TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
This is an issue more with Doctrine and would require a farther development of the QBZ95, but is not a total kill a future QBZ95-2 could fix that.
This is a harder issue and I don't think the QBZ95-1 fixed it. The 95-1 did fix the selector but firing from the left would require a modification of the Ejection to ensure that fired brass doesn't effect the shooter fring from the left. Something like seen on the US Desert tech MDR or S&T Kinetics RB18 could fix this by directing spent casings out forward of the shooter.
Accuracy is more a question of perceived verses actual. generally rifles in this class are not tack drivers and have a allowable degree of MOA. the M4A1 in general gets about 1.5-3 MOA up to 5 is generally considered serviceable.
This was Addressed in the QBZ95-1 Which does seem to be fielding
Not really a big deal. Some people will try and push ideas like Hyperburst and superior rate of fire as critical, yet in the end it might not be a good thing to have "Superior Rate of Fire." A slower rate of fire means that the shooter has a bit more control on there string of fire. Back in World war 2 SMG's were a common weapon but most SMG's didn't have fire selectors yet many troops could fire single shots because the rates of fire were low.
In a modern example The M4 carbine early on had a very high rate of fire. This proved to be a problem though as the weapon suffered higher wear and damage from that higher rate of fire. Now some try and use rate of fire as a means of increasing lethality by getting multiple rounds fired into the same target in one go the So called "Hyper burst".But hyper burst requires a gun be built for it and those that are generally are way more complex and expensive and don't actually offer that much.
So between "Superior" and "Inferior" I view slower as Better. around 500 rounds per means that the shooter can very very easily pull off 1 shot -5 shot bursts in full auto mode with little training. And that means more control, longer weapon service life and less wasted ammo.
India's Small arms Program is....
There Main issue rifle the INSAS suffered from large numbers of QC and flawed manufacturing due to India building them more as a Welfare program then a defense program. Since then they have issued a improved version but went hunting for another "Better Rifle". The Problem is there first wants were pie in the sky. a Rifle that could change form 5.56x45 to 7.62x39mm at user level with out issues, that wasn't going to work. So they went back and The Indians are at the moment looking not for a new Intermediate caliber rifle but a full 7.62x51mm Rifle because they feel it's more of a "man killer".
So if that's your argument... I think it's flawed. The QBZ95 is a salvageable weapon's system.
