▁ 6 5 ▁model ▁was ▁released ▁without ▁a ▁manual ▁oper ational ▁mode , ▁and ▁series ▁production ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁begin ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁Like ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁though , ▁the ▁planned ▁series ▁production ▁of ▁Type ▁ 6 5 ▁also ▁suffered ▁from ▁political ▁tur mo il , ▁this ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution . ▁As ▁with ▁Type ▁ 6 1 , ▁Type ▁ 6 5 ▁only ▁entered ▁Chinese ▁service ▁in ▁very ▁limited ▁numbers . ▁It ▁did ▁see ▁action ▁in ▁real ▁batt les , ▁but ▁not ▁against ▁foreign ▁enemies : ▁during ▁the ▁fraction al ▁fighting ▁among ▁Red ▁Gu ards ▁during ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution , ▁Gu ards ▁in ▁S ich uan ▁seized ▁the ▁Type ▁ 6 5 ▁guns ▁from ▁the ▁production ▁factory ▁and ▁used ▁the ▁guns ▁in ▁batt les ▁against ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁Type ▁ 7 6 ▁The ▁Type ▁ 7 6 ▁is ▁a ▁further ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Type ▁ 6 5 . ▁The ▁Chinese ▁military ▁wanted ▁to ▁further ▁improve ▁the ▁Type ▁ 6 5 ▁by ▁incorpor ating ▁a ▁fully ▁automatic ▁oper ational ▁mode , ▁but ▁political ▁tur mo il ▁from ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁delayed ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Type ▁ 6 5 ' s ▁successor ▁until ▁its ▁event ual ▁release ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁Type ▁ 7 6 ▁incorpor ated ▁a ▁fully ▁automatic ▁oper ational ▁mode , ▁though ▁the ▁semi - autom atic ▁oper ational ▁mode ▁was ▁retained ▁as ▁a ▁backup ▁measure . ▁The ▁model ' s ▁rate ▁of ▁fire ▁could ▁reach ▁a