Is this a 12.7mm machine gun?
PLA Small arms
- Thread starter Vanguard1688
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Is this a 12.7mm machine gun?
The short answer is the original QSZ92s were so poorly made and unreliable, that police departments began to order other things. Starting from Norinco's export catalog, but eventually also Glocks or even Taurus.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
There should also be different mission needs between the PAP a Police agency vs a Military agency. By this the need of the pistol as a primary practical weapon becomes more important to the domestic agency particularly in their VVIP protection role.
MwRYum
Major
Complaints against QSZ92 has been around for as long as it was introduced, actually more so since PAP/police put more empathizes on pistol caliber marksmanship training, i.e. PAP/police SWAT shoot way more than before, and that's how the flaws of QSZ92 became glaringly obvious.
The whole looking for replacement drive took traction in the previous decade, especially after Ministry of Public Security trialed NP22 which led to its inclusion in the MPS' catalog (police forces in China have to shop their firearms from their own budget, and they flip though that catalog). Nothing like a good competition that gets one to work...
Dedicated snipergrade ammunition I suppose; anybody any additional info ???A new 12.7mm sniper rifle is being developed for the army. Note the ammo box in the second image.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
A new 12.7mm sniper rifle is being developed for the army. Note the ammo box in the second image.
.50 cal or 12.7mm rifles are a bit of a controversial topic in regards to sniper rifle or not.
The primary use of such weapons is actually EOD. This is as the round is big enough to set off an explosive device like a mortar shell or artillery shell Well being accurate enough to do so from a safe distance.
In terms of range however is not that impressive as a 8.6 or 10.36mm will reach just as far and do just about the same thing. It’s like using a guillotine where a normal chefs Cleaver would do just fine. Check the longest sniper kill in history and you will find that it went back and forth over the last 10 holders between .338lm and 12.7mm save for #8 with a 14,5mm. Most yes were .50 cal but .338 is still keeping up.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Germany did the same with 5.56x45mm mgs on the Puma IFV. It’s an interesting choice but are they going to rearm their tanks with it??