A more refined QBU-191 would be pretty fine tbh. For a mass fielded DMR, QBU-191 has most of the important characteristics one needs.
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A more refined QBU-191 would be pretty fine tbh. For a mass fielded DMR, QBU-191 has most of the important characteristics one needs.
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Given commercial availability of .277 fury I am not surprised they could reverse engineer a surrogate cartridge for testing.
however given the amount of heaven and earth the PLA has been moving to adopt QJY 201 in 7.62x51mm and their own 8.6x70mm I doubt they are adopting anything different anytime soon. Army’s are big organizations and they don’t turn on a Yuan and give change.
Besides both 6.8x51mm and the 5.8x42mm are takes of a common cartridge concept. Using the same ammunition between Carbine/Rifle (QBZ192,QBZ191/M7 Raptor,M7) DMR (QBU191/M7) LMG (QJS161/M250). Adopting 6.8x50mm would require a majority overhaul of the process well breaking the commonality among the sections.
however given the amount of heaven and earth the PLA has been moving to adopt QJY 201 in 7.62x51mm and their own 8.6x70mm I doubt they are adopting anything different anytime soon. Army’s are big organizations and they don’t turn on a Yuan and give change.
Besides both 6.8x51mm and the 5.8x42mm are takes of a common cartridge concept. Using the same ammunition between Carbine/Rifle (QBZ192,QBZ191/M7 Raptor,M7) DMR (QBU191/M7) LMG (QJS161/M250). Adopting 6.8x50mm would require a majority overhaul of the process well breaking the commonality among the sections.