I don't think we have gotten footage of that before. Where is your source? I'm just curious.
QBZ-191 service rifle family
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Apparently there's some kind of button they press when loading a round. This doesn't exist on GP25 series. Any theory what it is?
I know nowt about small arms, but that looks like some sort of clip or retainer to keep the grenade in the barrel/loaded position until fired.
My two cents.
It's to prevent an accidental discharge. With the GP25 you press in the grenade. I read on few places that there accidents when you seat in the grenade, it can fire and you can lose your digits. By using this switch you don't press it in. I'm guessing here.
Here is a video from a dude in Ukraine talking about it. WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURE IN THE VIDEO! Shows a mangled hand.
I've time stamped it when he talks about the issue. But if it doesn't work, it's at around 9:40.
I'm curious about the training you received for rifle qualifications without violating operational security. How many rronds do you all fire a year? I know that it takes a quite a lot of rounds to get proficient for civilians and soldiers here in the United States.
He did mention that he couldn't shoot the qbz-191. Apparently, they used to only fire 5-10 bullets total on each exercise. It would be like 150 rounds a year. Gotta wait what they say.
He is an anti-tank missile operator though. Not sure if the live round requirement is lower.
It depends on the equipment. Even TOW gunners in the US Army and Marine get good amount of trigger time.