Yet more mods... They've been experimenting around for a while now with the type 95, and I think it's about time that they completely re-design the upper and lower receivers instead of dicking around with these unwieldy mods. Get rid of that carrying handle please. Just let it go... It will make the re-design much easier.
In any event, I suspect the PAP and Airborne will get first dibs at whatever they come up with next...
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Speaking of the Airborne troops, this is allegedly the new kit they will be sporting....
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I think all of those products, including the last picture, are all ones offered by a private company.
I think most the Chinese QBZ-95 mods we've seen over the last few years, with full top rails and all that, were just pictures from Runze Jingsong, and there's a whole list of them here:
So clearly it's an aftermarket dedicated mod for the QBZ-95... and it's doubtful whether the Chinese military itself will buy into the product, but I personally doubt it.
And the last picture you posted is also just a promotional image from Runze Jingsong, not any sort of official picture from the PLA at all.
Now I wonder if this new assault rifle is destined for the Airborne corp...
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Going back to the picture in #865, I think that this gun looks like a carbine version of the gun on the right in #865's photo.
I wouldn't be surprised if this photo and that photo are showing variants of the next generation assault rifle for the Chinese military.
After all these years they still haven't modernized the QBZ-95 with the modern features that you'd expect, so I wouldn't be surprised if they thought it would be a good idea to go for a clean slate rifle instead of working with the limits of QBZ-95.