Type 58
| Factions | Weapon | Icon | Classes | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 VC |
 Type 58 |
 |
 Assault |
30+1 / 90 |
| Damage Base | Headshot × | Chest × | Stomach × | Leg × | Arm × | Bayonet | Rifle Grenades | Reload Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Empty | ||||||||
| 38 | ×2.52 = 95.76 | ×1.2 = 45.6 | ×1.15 = 43.7 | ×0.8 = 30.4 | ×0.75 = 28.5 | YES | NO | 2.433 Seconds | 3.2 Seconds |
| Designation | Weapon Type | Fire Modes | Fire Rate | Bullet Spread ° | Range Modifier | Muzzle Velocity | Projectile weight | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 58 | Assault Rifle | Auto+Semi | 600 RPM | 7.47° & 1.35° ADS | 0.940 | 715 m/s | 7.9 g (121.91 gr) | 3.1 kg (6.83 lbs) |
| Full name | Caliber | Place of Origin | Date | Manufacturer | Barrel Length | Total Length | Weapon Script Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58식자동보총 | 7.62x39mm | North Korea | 1958 | Factory 61/65 | 16.3 in (41.5 cm) | 35 in (88 cm) | weapon_type58 |
Type 58 is a North Korean assault rifle based on the Soviet AK-47 Type 3 pattern, chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. It follows the early milled-receiver Kalashnikov layout and feeds from standard AK-pattern box magazines. It is best known as North Korea’s first domestically produced Kalashnikov variant and for Cold War-era exports to allied forces.
HISTORY
North Korea adopted the Type 58 in 1958 as its locally produced version of the AK-47, closely following the Soviet Type 3 milled-receiver design. Reference accounts describe early manufacture benefiting from Soviet technical assistance and components before production became more fully domestic, while the labor-intensive milled receiver encouraged a later shift toward stamped-receiver production. By 1968, North Korea had begun moving AK production to the Type 68, an AKM-pattern successor.
Type 58 rifles were exported during the 1960s, including shipments reported to have reached North Vietnam. In Vietnam, the Type 58 served the same general infantry role as other Kalashnikov variants within communist forces’ small-arms inventories, appearing alongside Soviet and Chinese AK-pattern rifles in PAVN and Viet Cong use.
Sources
- North Korean Small Arms and Light Weapons: Recognition Guide | Small Arms Survey
- Centrefire automatic rifle - Type 58 (Kalashnikov AK47) | Royal Armouries
- North Korean Small Arms (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) | Small Arms Review
- AK Rifle of the Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea | Small Arms Review
- North Korean Type 58 Milled AK | Forgotten Weapons
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Type 58 (milled-receiver AK-pattern rifle) -
Type 58 markings and receiver details -
North Korean soldiers with the Type 58
