Type 95 Assault Rifle II

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HKSDU said:

What else do you want done to the rifle? The major problem was the fire selector switch which they resolved. Appears to be extended heavy barrel with altered muzzle flash, maybe due to the more heavier rounds being introduced. Why would China need electronic fire control systems on a mechanical system? Those nations you mentioned are still in early early stages, and most have given up basically. Don't know what your fearing about, airburst rounds kill but so do the existing cased rounds.

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Right, well I wasn't implying that they should install electronic fire control systems on the type 95 , but that they should develop them on new rifles.

I suppose my post was a little hazardous -- what I meant was simply that China should at least experiment in higher technology rifles as to not get left behind.

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Looking at the grenade launcher, it seemed a bit strange in the sense that the trigger assembly is so far away from the handle. Doesn't seemed too comfortable to use.

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Not just that, but the "handle" is high compared to the trigger, but my guess is that it was designed to be triggered by the middle finger.

Also in question is the power and range of this new launcher, as the GP-25, and supposively this as it has similar performances, has less range than the M203 at 250m, although you also have to factor in a soldier's ability to IFF at those ranges.

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Bltizo said:

Right, well I wasn't implying that they should install electronic fire control systems on the type 95 , but that they should develop them on new rifles.

I suppose my post was a little hazardous -- what I meant was simply that China should at least experiment in higher technology rifles as to not get left behind.

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Actually I believe the Chinese did have their fair share of very advance and special infantry weapons,

Example is the ZM-87

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Although the ZM-87 was no longer being manufactured, but it's technology had been quite matured and was seemed to be used by the PLA before it was being banned.

So actually China did have very high technology system and it is a matter of tuning up the power of the laser (not an easy feat, but not entirely impossible), it could actually be lethal.

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RedMercury said:

Source for this? I suspected similar, but I have read no tests about anesthetized, armored sheep

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MadMax said:

It is a bull pup. Here is an article about it.

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That is a bizzare assault rifle and integral 40mm grenade launcher layout. Most convential layout is that the grenade launcher is attached underneath the barrel while this A-91 prototype assault rifle has the grenade launcher attached above the barrel. Whats the gain in this? Wouldn't this obsecure the shooters field of view? Also what ever happened to the Type 95 Carbine version? Any pictures of the PLA ground force operating them?

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davidwilsoon said:

That is a bizzare assault rifle and integral 40mm grenade launcher layout. Most convential layout is that the grenade launcher is attached underneath the barrel while this A-91 prototype assault rifle has the grenade launcher attached above the barrel. Whats the gain in this? Wouldn't this obsecure the shooters field of view? Also what ever happened to the Type 95 Carbine version? Any pictures of the PLA ground force operating them?

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For the front vertical grip perhaps? But see they revert back to the usual under-slung position, it probably has to do conformity with users' habit.

For the Type 95 carbine, I don't have "in-use" pics but I've one with sailor on guard duty though.

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Actually from mine point of view, there really is not much to gain by attaching the grenade launcher at the top of the rifle, because if the grenade launcher is to fire singular rounds and was to be loaded, it will only make loading of the grenade alot more unwieldly.

It is different from the OCIWS whereby the grenade are loaded in magazine and fed to the rifle from the same way as you would load a bullpup rifle.

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MwRYum said:

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Interesting how both have the same rank but one is carrying a rifle and other a pistol. Are they making do with less resources?

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no_name said:

Interesting how both have the same rank but one is carrying a rifle and other a pistol. Are they making do with less resources?

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Well there might be a few reasons for this,

1) Although both have the same rank, but one of them is clearly the 'leader'... so he is armed with a pistol while another one is armed with the rifle.

2) It might be the same as a sniper team whereby one is armed with the sniper rifle and another one is the spotter.

3) It might be kind of unwieldy for both to be armed with rifle, because from the pic, there are a table of some sort infront of them, maybe the visitors needed to register or something and that soldier with the pistol will be tasked with the registering of these visitor, it is not easy to write anything with a rifle slinging in front of him.

4) Same as reason 3, except that the soldier with the pistol might be tasked with body searching of visitors when he/she wanted to enter whatever it is the soldiers are guarding.

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I feel most likely reason 3 and 4. The pistol guy can go up to the person and do whatever business needed, the rifle guy can remain behind on alert.