Identification Help needed.

[Lang]

Rob,

I sent this to my arms "ace" and he is pretty sure it is a Chinese Type 67 as above. They went through various model changes as in the text and the photos show early and late tripods.

Ray says it is more than likely the first type of tripod which had limited adjustment, an early modification was the first of the photos above while the late one had the pressed steel version as in centre photo above. The first models had a poor unbalanced traverse facility and were best for firing on fixed lines. You can see in the later versions they gave the tripod a good traverse pivot.

He said, if it came from its most likely source in Vietnam it would also most likely be a very early type as the Vietnamese and Chinese were not on talking terms later on and the Russians provided most of their gear.

I am no expert but he is pretty good on his weapons. Maybe someone else knows more.

Lang