The Type 56 assault rifle is the Chinese clone of the Soviet AK-47 rifle. It was China's service rifle from 1956 to the adoption of the QBZ-95 in around 1997, and is the most produced variant of the AK rifle in the world.
The Type 56 is the most commonly used AK variant in American film and television productions. This came about because China exported civilian AK variants (both Type 56 patterened and less commonly Soviet AK patterened) to the West in large numbers during the 1980s, primarily by the export companies Norinco (not to be confused with Norinco Group ) and Poly Technologies. Most American movie prop rental houses had dozens if not hundreds of Type 56s, usually semi-automatic civilian versions, in many cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.
The easiest way to distinguish a Type 56 variant is its front sight: Type 56s have a distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sight that no other AKs (excluding the Romanian Draco Pistol carbines) have.
Type 56 Norinco Type 56 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56, early milled receiver model with bayonet - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56, milled receiver model without bayonet - 7.62x39mm. This is an "M22" export model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56 with bayonet - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56 with Chinese 75 Round Drum Magazine - 7.62x39mm The Type 56 designates the original fixed stock variant of the Chinese AK. Historically, most Type 56s were manufactured by Factory 626 in Heilongjiang, whose weapons featured a "triangle 66" roll mark (confusingly suggesting that they were manufactured by the nonexistent "Factory 66"). Numerous other Chinese state factories besides Factory 626 also manufactured the Type 56. The primary manufacturer of the gun today is Norinco Group .
In America, prior to the wave of Chinese gun exports in the 1980s, small numbers of military Type 56s were brought to America as trophies from the Vietnam War. Prior to 1982, importing military equipment from communist nations was illegal at the federal level in the United States. In 1983 the list of prohibited countries from which to receive weapons from (for the civilian market) was amended due to special trade agreements signed between the USA and China & Yugoslavia, opening America to AK and SKS imports until the 1989 import ban under Bush. The vast majority of American movie armories AKs came from this time span.
Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, nicknamed "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. Quite a few of the Type 56s seen in American movies also have AKM -style slant compensators fitted; this was a common feature on semi-auto Type 56s exported to the U.S., but not the full-auto military model.
The Type 56 is sometimes called the "M22" in the United States, as early exported versions were "sanitized" and made with no factory markings, and instead feature an "M22" code on the side of the receiver where Chinese factory markings would be. Other import names for the Type 56 include "56S", "AK47S", or "AKS47".
Export Type 56 models usually have selector markings marked using Latin alphabet, with L (pinyin acronym for 連, lián , meaning "continuous [fire]") for full-auto and D (pinyin acronym for 單, dān , meaning "single [fire]") for semi-auto.
Film
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Date
Black Widow seen in arsenal
2021
Rambo: Last Blood cartel soldiers
2019
Sicario 2: Soldado cartel soldiers
2018
American Assassin terrorists
2017
The Mummy tribal fighters
2017
Wolf Warriors 2 Jing Wu Leng Feng
Type 56
2017
Suicide Squad Jared Leto The Joker
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Tina Fey Kim Baker
2016
Alfred Molina Ali Massoud Sadiq
Karate Kill Capital Messiah member
2016
Wolf Warriors Ming Deng's troops
2015
Jing Wu Leng Feng
Type 56
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Mark Chao Hu Bayi
2015
Rhydian Vaughan Chen Dong
Yan Tang Weiwei
Li Feng Fat Wang Kaixuan
Group of explorers
Skin Trade Dolph Lundgren Nick Cassidy
2015
Dragovic's henchmen
Captain Phillips Somali pirates
with & without jungle-taped magazines
2013
Osombie 2012
Red Dawn Josh Hutcherson Robert Kitner
2012
R2B: Return to Base North Korean soldiers
2012
Machine Gun Preacher LRA and SPLA troops
w/ pig-sticker bayonet
2011
Killer Elite Fighters
early variant with milled receiver
2011
Largo Winch II Nirut Sirichanya General Kyaw Min
2011
Burmese soldiers
Memorial Day Iraqi Security Forces
2011
The Guard 2011
Red State Nicholas Braun Billy-Ray
Type 56 - made to look like AKM
2011
Melissa Leo Sara
James Parks Mordechai
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith Esther
Kandahar Taliban fighters
with and without under-folding bayonets
2010
Salt North Korean soldiers
2010
Outside the Law Vietminh
anachronistic
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright thugs
2010
Kandahar Break Tribesmen
Type 56, with underfolding bayonet
2009
Taliban fighters
Anti-Taliban fighters
A Dangerous Man Jesse Hutch Sergey
Type 56
2009
Steven Seagal Shane
Vitaly Kravchenko Vlad
Russian thugs
Balibo Indonesian soldiers
2009
War, Inc. Turaqi militia
2008
Crossfire (Les Insoumis) Gangster with a face paints
2008
The Kite Runner Taliban fighters
2008
Soviet soldiers
Rambo Graham McTavish Lewis
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Soviet soldiers
2008
Skinwalkers Sarah Carter Katherine
2007
Invisible Target Andy On Tien Yeng-Yee
with laser aiming device
2007
Vincent Sze Tien Yeng Chi
No Country for Old Men 2007
In Her Line of Fire The rebels
2006
Sky Fighters Terrorists
2005
District B13 (Banlieue 13) Guard
Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake
2004
Hotel Rwanda Tutsi rebel
2004
The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) Eric Fraticelli Figoli "Le Piaf"
2004
Innocent Voices Carlos Padilla
Chava
Type 56
2004
Salvadoran guerrillas
Tears of the Sun Militia fighters
2003
Cameroon border guards
Refugees
Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet
Belly of the Beast Kidnappers, Abu Karaf fighers
2003
The Missing Gun Jiang Wen Ma Shan
in his memories
2002
Route 666 Russian mobster
2001
Black Hawk Down Somali militiamen
with & without pig-sticker bayonets
2001
K-911 Vincent Castellanos Harry Stripe
1999
Black Dog Gabriel Casseus Sonny
1998
Belly Jamaicans
With AKM-style and AK-74-style muzzle brakes and red dot sights
1998
Dangerous Ground Elizabeth Hurley Karen
1997
Cat's Eye King's soldier
1997
Courage Under Fire Iraqi soldiers
1996
Mercenary Martin Kove Phoenix
1996
Lindsey Ginter Klinge
Patricia Skeriotis Kurdish Woman
Olivier Gruner 'Hawk'
John Ritter Jonas Ambler
Nomads, Phoenix mercenary
Dead Presidents N.V.A. soldiers
1995
Soldier Boyz Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Vinh Moc
1995
Jacqueline Obradors Vasquez
With pig-sticker bayonet
Demetrius Navarro Lopez
Vinh Moc's soldiers
With & without pig-sticker bayonets
GoldenEye Russian soldiers
Made to look like AK-74 and AKS-74
1995
Janus soldiers
Steel Frontier Stacie Foster Sarah
1995
Kane Hodder Kinton
mercenaries
In the Army Now Lori Petty Pvt. Christine Jones
Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake
1994
Libyan Army soldiers
Bad Blood Chang's henchmen
1994
Crime Story (1993) Robber
with AKM muzzle brake
1993
Martial Outlaw Rodchenko's henchman
1993
Freejack Emilio Estevez Alex Furlong
1992
Mercenaries
Rapid Fire Guards
1992
In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal Mobster
1991
Afghan Breakdown Afghan Mujaheddin
Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet
1991
Bullet in the Head Waise Lee Little Wing
1990
Tony Leung Chiu Wai Ah Bee
Jacky Cheung Fai
N.V.A. soldiers
Viet-Cong guerrillas
Enemy Peter Fonda Ken Andrews
1990
Tia Carrere Mai Chang
Felindo Obach Sgt. Tuong
Vietcong, Vienamese soldiers
The Hunt for Red October Soviet Naval Infantryman
1990
RoboCop 2 Thomas Rosales Jr. Chet
Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake
1990
Nuke cartel thugs
with & without bakelite magazines and AK-74 muzzle brakes
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Ramon Cota's men
Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet
1990
Navy SEALs Nicholas Kadi Ben Shaheedis
1990
UHF Villain
1989
Born on the Fourth of July NVA soldiers
Type 56 with pig-sticker bayonet
1989
The Iron Triangle Liem Whatley Ho
Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet
1989
Viet-Cong
Code Name Coq Rouge Stellan Skarsgård Carl Hamilton
Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet
1989
Nick Burnell Meyer
Israeli terrorists
PLO guard
Boy on the beach
L.A. Bounty Cavanaugh´s men
1989
Dead Bang Mickey Jones Sleepy
1989
Rambo III Afghan Mujahideen
1988
Return of the Killer Tomatoes "Tomato men" soldiers
Semi-auto Type 56S
1988
Big Trouble in Little China Wing Kong gang members
Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes
1986
Platoon Charlie Sheen Pvt. Chris Taylor
With pig-sticker bayonet
1986
Tom Berenger SSgt. Robert Barnes
N.V.A. soldiers
Viet-Cong
Volunteers People's Army soldiers
1985
Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) Viet Cong guerrillas
With pig-sticker bayonets
1985
Commando Leopard Rebels
1985
Latino FSLN soldiers and villagers1985
Wheels of Fire Scourge's Men
1985
Water Stefan Kalipha Cuban
1985
Alan Igbon Cuban
Chris Tummings Garfield Cooper
Michael Caine Baxter Thwaites
Code Name: Wild Geese General Khan's soldiers
1984
Octopussy Soviet soldiers
Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet
1983
Border guards
Uncommon Valor Kwan Hi Lim Jiang
1983
The Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian soldiers
Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets
1982
Apocalypse Now N.V.A. soldiers
1979
Viet-Cong
Kurtz's men
With & without jungle-taped magazines
French colonialists
With & without pig-sticker bayonets
The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro Michael
1978
Christopher Walken Nick
Television
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Air Date
The A-Team 1983 - 1988
Blott on the Landscape David Suchet Blott
1985
East German soldiers
MacGyver (1985) - Season 1 -
Various characters
Type 56 with slant compensator / featured in 9 out of 22 episodes
1985-1986
Tour of Duty Vit Cng
1987 - 1989
Tour of Duty NVA soldiers
1987 - 1989
Seven Days 1998 - 2001
Tremors: The Series Victor Browne Tyler Reed
"Shriek & Destroy"
2003
Criminal Minds Somali militiamen
"Distress" (S2E17)
2007
Sea Patrol Various rebels and mercenaries
2007 - 2010
Sanctuary 2007 -
Falling Skies Resistance fighters
Type 56
2011 -
Jon Benjamin Has a Van Guatemalan troops
Type 56, "Border" (S01E01)
2011
The Walking Dead - Season 3 Travis Love Shumpert the Bowman
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10)
2012-2013
various
Woodbury Soldiers
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "Prey" (S3E14), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
Melissa Ponzio Karen
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Home" (S3E10)
Continuum - Season 2 "Second Chances" (E01)
2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Alanna Masterson Tara Chambler
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slant compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
2013-2014
various
Terminus Inhabitants
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "A" (S4E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 5 various
Terminus Inhabitants
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01), "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
2014-2015
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes
Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator
Michael Cudlitz Sgt. Abraham Ford
Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
Andrew J. West Gareth
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Chris Coy Martin
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
April Billingsley Theresa
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Benjamin Papac Albert
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon
Type 56 fitted with a Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Crossed" (S5E07), "Them" (S5E10)
Jason Douglas Tobin
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
Steven Yeun Glenn Rhee
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
Banshee - Season 2 Rabbit's men
Episode 10
2014
Tyrant Abbudinian soldiers
Episode 1; Type 56
2014
The Walking Dead - Season 6 Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes
Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator
2015-2016
Jason Douglas Tobin
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "First Time Again" (S6E01)
Unknown
Savior Member
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Always Accountable" (S6E06)
Austin Nichols Spencer Monroe
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Heads Up" (S6E07)
various
At least 2 unnamed Savior Members
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator in an after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
various
Savior Member
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
various
Savior Members
Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon
Type 56 fitted with wood furniture, AIM Handguard & AKM-style slant compensator; ”The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
2017
Andrew Lincoln Rick Grimes
Type 56 fitted with wood furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Cooper Andrews Jerry
Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives (S7E16)
Unknown
Savior Member
Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; " The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
The Man in the High Castle Joel de la Fuente Chief Inspector Kido
2019
Anime
Title
Character
Notation
Release Date
Gunslinger Girl Padania Terrorists
2003
Video Games Norinco Type 56-1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver and plastic fittings - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm The Type 56-1 is the under-folding stocked variant of the Type 56.
Film
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Date
Mosul Adam Bessa
Kawa
Type 56-1
2019
London Has Fallen Gerard Butler Mike Banning
Type 56-1
2016
Wolf Warriors Ming Deng's troops
2015
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Mark Chao Soldiers
2015
Zulu Clayton Evertson Beach thug
Type 56-1
2013
Captain Phillips Somali pirates
2013
Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi) Mario Casas Antonio
Type 56-1
2013
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) Assailant
Type 56-1 with green handguard
2012
Johnny English Reborn Mozambique guard
Type 56-1
2011
Machine Gun Preacher Gerard Butler Sam Childers
Type 56-1
2011
LRA and SPLA troops
Type 56-1
Red State Believers
Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS
2011
Green Zone Matt Damon Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller
Type 56-1
2010
Iraqi gunmen
Elephant White Kevin Bacon Jimmy
Type 56-1 modified with picatinny rails and composite grips
2010
Angel of Evil Kim Rossi Stuart Renato Vallanzasca
Type 56-1
2010
Filippo Timi Enzo
Moritz Bleibtreu Sergio
Paolo Mazzarelli Beppe
Big Money Rustlas Violent J Big Baby Chips
Type 56-1
2010
Jumpsteady Hack Benjamin
Monoxide Dusty Poot
Kandahar Break Tribesman
Type 56-1, with smooth orange magazine
2009
Afghan National Army soldiers
Type 56-1
31 North 62 East Terrorists
Type 56-1
2009
The Kite Runner Taliban fighters
2008
Soviet soldiers
Body of Lies Iraqi insurgents
Type 56-1
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Soviet soldiers
2008
Outlaw Lennie James Cedric Munroe
Type 56-1
2007
Sean Bean Danny Bryant
Invisible Target Vincent Sze Tien Yeng Chi
2007
Mei Wang Xue Tien Yeng Yan
No Country for Old Men 2007
Hot Fuzz Crackhead
Type 56-1
2007
Battle for Haditha Falah Falyeh Ahmad
Type 56-1
2007
Oliver Bytrus Jafar
Iraqi Army soldiers
Iraqi civilians
Blood Diamond Kagiso Kuypers Dia Vandy
Type 56-1
2006
R.U.F. rebels
Sierra Leone Army soldiers
Lord of War Weston Cage Mechanic
Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover
2005
Soviet soldiers
Afghan Mujahideen
Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard
R.U.F. rebels
Type 56-1
Sahara Matthew McConaughey Dirk Pitt
Type 56-1
2005
Malian Soldiers
Munich Black September terrorists
Type 56-1
2005
PLO gunmen
Israeli commandos
Batman Begins Chinese soldiers
Type 56-1
2005
Stealth Tajikistani terrorists
Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel
2005
A Bittersweet Life Thugs
Type 56-1
2005
Typhoon Pirates
Type 56-1
2005
Tears of the Sun Militia fighters
2003
Die Another Day North Korean soldiers
Type 56-1
2002
North Korean commando
Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74
Outside the Law Delgado's bodyguards, Peyton's hecnhman
Type 56-1 with black furniture
2002
Christmas Rush Ghost Dragons gangster
Type 56-1
2002
Black Hawk Down Somali militiamen
with & without pig-sticker bayonets
2001
24 Hours (24 chasa) Spetznaz GRU operator, various police officiers, hitman
Type 56-1
2000
Big Money Hustlas Stefan Kudek Dr. Dinglenut
Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture, Romanian AIM-style grip, AKM-style slant compensator
2000
Belly Louie Rankin Lennox
nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture
1998
Air Force One Rebel soldiers
Type 56-1
1997
The Devil's Own Brad Pitt Frankie Maguire
Type 56-1
1997
Courage Under Fire Iraqi soldiers
1996
Heat Danny Trejo Trejo
Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake
1995
Soldier Boyz A criminal
Type 56-1
1995
Top Dog Neo Nazi terrorists
Type 56-1 with AKM-style muzzle brakes
1995
GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan James Bond
Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74
1995
Sean Bean Alec Trevelyan
Famke Janssen Xenia Onatopp
Dead Weekend TWF soldiers
Type 56-1
1995
In the Army Now Libyan Army soldier
Type 56-1, made to look like AK-74
1994
Clear and Present Danger Colombian cartel gunmen
Type 56-1
1994
Enemy Gold Julie Strain Jewel Panther
Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake
1993
Ron Browning Slash
Curacao A terrorist
Type 56-1
1993
Beyond the Law Ed Adams Dirt
Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake
1992
Hard Boiled Johnny Wong's thugs
Type 56-1
1992
Boyz N The Hood Baldwin C. Sykes Monster
Type 56-1
1991
Revenge (1990) Miguel Ferrer Amador
Type 56-1
1990
RoboCop 2 Nuke cartel thugs
1990
The Killer Danny Lee Inspector Li Ying
Type 56-1
1989
Casualties of War Viet Cong guerrillas
Type 56-1
1989
Rambo III Sasson Gabai Mousa
Type 56-1
1988
Afghan Mujahideen
Type 56 and Type 56-1
The Park is Mine Jong Soo Park Tran Chan Dinh
Type 56-1
1985
Television
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Air Date
Harry's Game Derek Thompson Billy Downes
Type 56-1
1982
Seven Days 1998 - 2001
The Sopranos Bokeem Woodbine Massive Genius
Nickel plated Type 56-1; "A Hit is a Hit" (S1E10)
1999 - 2007
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie
Type 56-1
2002 - 2006
Jamie Draven Cpl. Jamie Dow
Tony Curran Sgt. Pete Twamley
Miles Anderson Col. Aidan Dempsey
Louis Decosta Johnson Cpl. Dave Woolston
Heather Peace Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Conor Mullen Omega
Various terrorists and soldiers
Doctor Who (New Series) - Season 2 Andrew Hayden-Smith Jake Simmonds
Type 56-1 in episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel"
2006
The Kill Point Leo Fitzpatrick "Mr. Mouse"
Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator
2007
The Kill Point Adam Cantor Rocko
Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator
2007
The Kill Point Frank Grillo Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman
Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator
2007
The Kill Point One of Deke Quinlan's men
Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator
2007
Iris - Season 1 North Korean terrorists and IRIS mercenaries
Type 56-1
2009
Iris - Season 1 Lee Byung-hun Kim Hyun-jun
Type 56-1
2009
Iris - Season 1 So-yeon Kim Kim Seon-hwa
Type 56-1
2009
Falling Skies Noah Wyle Tom Mason
Type 56-1
2011 -
Longmire Lobo Sebastian Octavio Muara
Type 56-1, "The Cancer" (S01E04), plastic magazine, muzzle brake
2012
The Walking Dead - Season 3 Sonequa Martin-Green Sasha
Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S. & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Prey" (S3E14)
2012-2013
Daniel Thomas Ray Allen
Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S & AKM-Style slanted compensator; "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 4 various
Governor's Militia Soldiers
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
2013-2014
The Walking Dead - Season 5 various
Terminus Inhabitants
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
2014-2015
Chris Burns Mike
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
Banshee - Season 2 Rabbit's men
Episode 10
2014
The Walking Dead - Season 6 Unknown
Savior Member
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
2015-2016
G-Rod Savior Member
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
various
Savior Members
Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Christian Serratos Rosita Espinosa
Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
2017
Alanna Masterson Tara Chambler
Type 56-1 fitted with R.I.S. & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Sabrina Gennarino Tamiel
Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Thomas Francis Murphy Brion
Type 56-1 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture, slant compensator, & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
Video Games
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Film Television
Title
Actor
Character
Note
Air Date
Wynonna Earp Revenant thug
Type 56-2 side-folding stock variant; "The Blade" (S1E04)
2016
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Specifications (1990 - 1994)
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These rifles were thus mostly exported to Canada and Australia, and as a result, appeared in television shows or movies that were filmed in those countries.
Film Television Anime
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