The QJG-02, known by its export version as the Type CS/LM2, is a
Chinese anti-aircraft
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...
heavy machine gun
A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried by one person) and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be operably stable o ...
manufactured by
Norinco
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, doing business internationally as Norinco Group (North Industries Corporation), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (), is a Chinese state-owned defense ...
for the
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
. An updated variant the QJG-02G, also known as the Type CS/LM2A, was later also released.
Design and development
Type 02 heavy machine gun is China's replacement for Type 58, a direct copy of Soviet
KPV heavy machine gun
The KPV-14.5 heavy machine gun (KPV is an initialism for Krupnokaliberniy Pulemyot Vladimirova (Large-caliber Machine gun Vladimirov), in Russian as Крупнокалиберный Пулемёт Владимирова, or КПВ) is a Soviet de ...
. Type 02 features an indigenous design, which is similar to Chinese
W85 heavy machine gun
The W-85 heavy machine gun or QJC-88 vehicle mounted heavy machine gun is a gas-operated heavy machine gun designed in the People's Republic of China. It fires the Soviet-designed 12.7×108mm round. The W-85 was never accepted into the PLA servic ...
. In 1990s, China began to develop new lightweight anti-aircraft gun, and the design was finalized in 2002. In 2004, China adopted the Type 02.
The weapon uses
14.5×114mm ammunition, and can be mounted on tripods and vehicles. The whole system, including its low-profile, single-gun mountings, weights . The rate of fire is 600 rounds per minute.
Variants
* QJG-02: original variant.
* QJG-02G: improved variant. The new variant features a different tripod that fitted with small wheels, allowing the QJG02G to be towed by a light utility vehicle.
Users
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Other uses
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See also
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QJZ-89
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W85 heavy machine gun
The W-85 heavy machine gun or QJC-88 vehicle mounted heavy machine gun is a gas-operated heavy machine gun designed in the People's Republic of China. It fires the Soviet-designed 12.7×108mm round. The W-85 was never accepted into the PLA servic ...
References
Machine guns of the People's Republic of China
Heavy machine guns
14.5×114mm machine guns
Military equipment introduced in the 2000s
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