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- ↑ "Chinese Type 67". Smallarmsreview.
- 1 2 Hogg, Ian; Gander, Terry (2005). Jane's Guns Recognition Guide. London: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 0-00-718328-3.
- ↑ "67式". Guns’ World (in Chinese).