PLA Small arms

plawolf

Lieutenant General
Not much of a choice on QBZ95. I mean the handle is filled by the dot and magnifier. So it’s where in the hand guard? The left side? Snag proneness. His sling is right there that’s going to be snagged easily. The right side how does he activate it? I mean Right hand PLA. Under not an option would get in the way. Peq and Peq clones were designed for the top rail of an AR15. Where in the top rail is generally the most stable and the user gabbing the rifle can use their support thumb to hit the switch. On QBZ95 same deal the hand guard is meant to supply a grip not hold zero.
I would have mounted the laser on the right and had the pressure pad on the left side 45 offset rail.
 

BoraTas

Captain
Registered Member
Just asking out of curiosity, what is the point of laser sight if you already have an optical sight? With magnifiers, they make sense. But what a laser dot can provide that a good reticle can not?
 

LawLeadsToPeace

Senior Member
Staff member
Moderator - World Affairs
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Just asking out of curiosity, what is the point of laser sight if you already have an optical sight? With magnifiers, they make sense. But what a laser dot can provide that a good reticle can not?
Lasers can have multiple functions:
1. In CQC, they can assist in point shooting, which is, rudimentarily speaking, pointing your gun at a target via the barrel and faster than sight shooting. Lasers can help the user acquire their targets rapidly and accurately.
2. They, particularly IR lasers, can be used to designate targets for other friendly forces to see.
 

Schwerter_

Junior Member
Registered Member
3) if the soldier is using a night vision device on his helmet he may not be able to use the optical sight due to the obstruction. An IR laser sight will allow him to still aim. This however has the trade off that if the opposition has Night vision they too will see his laser.
off topic but I remember this is part of the reason that having scopes mounted relatively high so one can aim with that thru nvg (and not having to use IR lasers) has become more of a thing in recent years? I may very well be wrong so plz correct me if this is not the case
 
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