Chinese training manuals -

[Saigon1965]

I've had these for quite awhile - They're small pocket size books - My Chinese is limited to swear words I learned as a young boy living in "Cho Lon" | Saigon -

I find it fascinating that all 3 guides seems to push how to shoot an airplane out of the sky -

For our Chinese speakers - Please feel free to add anything you'd like -



Chinese gun manual #1





















Chinese gun manual #2

[Saigon1965]

This book I really like -

Contains what appears to be a Type 53 - Arisaka perhaps - Mauser -



Chinese gun manual #3

[mj1]

Interesting stuff.

[Jimja]

Very cool! Reminds me of a museum in Laos I visited many years ago that had a couple of ****ty guns with a plaque proudly proclaiming how each one shot down an American jet fighter. I visited the same museum several years later and they were all removed from display. Still have photos of them

[teenspirit]

The 3rd one is most interesting. Type 53 is actually a copy of Mosin Nagant M44.

I can read Chinese so if you have any questions on these manuals I can try translating the text.

[Jimja]

The Chinese copied a lot of Soviet designs (among others), the TT-33, DP-27, PPS (2 patterns), PPSH, M44, SKS, RPD, AKM, Dragunov, Makarov, etc.

[Michael K]

Looks like they're showing how to gun down a man hanging by his parachute. Doesn't seem fair and might even be illegal. But maybe I'd do it if he had just killed some of my friends.

[wpage]

Nothing in the manuals on spreading virus? Leave it to the Chinese to put it out there...

My air force friends would not think much of those images.

[echo1]

Nice. I once had "The Red Book", give to me by a Red Brigade member, in the 3rd floor sub-basement of a Chinese restaurant in the City . PAX

[Saigon1965]

Oh yes - The virus is all over me now -

I've had these since the late 80s - If COVID-19 was around back then - Well guess that's the way I'll go -


LOL - Propaganda goes far!

Very cool! Reminds me of a museum in Laos I visited many years ago that had a couple of ****ty guns with a plaque proudly proclaiming how each one shot down an American jet fighter. I visited the same museum several years later and they were all removed from display. Still have photos of them

Would you just give me the gist of the books - It's object -

The 3rd one is most interesting. Type 53 is actually a copy of Mosin Nagant M44.

I can read Chinese so if you have any questions on these manuals I can try translating the text.

[teenspirit]

Would you just give me the gist of the books - It's object -

#1: Shooting tutorial for militia (old style light machine guns)

#2: Shooting tutorial on semi-auto rifles (type 56 carbine), assault rifles (type 63 assault rifle & type 56 assault rifle) and light machine guns (type 53 light machine gun)

#3: Shooting tutorial for militia (old style rifles & assault rifles). This one covers many rifles from Japan, USA & Soviet.

[Saigon1965]

Thank you!

Were these printed as guided aids to allies?

#1: Shooting tutorial for militia (old style light machine guns)

#2: Shooting tutorial on semi-auto rifles (type 56 carbine), assault rifles (type 63 assault rifle & type 56 assault rifle) and light machine guns (type 53 light machine gun)

#3: Shooting tutorial for militia (old style rifles & assault rifles). This one covers many rifles from Japan, USA & Soviet.