Type 64 pistol

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For the similarly named but unrelated Chinese
silenced pistol, see Type 64 (silenced pistol). For other military equipment named Type 64, see Type 64 (disambiguation)
.
Type 64 Pistol
Type
iron sights
, rear notch and front blade

The Type 64 pistol (

suppressor.[1]

Development

Ever since the expulsion of the

Sino-Soviet friendship, Chinese factories, with the assistance of Soviet blue-prints and technical assistance, began mass-producing Soviet-designed weapons such as the Type 50 submachine gun, Type 54 pistol, Type 56 carbine and the Type 56 assault rifle
.

Two such blue-print given to China from the Soviet Union was the German

Makarov PM pistol, which the Chinese manufactured under the designations 'Type 52 pistol' and 'Type 59' pistol, respectively. Following the Sino-Soviet split of the late 1950s to the 1960s, the Soviet Union withdrew its support for the Chinese Communist Party, leaving China to develop its arms industry itself. Beginning in 1960, Chinese engineers began designing a new, indigenous pistol for military officers and police based on the Type 52 and 59 pistols. By 1964 a final design had been developed, and was subsequently named the 'Type 64 pistol' although it would take until 1980, two decades after beginning of its development, to reach production due to Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution which consistently hampered the Type 64s development and production. With its introduction in 1980, the Type 64 became the first indigenously developed firearm created by the People's Liberation Army.[2] With the introduction of newer, more modern pistols, such as the QSZ-92 in the 1990s, the Type 64 has been slowly been phased out of PLA service and is now only used by civilian police forces, who also intend to phase out the Type 64 within the coming years with a new, yet-unnamed 9mm revolver which was introduced in 2006.[3]

China Astronaut Survival gun

China Astronauts have a pistol for survival from Shenzhou 5 in 1999.[4]

Design details

The Type 64 pistol is a small, pocket-sized pistol, and was designed specifically for the parallelly developed 7.62×17 mm Type 64, a rimless pistol cartridge which is loosely based on the commonly found .32 ACP pistol round. The Type 64 pistol was the first pistol to use the 7.62×17 mm pistol round.[5] The Type 64 uses the PPKs straight blowback, open bolt, single action while also incorporating the PMs safety system where the operator pushes the safety lever down before firing. After the first round is discharged, the hammer is cocked; firing and cycling recocks the hammer for subsequent firing. The Type 64 is a rather small pistol and issues around the weapon's ergonomics and accuracy during semi-automatic firing had been issues since its inception. Issues over the use of the Type 64 round have also been called into question; some believe the 7.62×17 mm round is too powerful for police work, where the objective is to capture the criminal, while others believe the round is not powerful enough to properly protect police officers.[6]

Variants

The sole variant of the Type 64 pistol is the M-64 pistol. The 'Type 64 silent pistol' is a similarly named, but unrelated Chinese pistol.

M-64

The M-64 (Model 64) pistol is a variant of the Type 64 pistol. The two are exactly the same, other than the M-64 pistol is built for export markets, while the Type 64 is for internal use.

See also

References

  1. ^ 64式7.62毫米手枪 (in Chinese). 2006-02-27. Retrieved 2008-07-21. [dead link]
  2. ^ 枪炮世界 (2007-09-27). "国产1952年式7.65mm自动手枪" (in Chinese). 福州新闻网. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  3. ^ Wu Nanlan (2006-01-24). "Police to Be Armed with New Revolvers". China.org.cn. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  4. ^ 杨利伟当年为何上太空带手枪 这用途99%的人都不知道 新浪军事
  5. ^ 国产64式、77式手枪之长短 (in Chinese). 2004-11-07. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  6. ^ ""将军"手中走过的手枪:64式7.62mm手枪(图)" (in Chinese). 2004-03-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

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