North Korea began its invasion of
South Korea armed largely with Soviet weapons
such as the Model
PPSh41 ('Burp Gun'), and a variety of
Japanese weapons captured by the Soviets and
turned over to them and the Chinese
Communists.
The Chinese did not arm primarily
with Soviet weapons until after the 1st year of
the KW. At that time they also began extensive
manufacture of their own models of Soviet
weapons. The above Type 50 went into production
in 1950, and was one of the weapons the Chinese
used when they first came into the war. With this
model, the Chinese most commonly used the box
magazine.
Like the PPSh41, the Type 50 had
only 5 parts, including a black recoil-reducer
pad over the end of a long spring, with a
compartment in the butt for oil and cleaning
brush. It was cheap, easy to maintain, very
inaccurate, and threw a lot of lead in a
hurry.
Chinese winter
camp
Chinese mountain
position
