Type 67 machine gun

The Type 67 is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Design history
The Type 67 machine gun was developed as a lightweight replacement for the Type 53 (SG43) and Type 57 (SGM) medium 7.62 mm machine guns.

According to a United States Army Materiel Command analysis, the Type 67 uses the DP trigger mechanism, the quick-change barrel of the SG43, a gas regulator similar to the RPD, the ZB vz. 30 bolt mechanism, and a modified Maxim-type feed mechanism.

Since 1967 – the year of its introduction – the Type 67 has gone through two model modifications and improvements, with the newer models designated Type 67-1 and Type 67-2.

It was superseded in Chinese service by the Type 80 machine gun, which is the PK machine gun made in China.

Early models of the type 67 were supplied in large numbers to the Vietcong and to the North Vietnamese Army.