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The W-85 heavy machine gun or QJC-88 vehicle mounted heavy machine gun is a gas-operated heavy
The W85 was designed to be as light as possible for infantry use. Its small receiver is of generally rectangular cross-section, and it has a thick gas tube below the barrel containing a conventional gas piston. In addition to iron sights, it has rails for optics or anti-aircraft sights. It fires 12.7×108mm rounds from belts and is more accurate than the Type 54 heavy machine gun, but the thinner barrel overheats faster.
In trials, the W85 lost out to the Type 85 as an infantry weapon and was not accepted into PLA service.Indigenous Machine Guns of China: Part Two – Heavy Machine Guns
''Small Arms Defense Journal''. 25 May 2014.
''Weapon Systems''.
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machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifles) a ...
designed in the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It fires the Soviet-designed 12.7×108mm round. The W-85 was never accepted into the PLA service in its original configuration, only adopted as vehicle mounted machine gun as the QJC-88.
Another similar named Type 85 heavy machine gun, was adopted as the standard infantry heavy machine gun in the PLA.
Overview
The W85 was designed to be as light as possible for infantry use. Its small receiver is of generally rectangular cross-section, and it has a thick gas tube below the barrel containing a conventional gas piston. In addition to iron sights, it has rails for optics or anti-aircraft sights. It fires 12.7×108mm rounds from belts and is more accurate than the Type 54 heavy machine gun, but the thinner barrel overheats faster.
In trials, the W85 lost out to the Type 85 as an infantry weapon and was not accepted into PLA service.Indigenous Machine Guns of China: Part Two – Heavy Machine Guns''Small Arms Defense Journal''. 25 May 2014.
''Weapon Systems''.
QJC-88
Although the W-85 in its tripod, original configuration was not accepted into Chinese service, years later a variant was adopted called the QJC-88. The QJC-88 was introduced as apintle mount
A weapon mount is an assembly or mechanism used to hold a weapon (typically a gun) onto a platform in order for it to function at maximum capacity. Weapon mounts can be broken down into two categories: static mounts and non-static mounts.
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ed machine gun for tanks and armored vehicles. It weighs the same, is solenoid
upright=1.20, An illustration of a solenoid
upright=1.20, Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines
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fired, and is mounted on a special cradle allowing for elevation angles of -5 to +65°.
Mounted platforms:
*Type 99 tank
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*Type 96 tank
The Type 96 () or ZTZ96 is a Chinese second generation main battle tank (MBT). The final evolution of the Type 88 design, the Type 96 entered service with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1997. The later variants of the Type 96 are curre ...
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*Type 15 tank
The Type 15 (, also designated ZTQ-15), nicknamed the Black Panther (), is a Chinese third generation light tank operated by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force and People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps. It could become a successor t ...
: as commander heavy machine gun on a remote weapon station.
* Type 59 Durjoy tank: as commander heavy machine gun.
* Type 05: on armored personal carrier variant.
*Type 08
The Type 08 () is a family of eight-wheeled amphibious, modular armored vehicle developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics and quick reaction operations. It is a recent People's Republic of China produced Infantry fig ...
: on various comigrations, such as ZSL-10 APC, ZTL-11 assault vehicle, and Type 08 Artillery Reconnaissance Vehicle.
*PLL-05
The PLL-05 is a Chinese self-propelled gun-mortar in use by Chinese mechanised infantry formations. Conceptually it is similar to the Russian 2S23 "Nona-SVK" (the turret and weapon system of the 2S9 Nona mounted on a BTR-80 chassis) three of whi ...
: as commander heavy machine gun.
*Type 89 AFV
The Norinco Type 89 tracked armoured fighting vehicle is a Chinese armoured personnel carrier. It was developed from the earlier export market Type 85 AFV vehicle. It entered service in the late 1990s and was first shown publicly in 1999. Th ...
: on various comigrations as the self-defense weapon.
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Non-State Actors
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* People's Defense Units
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* Tamil Tigers
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See also
* Type 77/85 *DShK
The DShK 1938 ( Cyrillic: ДШК, for russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, links=no, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun with a V-shaped bu ...
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* QJZ-89
The QJZ-89, also known as the Type 89 heavy machine gun, is a heavy machine gun designed in the People's Republic of China and fires the Soviet 12.7×108mm ammunition.
History
In the early 1980s, Chinese firearms designers received scattered inf ...
* QJG-02
The QJG-02, known by its export version as the Type CS/LM2, is a Chinese anti-aircraft heavy machine gun manufactured by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army. An updated variant the QJG-02G, also known as the Type CS/LM2A, was later also rele ...
References
Bibliography
* {{Modern Chinese Infantry Weapons Cold War weapons of China Machine guns of the People's Republic of China Heavy machine guns 12.7×108 mm machine guns