other variants of the 84S Rifle (that are mostly unfamiliar to American Gun Owners) were victims of the 1989 Import Ban that barred most new 'assault rifles' from entering the United States. These rifles were thus mostly exported to Canada and Australia, and as a result, appeared in television shows or movies that were filmed in those countries. Listed here are two of the variants seen in Canadian or Australian television (the Target and the Match versions). If it were not for Canadian or Australian movie armorers, most Americans would never have known these variants existed.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Interview North Korean soldier Type 84S-1 2014
A Dangerous Man Byron Lawson Mao . 2009
Zombieland Stylish Secret Agent . 2009
Underworld: Evolution Hungarian police officers . 2006
The Sum of All Fears Ukrainian soldiers Type 84S-2, fitted with custom muzzle brakes to pass for AKS-74 2003
Reindeer Games . Seen in the weapons storage compartment of Gabriel's (Gary Sinise) truck 2000
Bravo Two Zero Iraqi soldiers . 1999
Hollow Point Mobsters w/ Type 56-style bayonets 1996

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Sliders Russian soldiers 1995-2000
Millennium Found in cult warehouse / "Gehenna" 1996-1999
The X-Files Russian gulag guards/soldiers Type 84s (standard variant), 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Terma" (S4E09), "Patient X" (S5E13) 1996-1998
Stargate SG-1 Seth's followers (S03E02) 1997 - 2007
Jen Halley Lieutenant Tolinev mocked up as AKS-74U / "The Tomb" (S05E08)
The X-Files - Season 5 Brian Markinson Gary Lambert 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Folie à Deux" (S5E19) 1998
Seven Days Various military personnel and terrorists "Peackeepers", "The Fire Last Time" 1998-2001
Harsh Realm A bounty hunter and Cherokee nationalists (Ep. 2 "Leviathan", Ep. 8 "Cincinnati") 1999
The Sopranos James Gandolfini Tony "Two Tonys" (5.01) 1999-2007
Max Casella Benny Fazio
Carl Capotorto Little Paulie Germani
Battlestar Galactica Resistance fighters Season 2, "Lay Down Your Burdens" 2004-2009
Battlestar Galactica Ryan Robbins Charlie Connor Season 3, "Exodus" 2004-2009
Chris Ryan's Strike Back Fenar Mohammed-Ali As'ad Ep. 1, 2 2010
Chris Ryan's Strike Back Iraqi insurgents Ep. 1, 2 2010
Wynonna Earp Revenant thug "The Blade" (S1E04), Type 84S-1 "Match" rifle 2016

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG Dejima refugee sniper Type 84S Target with scope 2004-2005


Norinco MAK-90

Norinco MAK-90 - 7.62x39mm

"Post-ban" version of the Norinco Type 56, made for import for use as a civilian sporting rifle. As such, the MAK-1990 was manufactured in semi-automatic mode only, the rear sight was ground down and the bayonet lugs were ground off. Most rifles are fitted with a 'thumbhole' stock and were manufactured with both milled and stamped receivers. Originally, these rifles were sold for around $180 and were looked down on as "cheap" rifles, but have since been regarded as fine rifles and have gone up in price greatly.

Specifications

(1990 - 1994)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 8.3 lbs (3.7 kg)
  • Length: 35.1 in (89.2 cm)
  • Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
  • Feed System: 10, 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species Terrorist 1996
Soldier Arcadia 234 inhabitant With 10-round magazine 1998
God Bless America Tara Lynne Barr Roxy thumbhole stock removed 2012
Joel Murray Frank Murdock
Mike Tristano Shady gun dealer
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