- T65 assault rifle
-
T65 assault rifle 
CSF Type 65 assault rifleType Assault Rifle Place of origin 
Republic of ChinaService history In service 1976 - Present Used by See Users Production history Designer Combined Service Forces Manufacturer Combined Service Forces Produced 1976 Variants T65K1, T65K2, T65K3 Specifications Weight 3.31 kg Length 990 mm Barrel length 508 mm Crew 1 Cartridge 5.56x45mm NATO Caliber 5.56 mm (.223 in) Action Gas-operated, rotating bolt Rate of fire 700-800 RPM Feed system Various STANAG Magazines. Sights Iron The T65 (聯勤 Type 65) is an assault rifle developed and manufactured by the Combined Service Forces of ROC Army in Taiwan. Originally patterned after the Armalite AR-18 that has the short-stroke gas system, prototype unveiled in 1975 showed a rifle that is externally very-heavily influenced by the M4/M16, albeit with modified iron sights, reshaped stock, and redesigned handguards. The designated number '65' refers to the Year 65 of Republic of China (1976), the year development of this model was finalized.
Upgraded versions were designated the Type 65K2 and Type 65K3.
Contents
Service Use
The T65 assault rifle was the standard issue weapon for the army and the marine corps, the truly-satisfactory T65K2 model quickly displacing all previous ones in frontline units. Although the military did not replace the T65s with the T86 in 1997, the military police is already being issued with the follow-on T91 in 2002.
Users
Images
-
T65K2 with scope.
Sources
External links
Republic of China Armed Forces Branches Army · Navy · Marine Corps · Air Force · Military Police
Organizations Ministry of National Defense · National Security Bureau · Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology · Veterans Affairs CommissionEquipment Sky Bow · Sky Sword I / II · Wan Chien · Hsiung Feng I / II / IIE / III · IDF Ching-kuo · CM-32 · T65 / T86 / T91 assault rifle · T93 sniper rifleIssues Weapons of mass destruction · Political status of Taiwan · Taiwan independence · Taiwan Strait crises (1955/1958/1996)Command Centers Heng Shan Military Command Center · Yuan Shan Military Command CenterAR-10 • AR-15 • AR-57 • AR-831 • C7/C8 • CAR • CAR-15 • CM901 • Colt 9mm SMG • CQ • CQBR • GPC • HK416 • HK417 • LR300 • MSSR • M110 • M16 • M16K • M231 • M27 • M4 • M4A2/A3 • M6 • M468 • OA-93 • REC7 • Recon Rifle • SDM-R • SAM-R • Shrike • SOAR • SPR • SR-25 • SR-47 • SR-556 • T-14 • T-15 • T-16 • T-17 • T65 • T86 • T91
Categories:- 5.56 mm firearms
- Assault rifles
- Weapons of the Republic of China
- Firearms stubs
-
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
