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[[File:10x10 Norinco-Logo V01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO)]]
[[File:10x10 Norinco-Logo V01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Norinco Group]]


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=About=
=About=
The '''China North Industries Corporation''', officially known in English as '''Norinco''', is a state-run conglomerate involved in the production of vehicles, chemicals, machinery and other industrial products. It is best known, however, for the production and export of firearms and other types of military ordnance, and is China's largest weapons manufacturer. 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.
:''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.''


In recent years, 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.
The '''China North Industries Group Co. Ltd.''' ('''CNGC'''), 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 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.


=Specifications=
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).
'''Founded: ''' 1980


'''Country: ''' China
It is important to note that, generally speaking, most Chinese small arms are manufactured by subsidiaries of the China South Industries Group, not Norinco Group; Norinco Group subsidiaries generally manufacture heavy weapon systems like missiles and armored fighting vehicles. Many online secondary sources often misattribute Chinese small arms as being "manufactured by Norinco"; this confusion likely stems from the fact that Norinco is also the name of a Chinese export company (see below), which handles the international sale of most Chinese small arms regardless of manufacturer, and brands its exported products with its own name.


'''Products: ''' Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Submachine Guns, Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Rocket Launchers, Missile Systems
===Norinco (export company)===
[[File:Norinco export company.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Norinco (historical logo)]]
[[File:Norinco export company current logo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Norinco (current logo)]]
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 Chinese 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.


=Guns=
As an export company, <u>Norinco has no military manufacturing capabilities of its own</u>. It merely exports small arms manufactured by other, actual Chinese manufacturers, and does not manufacture any anything itself. However, because small arms exported by Norinco are typically (historically almost always) re-branded as "Norinco" small arms, at times even being marked as "Manufactured by Norinco", this made it appear as if "Norinco" (or "Norinco Group") manufactured the weapon.
==Pistols==


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
Norinco is jointly owned by Norinco Group and CSGC, and they have handled marketing for small arms made by CSGC subsidiaries (e.g. Changfeng, Jianshe, Huaqing) and other Chinese small arms makers (e.g. [[Hunan Ordnance Industries Group]]).
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
|| [[M1911 pistol series#Norinco M1911A1|Norinco M1911A1]] || .45 ACP <br> 9x19mm Parabellum || 7, 14 <br> 9, 15 || ????-Present || NP-27 <br> NP-28 <br> NP-29 <br> NP-30 <br> NP-44 || [[Image:Norinco-1911-A1.JPG|200px]]
|-
|| [[SIG-Sauer P226R|Norinco NP-22]] || .40 S&W <br> 9x19mm Parabellum <br> 7.62x25mm Tokarev<br>.45 ACP || 7, 10 ,11 ,13, 15 ,17 ,20|| ????-Present || NP-34 ([[P228]] clone) <br>NP-56([[P220|P220R]] clone) <br>NP-58<br>P762 || [[File:Norinco NP22.jpg|200px]]
|-
|| [[Glock 17|Norinco NP-7]] || 9x19mm Parabellum || ?? || 2018-Present || || [[File:Norinco NP-7 right side.jpg|200px]]
|-
|| [[Norinco Qx-4]] || 7.62x25 Tokarev <br>9x19mm Parabellum <br>.40 S&W <br> .45 ACP ||12<br>13<br>15|| ????-Present || ||
|-
|| [[Tokarev TT-33#Norinco Type 54 / Model 213|Norinco Type 54 / Model 213]]|| 7.62x25mm Tokarev <br> 9x19mm Parabellum || 8 <br> 8, 14 || 1951-Present || Model 213A <br> Model 213B || [[Image:Tokarev NorincoM213B.jpg‎ |200px]]
|-
|| [[Type 67 silenced pistol|Norinco Type 67]] || 7.65x14mm || 9 || 1967-???? || || [[File:Type 67.jpg|200px]]
|-
|| [[Norinco Type 64 Pistol|Norinco Type 64]] || 7.62x17mm || 7 || 1980-Present || M-64 || [[File:Type 64 Pistol.jpg|200px]]
|-
|| [[Type 77|Norinco Type 77]] || 7.62x17mm <br> 9x19mm Parabellum || 8 <br> 8, 15 || 1981-Present || [[Type 77#Type 77B|Type 77B]] || [[Image:Type77.jpg|200px]]
|-
|| [[Norinco QSZ-92]] || 5.8x21mm DAP92 <br> 9x19mm Parabellum || 20 <br> 15 || 1994-Present || CF-98 <br> NP-42 || [[File:11 qsz-92-5 Main.jpg|200px]]
|}


==Revolvers==
Modern Chinese small arms branded under Norinco typically feature names that start with "N".
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{{Clear}}
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
||[[Norinco Type 05]]||9x19mm|| 6 ||2006-Present||  Norinco NRP9(.38 special)||[[File:Norinco9.jpg |200px]]
|}


==Submachine Guns==
=Information=
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
'''Founded: ''' 1980 (Norinco, export company), 1988 (Norinco (G)), 1999 (Norinco Group)
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
||[[Norinco Type 64]]||7.62x25mm Tokarev <br> 7.62x25mm SS|| 30 <br> 30 ||1964-1980s|| ||[[Image:Type64SMG.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco Type 64#Norinco Type 79|Norinco Type 79]]||7.62x25mm Tokarev|| 30 ||1969-1992|| ||[[File:Orginal TYPE79 SMG.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco Type 64#Norinco Type 85|Norinco Type 85]]||7.62x25mm Tokarev|| 30 ||Early 1980s-Present|| ||[[Image:Type85smg1.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Uzi|Norinco M320]]||9x19mm Parabellum || 30 ||????-Present|| ||[[File:Norinco M320.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[MP5|Norinco NR-08]]||9x19mm Parabellum || 30 ||????-Present|| CS/LS3 ||[[File:Norinco NR-08.jpg|300px]]
|}


==Assault Rifles==
'''Country: ''' China
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
||[[Norinco Type 56]]||7.62x39mm|| 20<br> 30 <br> 75 ||1956-Present|| Norinco Type 56-1 <br> Norinco Type 56-2 <br> [[AK-47#Norinco MAK-90|Norinco MAK-90]]<br>QBZ-56C||[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco Type 63]]||7.62x39mm|| 20 <br> 30 ||1968-1978||||[[Image:Type63.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[AK47#Norinco Type 84S|Norinco Type 84S]]||5.56x45mm|| 30  ||1980s-1990s|| Norinco Type 84S Folding Stock <br> Norinco Type 84S Target <br> Norinco Type 84S Match<br>AK-2000||[[File:NorincoType84SRifle.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[AK-74|Norinco Type 88]]||5.45x39mm<br>5.56x45mm<BR>7.62x39mm|| 30  ||1980s-present|| Norinco Type 88S||[[File:Norinco type 88s.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco Type 81]]||7.62x39mm<br>5.8x42mm<br>7.62x51mm|| 20<br>30 <br> 75 ||1981-Present|| [[Norinco Type 81#Norinco Type 81-1|Norinco Type 81-1]]<br>Norinco Type 87<br>CS/LR-14||[[Image:Type 81 x 2.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[M16 rifle series#Norinco Model 311|Norinco Model 311/CQ 5.56]]||5.56x45mm||20 <br> 30<br>90 ||1983-Present|| [[M16_rifle_series#Norinco_CQ_5.56mm_Type_A_Assault_Carbine|CQ 5.56-A]] (M4 Clone)<br> [[M16_rifle_series#M16A4|CQ 5.56-B]] (M16A4 Clone)<br>[[Diemaco/Colt Canada C7/C7A1 LSW|CS/LM11]] (Colt Model 750 LMG clone)||[[Image:CQ311.jpg|300px]]<br>[[Image:Norinco cq-m4.jpg|300px]]<br>[[File:Norinco CQ-B.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco QBZ-95]]||5.8x42mm|| 30<br>75  ||1995-Present|| <br>Norinco QBZ-95-1 |||[[Image:Type95-1.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco QBZ-95B]] ||5.8x42mm|| 30<br>75  ||1995-Present||<br>Norinco QBZ-95B-1|||[[Image:Qbz-95carb s.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco QBZ-97]]||5.56x45mm|| 30 ||1999-Present||Norinco QBZ-97A <br> T97NSR|||[[Image:QBZ-97-with-Stanag-mag.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco QBZ-97B]] ||5.56x45mm|| 30 ||1999-Present|| T97BSN |||[[Image:QBZ97B.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco QBZ-03]]||5.8x42mm<br>5.56x45mm|| 30  ||2004-Present||T03<br>T03A|||[[Image:QBZ-03.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco NAR]]||5.56x45mm(556)<br>7.62x39mm(739)<br>7.62x51mm(751)|| 30  ||????-Present|||||
|}


==Rifles==
'''Products: ''' Rocket Launchers, Missile Systems
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
| [[SKS rifle|Norinco Type 56 carbine]] || 7.62×39mm || 10 || 1956 - present || SKS Paratrooper <br> SKS-D <br> SKS-63  ||[[File:ChineseType56Carbine.jpg|300px]]
|-
||[[Norinco Type 86S]]||7.62x39mm|| 20 <br>30 ||1980s-1990s|||||[[File:Type86s.jpg|300px]]
|}
 
==Sniper Rifles==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
| [[Norinco NDM-86]] || 7.62x54mm R <br> 7.62x51mm || 10 || 1979 - ???? || CS/LR-19<br>Norinco Type 85 ||[[File:Ndm86.jpg|300px]]
|-
| [[Norinco QBU-88]] || 5.8x42mm <br> 5.56x45mm || 10 || 1997 - present || Type 97 || [[File:Qbu-88-0.jpg|300px]]
|-
| [[M14|Norinco M305]] || 7.62x51mm<br>7.62x39mm<br>5.56x45mm || 10<br>20 || 1960s - present ||Norinco M305A<br>Norinco M305B ||[[File:Norinco M305 Modern.jpg|300px]]
|-
| [[Norinco QBU-10]] || 12.7x108mm || 5 || 1997 - present || || [[File:Norinco QBU-10.jpg|300px]]
|}
 
==Machine Guns==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
|[[Norinco Type 67]] || 7.62x54mm R || 100<br>250 || 1967 - present || Norinco Type 67-1 <br> Norinco Type 67-II || [[Image:Type-67-II.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[FN MAG|Norinco CQ 7.62 GPMG]]|| 7.62x51mm || 100 || ???? - present || XY 7.62 GPMG<br>CS/LM 1 || [[File:Norinco CQ 7.62MG.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[PKM|Norinco Type 80 GPMG]]|| 7.62x54mm R<br>7.62x51mm(CS/LM4) || 100<br>250 || ???? - present || CS/LM4 <br>Norinco Type 86|| [[File:Norinco CSLM4.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[FN Minimi|Norinco CS/LM8]]|| 5.56x45mm || 30<br>76<br>120<br>200 || ???? - present || XY 5.56 GPMG || [[File:Norinco CSLM8.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[Norinco QJY-88]] || 5.8x42mm<br>5.56x45mm || 30<br>100<br>200 || 1989 - present || || [[File:Type88gpmg2.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[Norinco QBB-95]] || 5.8x42mm<br>5.56x45mm || 30<br>75|| 1995 - present || Norinco QBB-95-1<br>Norinco QBB-97 LSW || [[File:QBB95.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[M2HB|Norinco CS/LM6]] || .50 BMG || 100|| ???? - present ||  || [[File:Norinco CSLM6.jpg |300px]]
|-
|[[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23|Norinco Type 23-2K]] || 23mm || Varies || ???? - present ||  || [[File:Nr-23.jpg|300px]]
|}


=Guns=
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==Shotguns==
==Shotguns==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
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|-
|-
|[[Winchester Model 1887|Winchester Model 1887 replica]] || 12 gauge || 5 || ???-??? || ||[[File:Norinco Winchester 1887.jpg|300px]]
! width="200"| Weapon
! width="150"| Caliber(s)
! width="100"| Capacity
! width="100"| Produced
! width="250"| Variants
! width="200"| Image
|-
|-
|[[Winchester Model 1897|Norinco 97W]] || 12 gauge || 5 || ???-??? || || [[Image:Winchester1897Plain.jpg|300px]]
|[[Winchester Model 1897|Norinco 97W]] || 12 gauge || 5 || ???-??? || || [[Image:Winchester1897Plain.jpg|300px]]
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|[[Hawk shotgun series#Norinco HP9-1/Norinco Hawk 982|Norinco HP9-1/Norinco Hawk 982]] || 12 gauge || 4 || 1999-present || || [[File:Norinco 982.jpg|300px]]
|[[Hawk shotgun series#Norinco HP9-1/Norinco Hawk 982|Norinco HP9-1/Norinco Hawk 982]] || 12 gauge || 4 || 1999-present || || [[File:Norinco 982.jpg|300px]]
|}
|}
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==Launchers==
==Launchers==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center; font-size: 95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Weapon'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
|[[Type 69 RPG]] || 40mm || 1 || 1970 - present || ||[[File:Type69RPG.jpg|300px]]
|-
|[[Norinco_QL-series_grenade_launchers#QLZ-87|QLZ-87]] || 35x32mm || 6<br>15 || 1987 - present || ||[[File:QLZ87Light.jpg|301px]]
|-
|-
|[[Norinco_QL-series_grenade_launchers#QLB-06|QLB-06]] || 35x32mm || 4<br>6 || 2006 - present || ||[[File:QLB-06.jpg|301px]]
! width="200"| Weapon
|-
! width="150"| Caliber(s)
|[[HJ-8 Red Arrow|HJ-8 Red Arrow]] || 120mm || 1 || 1984 - present || ||[[File:BaktarShikan3.jpg|200px]]
! width="100"| Capacity
|-
! width="100"| Produced
|[[PF-98|PF-98]] || 120mm || 1 || 2000 - present || ||[[Image:PF98.jpg|200px]]
! width="250"| Variants
|}
! width="200"| Image
 
==Others==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Caliber(s)'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Capacity'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Produced'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
|-
|-
| [[Norinco Type 82-2]] || .22 Long Rifle || 3 || 1982 - present ||   ||[[File:Norinco Type 82-2 knife side view.jpg|300px]]
|[[HJ-8]] || 120mm || 1 || 1984 - present || ||[[File:HJ-8.jpg|200px]]
|}
|}


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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. (CNGC), 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 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).

It is important to note that, generally speaking, most Chinese small arms are manufactured by subsidiaries of the China South Industries Group, not Norinco Group; Norinco Group subsidiaries generally manufacture heavy weapon systems like missiles and armored fighting vehicles. Many online secondary sources often misattribute Chinese small arms as being "manufactured by Norinco"; this confusion likely stems from the fact that Norinco is also the name of a Chinese export company (see below), which handles the international sale of most Chinese small arms regardless of manufacturer, and brands its exported products with its own name.

Norinco (export company)

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Norinco (historical logo)
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Norinco (current logo)

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 Chinese 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.

As an export company, Norinco has no military manufacturing capabilities of its own. It merely exports small arms manufactured by other, actual Chinese manufacturers, and does not manufacture any anything itself. However, because small arms exported by Norinco are typically (historically almost always) re-branded as "Norinco" small arms, at times even being marked as "Manufactured by Norinco", this made it appear as if "Norinco" (or "Norinco Group") manufactured the weapon.

Norinco is jointly owned by Norinco Group and CSGC, and they have handled marketing for small arms made by CSGC subsidiaries (e.g. Changfeng, Jianshe, Huaqing) and other Chinese small arms makers (e.g. Hunan Ordnance Industries Group).

Modern Chinese small arms branded under Norinco typically feature names that start with "N".


Information

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

Country: China

Products: Rocket Launchers, Missile Systems

Guns

Launchers

Weapon Caliber(s) Capacity Produced Variants Image
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