QBZ-191 service rifle family
- Thread starter Blitzo
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Maybe because more pictures/videos nowadays compared to back then?
Else it could be that the PLA is really liking the 191 a lot compared to the 95, and so have decided to mass produce it faster/more?
The downside is shorter barrel to overall length. How much difference is it in the 18" qbz95 vs 14.5" qbz191? Could we extrapolate from this picture?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
This is generally correct however they also changed the ammunition load for the QBZ191. This may bridge some of the differences. Though still likely less velocity than the QBZ95.
The new round is made for shorter barrels. Velocity shouldn't be a problem.
Regardless of barrel length or new rounds, the 191 would be more accurate just cause it's being issued with optics (I'm assuming they are)
Well the M855A1 was supposedly made for the M4's shorter 369mm barrel, but it still had a much lower velocity than the original M855 fired from an M16's 508mm barrel. However it is said that the M855A1 fragments more easily, so it compensates lower velocity with more lethality when striking the target. Not sure if the DPB 191 compensates the relative lower lethality of the steel core DPB 10. Based on what I know, the DPB 95 can be very lethal (similar to M855 fired from M16's 508mm barrel) when fired from a QBZ95's 460mm barrel.
@12:33-12:42: QBZ95 firing a 5.8mm round (not sure which type) piecing 11 pieces of dense wood without fragmentation
@ 12:46: QBZ95 piecing 6 pieces of dense wood after a 2A 3mm steel plate was added in front of the wood plates
@14:51: confirmed that 5.8mm round's muzzle speed is 920mps (assuming when fired from a QBZ95, based on what is shown in the CCTV documentary)
@19:10-21:35: disgusting test starts with an officer shooting a giant piece of pork with a QBZ95, results were similar to what a 5.56mm M855/M193 could do to human flesh; 1st round caused the fragmented flesh to fly 2-3 meters away (the colonel overseeing the test was grossed out...lol), the 2nd round caused a perfect bell-shaped exit wound with no flying flesh, 3rd round struck the pork's femur and caused fragmentation of the bones within the flesh
Conclusion: the original 5.8mm round could be just as deadly and nasty as the 5.56mm M855/M193, despite having a steel core. I am more interested to see what DBP 191 does. Of course, the test was conducted at a range to around 50 meters, so of course the ammo would be extremely deadly.
