Taiwan's Retro Gas Piston AR: the Type 65
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2023
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When Taiwan decided to move from the M14 platform (the Type 57 in Taiwanese service) to a 5.56mm rifle, they decided to develop a domestic gas-piston version of the AR. Development began in 1973, with prototypes ready in 1975 and the system formally adopted in 1976. Using the Chinese calendar based on the revolution of 1911, this made the new rifle the Type 65. It is essentially a short-stroke-piston M16A1, sharing the same barrel length, profile, and rifling (1:12") as the early M16, but using an SVT/AR18 piston system.
Significant numbers of the T65 were made both to equip the Taiwanese armed forces and also for a variety of export contracts, mostly in the Middle East and Latin America. The rifle we are looking at today is a clone made from a kit brought in by HK Parts (I think from Latin America). Thanks to Intl Mil Co for the very cool clone-type receiver!
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My friend has 1 of the original T65 in the US. It was brought in by Colt to investigate if it violated Colt's patents. I have pictures in high detail if you want to see markings.
The design gently encourages left-handed shooters to be right-handed shooters.
it's kinda funny that at the same time the mainland also adopted a short-stroke AK
Taiwan will always be Real China.
It’s a love and hate feelings for me - I used to hold this gun for at least 6-7 hours a day (2 watches per day, if not 3) for 2 years when I served the army in Taiwan. I was also trained with M14 (type 57) for the boot camp. They are like my missing limps and I can still feel the weight of these rifles in my hands😂
As a Taiwanese, I hope Ian can also review T86 and T91 to see the improvement of our rifles. Or maybe even our T85 underbarrel grenade launcher
Holy cow. I've never imagined Ian reviewing this one because how scarce it is outside of TW. Cheers from Taipei!
I'm a Taiwanese and did my service with this rifle(K2 ver). Though we moved to T91 recent years, still T62K2 is more accurate in the field and largely used. Cheers from Kaohsiung, nice shirt btw.
The civil war has not ended yet. In fact, the two sides have never signed any agreement, so it is the longest civil war in the world.
taiwnese here, we still use t65 for education in schools and bootcamp as part of the basic training
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I have served compulsory military serive for almost two years as a Staff Sergeant in an infantry Devision in Taiwan's Army. It was from 1989 to 1991 and the Battalion was one of the battle-ready units always ready for action within hours. During that time, my unit's standard personal weapons were this exact T-65. The flimsy hand guard, and the worn out pistal grip in the video brought back a lot of old memories! During some training /testing sessions, I had some chances to use US made M-16 for target practice. Main impression for me is that the cross section of the US made M-16 is tri-angle and lighter in weight. Personally, I think the M-16 is well made and had less feel of recoil. On the other hand I consider the T-65 is a rugged rifle perfect for a conscripted army. It shoots as good as a M-16 in my personal opinion.
I'm not Taiwanese. The farthest thing from it geographically: I'm Paraguayan (Paraguay is one of the few countries on earth that still recognizes taiwan as the "real" china). This is our main assault rifle as well. It did it's job well AFAIK. I'm glad it has been finally covered in this channel.
As a Taiwanese myself, I really thank you for taking a look at this gun, living in Taiwan, we tented to think the T65 series of guns are just big ol pile of junks, but your detailed look at this thing really shed a new light on it for me.
Taiwan gave a bunch of these to the Haitian National Police in the late 90s, early 2000s. They're still in service to this day, with the M14 and the newer Galil ACE.
Great video. When I went through basic in '85, lefties used clip-on brass deflectors at the range. Lefties who didn't...ended-up with hot casing burns on them!
Props to Ian for sacrificing his cheek to demonstrate left-hand shooting 😊
When I was in Taiwan in 1988, I saw them carrying what I thought were M-16s. I see I was wrong. Thanks for sharing. 😎👍
He would just happen to have a Taiwanese marine corps camouflage outfit. I like to imagine he has a huge wardrobe with big swing-out doors. Does he have a redcoat uniform? When he inevitably reviews laser and plasma rifles, will he have XCOM gear?
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