Interesting Chinese Submachine Gun
A reader asked for help identifying an interesting Chinese gun I have never come across before. This gun looks remarkably futuristic for a gun that has been around since at least during WWII. I am sure someone here can identify it for us.
The gun has a very long receiver and the bolt is obviously not telescopic. Despite being a long gun, the barrel is relatively short, it accounts for less than a third of the overall length! Fire control and magazine release are placed where they can be operated with the hand still on the foregrip, quite a nifty feature.
 by Harrison Forman (1944)](https://cdn-fastly.thefirearmblog.com/media/2024/05/15/14054830/interesting-chinese-submachine-gun.jpg?size=720x845&nocrop=1)
I love the curvy styling of the thumbhole stock in the above photo.
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Actually, I think a lot of things in China are very interesting, but sometimes they feel a little sad.
China's development is so fast, so many things continue to appear, so many events, sometimes want to experience the taste all, but this is impossible.
I don't know the exact details, but the Chinese copied the basic design of the Thompson SMG long ago and made some spinoffs from that basic framework, at least that is what I read when studying Thompsons history.