Comments on: QBZ-03: China’s latest assault rifle

By: V.I.P.

V.I.P. — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:40:22 +0000

hey guys, go to http://www.enemyforces.net/firearms/type86s.htm
it the prototype of QBZ-95

and the QBZ-95 and 03 are chinese designs. the ammo is chinese design too

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:00:49 +0000

Isn’t the QBZ-95 a direct-impingement design? This new ‘03 appears to use a short stroke piston.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:58:29 +0000

Ive been told that apparently the reason for the Type 03 is that the compact design of the Type 95 was disliked by many northern troops because their taller builds made shooting a bullpup uncomfortable and awkward. Thus a larger conventional design was deemed appropriate to address this issue.

The Type 03 and Type 95 are being produced at the same rates. Which means China has two main assault rifles, the Type 95 for the south and Type 03 for the north.

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:42:28 +0000

Well, at least you get a better sight radius on the QBZ-03 than the QBZ-95. More accuracy, plus faster mag reloads.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:25:08 +0000

jdun1911, I know we disagree on the bullpup But that is not what I said in the article. The Chinese are claiming that bullpups and conventional rifles are better suited in different roles. That doesn’t sound true to me. Why the MPs would need a conventional rifle but the Army needs a bullpups is beyond me. I think their bullpup did not work out all that well and they are trialing the QBZ-03.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:16:26 +0000

I have to disagree with you.

The bullpup are very bad design. The negatives outweighed any positives that is gain in a bullpup design by a large margin.

Every Special Force units that I know off use the conventional rifle design instead of their standard issued bullpup.

I have not seen any contractors in Iraq or Afghanistan that prefer the bullpup design.

http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2005/03/why-bullpups-are-persistently-bad-idea.html

By: Gun Blobber

Gun Blobber — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:13:34 +0000

How interesting. Looks like the lovechild of an FAL and an AK. Would love to have more info on these.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:00:54 +0000

If it’s just for the police, maybe it has something to do with bayonet and/or riot control.

I can’t imagine bayonetting or buttstroking peasants with a bullpup being all that ergonomic.

Or maybe it’s mostly just an export thing. Many armies (Anarachangel has a lengthy post on the subject) dislike bullpup for perfectly legitimate reasons.

By: R.A.W.

R.A.W. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:38:23 +0000

I guess the Chinese army has always been a fan of rifle grenades. The type 81 had the front sight post conspicuously moved back to allow their use.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:41:20 +0000

Sven, you are correct. The flash hider is also the attachment for rifle grenades.

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:37:56 +0000

The flash hider has three rings. What’s the purpose?

It looked like a flash hider/muzzle brake combo at first, but zoom in tells me there are merely rings around it.

Maybe it’s somehow related to rifle grenades?