QBU-88
Country: 
ChinaManufacturer: Norinco (China North Industries)
Chinese designated marksman rifle in bullpup configuration, chambered in the proprietary long-range 5.8×42 mm DBP88 caliber. The first indigenous semi-automatic precision weapon of the PLA.
QBU-88
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Identity
- Designation
- QBU-88
- Alias
- Type 88 DMR
- Manufacturer
- Norinco
- Country
- China
- Year
- 1997
- Category
- Sniper rifle
- Status
- In service
Ballistics
- Caliber
- 5.8×42 mm DBP88
- Muzzle velocity
- 895 m/s
- Effective range
- 800 m
- Maximum range
- 1000 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 620 mm
- Overall length
- 920 mm
- Empty weight
- 4.1 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Gas-operated, short-stroke piston
- Bolt / action
- Rotating bolt
Feed
- System
- Caricatore staccabile 10 colpi
- Standard capacity
- 10 rounds
Fire modes
Historical profile
Developed by Norinco's 208 Institute starting in the early 1990s to provide the Chinese infantry squad with a platoon-level DMR rifle in a proprietary caliber.
Adopted in 1997 as the QBU-88, it was the first Chinese weapon system to use the heavy-load 5.8×42 mm DBP88 cartridge, optimized for shots out to 800 meters.
Used by the PLA, People's Armed Police and in peacekeeping missions; flanked and partly replaced by the more modern CS/LR4 in 7.62 NATO within elite units.
Variants
Main users
China · Bangladesh · Cambodia · Sri Lanka
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
