PLA Small arms
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Various small arms related displays from IDEX 2023.
Some questions:
Are there more pictures of the ammo it seams like there are more next to the pictured ones?
Are they marketing 5.8mm 88A instead of DBP10 that replaced it, same for M193/M196 Tracer vs modern SS109/M856 Tracer.
Does this mean that 191 is on the export market or just for show?
What's the difference between match and sniper? Assuming police sniper is low penetrating.
It probably longer burn time for longer barrels. I read somewhere that it is also lighter and has better ballistics but it didn't go into detail.
by78
General
I'm not sure if 5.8mm ammo and 191s are for sale. They might have been displayed at IDEX to show off the manufacturers' capabilities and product range but are not for export.
Why is Type 56 being marketed as SMG?Various small arms related displays from IDEX 2023.
It’s even longer than 191
by78
General
SMG might stand for Squad Machine Gun, not submachine gun.
submachine gun，The Chinese People's Liberation Army used it as a submachine gun
Possible, but Squad Automatic Weapon is the far more common abbreviation, would be bad marketing practice.
Other considerations: Foregrip is also not commonly used on MG (vs bipod), no detachable/heavy barrel, shown with mag vs drum.
