W85 heavy machine gun
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The W85 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.[1] The W85 was never accepted into the PLA service in its original configuration, only adopted as a vehicle mounted machine gun as the QJC-88.
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 for this role.[2]
QJC-88
The QJC-88 was introduced as a pintle mounted machine gun for tanks and armored vehicles. It weighs the same as the W85, is solenoid fired, and is mounted on a special cradle allowing for elevation angles of -5 to +65°.[2]
Mounted platforms:
- Type 99 tank: as commander heavy machine gun.
- Type 96 tank: as commander heavy machine gun.
- Type 15 tank: as commander heavy machine gun on a remote weapon station.
- Type 59 Durjoy tank: as commander heavy machine gun.
- Type 05: on armored personnel carrier variant.
- Type 08: on various comigrations, such as ZSL-10 APC, ZTL-11 assault vehicle, and Type 08 Artillery Reconnaissance Vehicle.
- PLL-05: as commander heavy machine gun.
- Type 89 AFV: on various comigrations as the self-defense weapon.
Users
- File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia[4]
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China[4][5]
- File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq[6][7]
- File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya− Libyan National Army[8]
- File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali[9]
- File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda − Used by Rwandan peacekeepers in Darfur.[4]
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- File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka[10]
- File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan − Manufactured locally as Khawad.[11]
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine − Possibly intercepted Iranian delivery to the Houthis transferred to Ukraine[12]Template:Sps
Non-state actors
- File:Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg Free Syrian Army[7]
- Template:Country data Islamic State[13]
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- File:Tamil Tiger flag.png Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam[4]
- File:PMC Wagner Center logo.png Wagner Group − Khawad used by mercenaries in Mali[14]
See also
References
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Bibliography
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