PLA Infantry Weapons DECODED

 

The naming system of Chinese PLA weapons is actually very systematic. The letters before the numbers are abbreviations in Mandarin pinyin, and they describe the weapon category or role. That’s why we keep seeing the letters like Q, P, B, J, W, etc


Weapon

Caliber

Eff Range

Remarks

QBZ-191

5.8mm

400m

Aslt Rif

QSL92

5.56mm

50m

Pistol

QCW05

5.8mm

50m

SMG

QBU88

5.8mm

800m

Sniper

 

QJY88

5.8mm

800m

LMG

QJZ89

12.7mm

1500m

HMG

QLZ87

35mm

1750m

AGL

QLT89

50mm

800m

GL (like51mm Mor)

PP87

82mm

120-4660m

Mor

PF98

120mm

800-1800m

RL













The Cheat Sheet :

Prefix

               Meaning

Q

               Gun/firearm

P

               Cannon/artillery/launcher

B

               Infantry

Z

               Automatic

J

               Machine gun

Y

               Universal

U

               Sniper/precision

F

               Anti-tank

W

               Suppressed/silenced


Author : Druidarun

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