Norinco Group

About

Note: For the ease of reading, uses of "Corporation" and "Limited" in company names in this text are abbreviated to "Co." and "Ltd.", even though they are officially spelt out in full.

The China North Industries Group Co. Ltd., doing business as Norinco Group, and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 中国兵器工业集团有限公司), is a Chinese state-run conglomerate primarily involved in the production of military ordnances, and secondarily in other industrial products such as vehicles, chemicals, or machinery. It is China's largest weapons manufacturer, producing small arms, military vehicles, artillery, and other military ordnance for both Chinese domestic use and export. Though most commonly associated with its cold war-era Soviet and to a lesser extent Western weapon knock-offs, the company now has its own range of locally-designed systems.

The company's predecessor was the China North Industries (Group) Co. (Norinco (G), Chinese: 中国北方工业（集团）总公司), known within China as China Ordnance Industry Co. (COIC, Chinese: 中国兵器工业总公司), a state-owned company founded in 1988 that oversaw China's ordnance industries. In 1999, COIC was divided into two entities, one was Norinco Group, and the other was the China South Industries Group (CSGC).

Norinco Group owns an identically-named (and technically older) subsidiary named China North Industries Co. Ltd., also known as simply Norinco, which handles the sale of Norinco Group-produced equipment internationally. Founded in 1980 as the export arm of China's ordnance industry ministry, Norinco (G) and Norinco Group adopted the subsidiary's name as its international business name for the sake of name recognition.

Norinco is jointly owned by Norinco Group and CSGC, and recently they have handled marketing for small arms made by other small arms makers in China for overseas such as Changfeng Machinery (now a part of Jianshe Industry Group) and Huaqing Machinery.

Specifications

Founded: 1980 (Norinco, export company), 1988 (Norinco (G)), 1999 (Norinco Group)

Country: China

Products: Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Submachine Guns, Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Rocket Launchers, Missile Systems

Guns

Pistols

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Norinco M1911A1	.45 ACP 9x19mm Parabellum	7, 14 9, 15	????-Present	NP-27 NP-28 NP-29 NP-30 NP-44
Norinco NP-22	.40 S&W 9x19mm Parabellum 9x21mm IMI 7.62x25mm Tokarev .45 ACP	7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20	????-Present	NP-34 (P228 clone) NP-56 (P220R clone) NP-58 P762 SDM XM9 LP3
Norinco NP-7	9x19mm Parabellum	??	2018-Present
Norinco Type 54 / Model 213	7.62x25mm Tokarev 9x19mm Parabellum	8 8, 14	1951-Present	Model 213A Model 213B
Norinco Type 67	7.65x14mm	9	1967-????
Norinco Type 64	7.62x17mm	7	1980-Present	M-64
Norinco Type 77	7.62x17mm 9x19mm Parabellum	8 8, 15	1981-Present	Type 77B
Norinco QSZ-92	5.8x21mm DAP92 9x19mm Parabellum	20 15	1994-Present	CF-98 NP-42

Revolvers

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Norinco Type 05	9x19mm	6	2006-Present	Norinco NRP9 (.38 Special)

Submachine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Norinco Type 79	7.62x25mm Tokarev	30	1969-1992
Norinco Type 85	7.62x25mm Tokarev	30	Early 1980s-Present
Norinco M320	9x19mm Parabellum	30	????-Present
Norinco NR-08	9x19mm Parabellum	30	????-Present	CS/LS3

Assault Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Norinco Type 56	7.62x39mm	20 30 75	1956-Present	Norinco Type 56-1 Norinco Type 56-2 Norinco MAK-90 QBZ-56C
Norinco Type 63	7.62x39mm	20 30	1968-1978
Norinco Type 84S	5.56x45mm	30	1980s-1990s	Norinco Type 84S Folding Stock Norinco Type 84S Target Norinco Type 84S Match AK-2000
Norinco Type 88	5.45x39mm 5.56x45mm 7.62x39mm	30	1980s-present	Norinco Type 88S
Norinco Type 81	7.62x39mm 5.8x42mm 7.62x51mm	20 30 75	1981-Present	Norinco Type 81-1 Norinco Type 87 CS/LR-14
Norinco Model 311/CQ 5.56	5.56x45mm	20 30 90	1983-Present	CQ 5.56-A (M4 Clone) CQ 5.56-B (M16A4 Clone) CS/LM11 (Colt Model 750 LMG clone)
Norinco QBZ-95	5.8x42mm	30 75	1995-Present	Norinco QBZ-95-1
Norinco QBZ-95B	5.8x42mm	30 75	1995-Present	Norinco QBZ-95B-1
Norinco QBZ-97	5.56x45mm	30	1999-Present	Norinco QBZ-97A T97NSR
Norinco QBZ-97B	5.56x45mm	30	1999-Present	T97BSN
Norinco QBZ-03	5.8x42mm 5.56x45mm	30	2004-Present	T03 T03A

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Norinco Type 56 Carbine	7.62×39mm	10	1956 - present	SKS Paratrooper SKS-D SKS-63
Norinco Type 86S	7.62x39mm	20 30	1980s-1990s

Sniper Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Norinco NDM-86	7.62x54mm R 7.62x51mm	10	1979 - ????	CS/LR-19 Norinco Type 85
Norinco QBU-88	5.8x42mm 5.56x45mm	10	1997 - present	Type 97
Norinco M305	7.62x51mm 7.62x39mm 5.56x45mm	10 20	1960s - present	Norinco M305A Norinco M305B
Norinco QBU-10	12.7x108mm	5	2010 - present

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Norinco Type 67	7.62x54mmR	100 250	1967 - present	Norinco Type 67-1 Norinco Type 67-II
Norinco CQ 7.62 GPMG	7.62x51mm NATO	100	???? - present	XY 7.62 GPMG CS/LM 1
Norinco Type 80 GPMG	7.62x54mmR 7.62x51mm NATO (CS/LM4)	100 250	???? - present	CS/LM4 Norinco Type 86
Norinco CS/LM8	5.56x45mm NATO	30 76 120 200	???? - present	XY 5.56 GPMG
Norinco QJY-88	5.8x42mm 5.56x45mm NATO	30 100 200	1989 - present
Norinco QJB-95	5.8x42mm 5.56x45mm NATO	30 75	1995 - present	Norinco QJB-95-1 Norinco QJB-97 LSW
Norinco CS/LM6	.50 BMG	100	???? - present
Norinco Type 23-2K	23x115mm	Varies	???? - present

Shotguns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced
Winchester Model 1887 replica	12 gauge	5	???-???
Norinco 97W	12 gauge	5	???-???
Norinco HP9-1/Norinco Hawk 982	12 gauge	4	1999-present
Norinco YL-12	12 gauge	?	????-????

Launchers

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced
Type 69 RPG	40mm	1	1970 - present
Norinco QLZ-87	35x32mm	6 15	1987 - present
Norinco QLB-06	35x32mm	4 6	2006 - present
HJ-8 Red Arrow	120mm	1	1984 - present
PF-98	120mm	1	2000 - present