Type 97A Assault Rifle 5.56 mm caliber
The Type 97 assault rifle is an automatic rifle developed based on the Type 95 5.8 mm assault rifle, developed and produced by China North Industries Corporation. The export type 97 rifle family uses NATO standard 5.56mm bullets, and the magazine also uses the metal 30 round magazine used in NATO standard M16 assault rifles, which is different from the plastic magazine used in the Chinese military standard.