PLA Small arms
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Its a Type 81. Chambered for 7.62x51 NATO and with a entirely new rail system and muzzle break.
It has turned the Type 81 into a real Battle Rifle. Alternate version chambered for the traditional 7.62x39 also exists.
I hope that this weapon becomes eventually widespread in the PLA, even if only for the special forces, to help to address the lack of lethality on long ranges coming from the 5.8x42 caliber standard.
It has turned the Type 81 into a real Battle Rifle. Alternate version chambered for the traditional 7.62x39 also exists.
I hope that this weapon becomes eventually widespread in the PLA, even if only for the special forces, to help to address the lack of lethality on long ranges coming from the 5.8x42 caliber standard.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Its unlikely at best Insig. This is in my view a export gun for Africa and Latin America. Two places in the world where the Norinco can still find openings for there products and have a taste for the 308 win round. They might also get options for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In Africa this gun would likely sell like hot cakes. Where Fal and G3s in Army stock have warn out from years of use in brush fire wars these would offer a modernized option for replacement with a bargain basement price compared to HK417,AR10, Scar-H or other offers from the west.
in Latin America I see this aimed at Argentina.
In Africa this gun would likely sell like hot cakes. Where Fal and G3s in Army stock have warn out from years of use in brush fire wars these would offer a modernized option for replacement with a bargain basement price compared to HK417,AR10, Scar-H or other offers from the west.
in Latin America I see this aimed at Argentina.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
also note the Changed iron sights these are HK style Doppler sights
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
The best route I see for Correcting the range issue for the PLA and it is a issue IMO, would be to either introduce a modernized Type 85 with improved ergonomics, Rail interface and cut down barrel. as the 7.64x54R round offers superior range to the 7.62x51mm. Or introduce a 7.62x54mm variant of the QBU88 series. then introduce a 7.62x54mm R calibre Medium Machine gun based on either a reduced weight Type 80 MG or a scailed up QJY88 feeding form the same round along side a reduced weight QJY88 for Infantry and Airborne.
MwRYum
Major
Those are Type81, in fact it is the modernized version, with almost full-length tactical rail mount and side rail mounts, polymer components, chambered for 7.62mm NATO, a humble interim design (that's what Type81 designated for, to meet the need till the new design that eventually resulted in QBZ95 was ready) got radically modernized.
Most likely because somebody thought that'd look cool. But it ain't if you ask me.
The majority of the buyers for these items are airsoft players.
In the airsoft world, they like to have what they call "full markings" which is the logos and trademarks.
For some reason, they like to be as realistic looking as possible. They even wear replica nigh vision goggles/monocles on their NVG helmet mount, but the funny thing is that they are dummy non-functioning units. LOL
It's funny that they take it so serious, like those civil war re-enactment people.
fyi; I have seen these China made red dot sights and holographic sights being sold by less than scrupulous vendors at gun shows in the US