The Type 81 is a Chinese-designed selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle based on Kalashnikov and SKS actions adopted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and has been in service since the mid-1980s.
Type 81 on display
Type 81-1 rifle with the side-folding stock
Type-81 light machine gun
BD-08 assault rifle with collimator sight
The SKS is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945.
An SKS from the collections of Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
SKS with the magazine closed (top) and open. The magazine release is circled.
An SKS-type bayonet in its closed (folded back) and open positions.
A field-stripped SKS carbine (disassembled into major components for cleaning).