M56

M56 or M-56 may refer to:

Roads

 * M56 motorway, north-west England
 * M56 Lena highway (Russia), Russia
 * M56 Kolyma Highway, Russia
 * M56 (Cape Town), South Africa
 * M56 (Johannesburg), South Africa
 * M-56 (1919–1957 Michigan highway), a defunct American road around Monroe
 * M-56 (1971–1987 Michigan highway), another defunct road around Flint

Guns

 * M56 Howitzer, a Yugoslav copy of the M101A1 howitzer
 * M56 Scorpion, an unarmoured American self-propelled anti-tank gun
 * M56 Smart Gun, a fictional weapon used in Aliens (film) and related media
 * Zastava M56 submachine gun, a Yugoslavian submachine gun

Other

 * Messier 56, a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra
 * M56 Coyote, Humvee smoke generator
 * BMW M56, a straight-6 automobile engine
 * The core of the ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 graphics processing unit
 * M-56 steel helmet, designed in East Germany in 1956
 * Infiniti M56, a Japanese luxury car
 * A shortened designation for American M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment