BUL Cherokee vs Type 56 assault rifle

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ASmall arms

BUL Cherokee

Semi-automatic pistol

Type 56 assault rifle — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

Type 56 assault rifle

Assault rifle

Credit

ATF.gov, an official site of the U.S. Department of Justice https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RRT877 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BUL CherokeeLength

0.215 m

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Type 56 assault rifleType 56

0.882 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 75 rows sourced on both sides

215mm

882mmType 56

Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.21 m

Single source

0.215 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BUL Cherokee and Type 56 assault rifle configuration
Specification	BUL Cherokee	Type 56 assault rifle
Type	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]	Assault rifle^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	China^[source]
Designed	1999 (2005 new/current frame design)^[source]	1956^[source]
Manufacturer	BUL Transmark^[source]

Produced	2000–present^[source]	1956–present^[source]

Variants	BUL Cherokee Compact; BUL G-Cherokee (full size & compact) with allows attachment of optional shoulder stock to backstrap.^[source]	Type 56 Type 56-1 Type 56-2^[source]

Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum^[source]	Type 56 variants - 7.62×39mm Type 84S – 5.56×45mm^[source]

Action	DA/SA short recoil , tilting barrel^[source]	Gas-operated , rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	17-round detachable box magazine^[source]	20, 30, or 40-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Sights	Drift Adjustable 3-Dot Front blade, rear square notch (Night-Sights Optional)^[source]	Adjustable Iron sights^[source]

Used by	Israeli security agencies^[source]	See Users^[source]

In service	—	1956–present^[source]

Wars	—	Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Sri Lankan Civil War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Somali Civil War Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Persian Gulf War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Kivu conflict Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013) War in Iraq (2013–2017) OLA insurgency Russo-Ukrainian war 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict^[source]

No. built	—	10,000,000+^[source]

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