Using snakes to train soldiers. That's just creative but unfair! Ew!
PLA Small arms
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Nothing new, American SF units are sometimes called snake eaters for a reason. It's meant to prove toughness, and the ability to live off the land or deal with things people don't normally want to deal with.
MwRYum
Major
The rifle is not new, but the scope is a previously not seen model. Combined day-night scope?Anti-materiel rifle(?) with an impressive scope...
by78
General
Yes, the rifle is definitely an existing model, but I'm not sure if it's more of an anti-personnel or anti-materiel rifle. Do you know? The scope is definitely a combined day-night.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
a variant of the QJC88 I would say.Is this a known heavy machine gun?
MwRYum
Major
That's the QBU-10, and that thing is an anti-materiel rifle, for China finally being serious with sub-MOA sniper rifle (if you're serious about sniping, the sub-MOA bar have to meet first) was about the last 5 years or so. Of course, you hit a squishy human target with a 12.7mm bullet that designed to punch into an engine block and seize up its operations, that human target will be very dead from just the trauma wound anyway.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Any word on if they are using match grade ammo, or just general purpose MG rounds?
Even the most accurate rifle will struggle to get sub MOA groups with cheap ammo.
From recent exercise videos, it looks like AMRs are intergraded all the way down to platoon level with some PLA units at least.
But I really could not see any reference to special ammo being used.
If they are just using GPMG rounds, then these really are for anti-material, with less consideration to anti-personnel use.
Even the most accurate rifle will struggle to get sub MOA groups with cheap ammo.
From recent exercise videos, it looks like AMRs are intergraded all the way down to platoon level with some PLA units at least.
But I really could not see any reference to special ammo being used.
If they are just using GPMG rounds, then these really are for anti-material, with less consideration to anti-personnel use.
MwRYum
Major
From what can be found online, the QBU-10 is paired with 2 types of dedicated ammo: DBT10 sniper round and DBJ10 multipurpose round. It can use MG ammo in a pinch but with far degraded accruacy. Also, it's said that even with DBT10 ammo, MOA @ 1000m is 2.6 give or take. Understandable given the semi-automatic mechanism...if you want accruacy as primary requirement, can't beat bolt action.