new toy for chinese snipers

China has developed several types of rifles for her snipers. China traditionally pay much attention on the accurately fires among her muskteers as the poor logistics support in the history of PLA, although the situation has been changed greatly. meanwile, considering about the huge impacts of snipers in the modern warfare such as wars in golf, chechen and kosovo , china's military man invested more on the improvement of their infantries.

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Hmm, looks... strange. But it does appear to have a heavier accurized barrel, and an adjustable stock, both of which are necessary on a good sniper rifle. The scope looks to be somewhere around a 2.5/3-10/14x magnification, and I'm just guessing because I don't know Chinese, and those are normal magnification types for these kinds of sniper rifles. It also looks like it's a heavy caliber, possibly a PLA 12.7mm? For anti-material and long-range sniping?

Can anyone else provide any more info as to the performance and or specifications of this rifle? Preferably in English

MrClean said:

Hmm, looks... strange. But it does appear to have a heavier accurized barrel, and an adjustable stock, both of which are necessary on a good sniper rifle. The scope looks to be somewhere around a 2.5/3-10/14x magnification, and I'm just guessing because I don't know Chinese, and those are normal magnification types for these kinds of sniper rifles. It also looks like it's a heavy caliber, possibly a PLA 12.7mm? For anti-material and long-range sniping?

Can anyone else provide any more info as to the performance and or specifications of this rifle? Preferably in English

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the sniper rifle in the qicture is called JS 7.62mm sniper rifle. the mission of the rifle is to destroy the humaning targets and light armor targets among 800metres.
the scope is from 3-9x magnification, caliber is 7.62mm using type53 standard bullet (or so called type 53 machine gun bullet) comparing with type 53 rifle bullet or so called type 53 machine gun bullet.
it is said that the accuracy of JS7.62mm is better than type 88 sniper rifle that has been equipped.

monitor said:

the sniper rifle in the qicture is called JS 7.62mm sniper rifle. the mission of the rifle is to destroy the humaning targets and light armor targets among 800metres.
the scope is from 3-9x magnification, caliber is 7.62mm using type53 standard bullet (or so called type 53 machine gun bullet) comparing with type 53 rifle bullet or so called type 53 machine gun bullet.
it is said that the accuracy of JS7.62mm is better than type 88 sniper rifle that has been equipped.

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I imagine that it is because the rifle is not the same sort of Snipers Rifle the Type 88 is. This is a dedicated Sniper's Platform Rifle, like the American M24 Rifle or British L96 rifle, designed for a sniper that remains stationary. The Type 88 is a Designated Marksman's rifle, which is like the Dragonuv or PSG1, a rifle for a Sniper on the move with a platoon or one that will be moving around alot in general.

This is a good thing and something not entirely unexpected. China has lacked a dedicated sniping platform for awhile now. Though this might just be a prototype, I cant really understand the situation since I cant read Chinese or whatever it is....

Chinese arms development has indeed been in evolution since the 1990s.

We are seeing modern submachine guns, grenade launchers and now larger calibre sniper rifles.

THere are already two 12.7mm weapons and one 7.62mm one developed or at prototype atleast. Latest I heard was that one of the 12.7s were adopted for PAP service (strange however that a police service needs something so powerful), yet I'd expect PLA SOPs to adopt this weapon in the future.

I think the lessons of the Barret and other effective weapons has put some shudders into PLA's spine, as well as impressing PLA planners. Thus we are seeing more dedicated sharp shooters and their weapons.

It is also as some already mentioned, a good way to enter the export market. China has offered so many good products to compete with the international market, from Type 90II MBT and wheeled armoured vehicles to all sorts of small arms that perform similarly to Western designs. BUt not all these export designs were adopted for PLA use.

Well it not suprising the PAP adopted 12.7mm as it a good weapon for the dangerous bomb dispose job went all other option fail. The HKP Bomb squad has a few 12.7 too.

Anyway, 12.7 sinper rifle nice idea. I believe the Chinese arms development have the capability developing a capble 12.7 sinper rifle but most important can they delovop the delicate 12.7 sinping round for ANTI-MATERIAL and other mission.

Hello all i'm a new member

Question, does the PLA or PAP possess a true dedicated sniper rifle?
When i mean true dedicated sniper rifle, i mean a non-semi-automatic sniper rifle that is extremely accurate for special purposes (hostage situations) where the QBU-88 or the Dragonuv aren't accurate enough due to their semi-automatic configuration. A rifle such as the USA's M24 bolt action sniper rifle

Chengdu J-10 said:

Hello all i'm a new member

Question, does the PLA or PAP possess a true dedicated sniper rifle?
When i mean true dedicated sniper rifle, i mean a non-semi-automatic sniper rifle that is extremely accurate for special purposes (hostage situations) where the QBU-88 or the Dragonuv aren't accurate enough due to their semi-automatic configuration. A rifle such as the USA's M24 bolt action sniper rifle

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Yeah sometimes the sig 2000.

Doesn't the PLA have a new 12.7mm sniper rifle? i think its called the M99 or something 99

hallo84 said:

Yeah sometimes the sig 2000.

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Isn't that rifle a bit to big and heavey for the PAP for hostage rescue where your sniper rifle must be manuevered fast?

Chengdu J-10 said:

Isn't that rifle a bit to big and heavey for the PAP for hostage rescue where your sniper rifle must be manuevered fast?

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Mate it is not too big or too heavy and sniper rifle doesn’t have to be maneuverable because you will not storm building whit sniper rifle. Sniper rifle is used to provide cover for team that is entering building…