QBU-88 [SEP] service entry
PLA still used standard ball ammunition rather than specialized sniping cartridges, resulting in lower accuracy. These shortfalls led to development of a new sniper rifle when China started development of a new cartridge for machine guns in the early 1990s.
The QBU-88 rifle (also sometimes referred to as Type 88 rifle) was the first weapon of the newest generation of Chinese small arms, chambered for proprietary 5.8×42mm DBP87 ammunition. Adopted in 1997, the QBU-88 is, by the modern sense, not a true sniper rifle – it is more
purpose machine guns
Sniper Rifles.
- QBU-10 - 12.7×108mm Semi-automatic Anti-materiel sniper rifle
- AMR-2 - 12.7×108mm Bolt-action Anti-materiel sniper rifle
- W-03
- JS 7.62 - 7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle (In limited Service)
- QBU-88 - 5.8×42mm Bullpup sniper rifle (In Service)
- CS-LR4 - 7.62×51mm Sniper rifle (In Service)
- CS-LR3 - 5.8×42mm Sniper rifle (In Service)
- Type 85 - 7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle