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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache
I believe the official terms are Type 56 rifle for the SKS and Type 56 submachine gun for the AK.
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Type 56
carbine for the SKS, but you are right that the AK was called a Type 56 submachine gun. That's because until the 1970s, the PLA only used the AK in a submachine gun role (most infantry riflemen used SKS).