Editing Mosin–Nagant (section)

===China===
[[File:Chinese Type 53 carbine.jpg|thumb|A Chinese Type 53 carbine captured by US forces in Korea]]
* '''Type 53''': A license-built version of the post-war Soviet M1944 carbine. As many of the carbines imported to the United States are constructed of both local Chinese parts and surplus Soviet parts, there is much debate as to when this mixture occurred. Type 53s are found both with and without the permanently attached folding bayonet, though the former is far more common. The Chinese Type 53 carbine saw extensive service with the [[People's Liberation Army]] from 1953 until the late 1950s/early 1960s when the PLA went over to the [[SKS|Chinese Type 56 carbine]] and the [[Type 56 assault rifle|Chinese Type 56 assault rifle]]. Many Type 53 carbines were given to the [[Militia (China)|People's Militia]] in China and to [[North Vietnam]] (with many carbines ending up in the hands of the [[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front]] in [[South Vietnam]]) and to the [[Khmer Rouge]] in [[Cambodia]] during the 1960s and 1970s. The [[Militia (China)|People's Militia]] used the Type 53 until 1982 when they were replaced with modern weapons. There is some evidence that the Type 53 carbine saw extensive use in the hands of the People's Militia during the years of the [[Great Leap Forward]] and the [[Cultural Revolution]] (with many members of the [[Red Guards (China)|Red Guards]] being armed and trained by both the People's Militia and the PLA during the Cultural Revolution). A significant number of Type 53 carbines were given to [[Albania]] and a few African countries as military aid by the Chinese during the 1960s. Some of these carbines appeared in the hands of the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] during the late 1990s.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
*'''T53 Single Shot Initial Bullet Speed Testing Carbine''': This very rare variant in 7.62×39 was a purposely built single shot carbine chambered for the testing the 7.62×39 cartridge. The only known examples of this carbine have a barrel shank marking of 1960.11, indicating it was made in the November 1960 time frame. There are only two known examples of these carbines that were exported out of China to the USA. The carbine has a blued finish, 20.5" barrel, hooded post front sight, fixed rear sight, straight bolt handle, smooth wood handguard, straight grip shoulder stock with finger groove forend and smooth metal butt plate. The 7.62×39 cartridge is manually loaded into the chamber. The bolt is a standard Mosin–Nagant bolt with modified bolt head to center cartridge in chamber.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.m9130.info/models-guide | title=Soviet bolt action rifles and carbines models guide }}</ref>{{fcn|date=August 2024}}