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When China Wanted A New Assault Rifle, It Tried To Reinvent The AK-47

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Chinese soldiers perform drills with semi-automatic rifles June 3 in front of Beijing's Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

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A Kaibil shows the proper way to fire a Galil assault rifle during an exhibition in the Special Forces Brigade, known as "Kaibil's Hell", in Poptun, Peten, October 30, 2006. REUTERS/Carlos Duarte

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