5.8×42 mm DBP87
Intermediate
Chinese intermediate caliber developed to depend on neither NATO nor Warsaw Pact standards.
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Overview
Designed by the Norinco/CETC team in the late 1980s. Steel-cored copper-jacketed bullet optimized to penetrate the NATO PASGT helmet and vest at 300 m. The DBP10 is the upgraded version with better ballistic performance.
Specifications
- Bullet diameter
- 6,00 mm
- Case length
- 42,2 mm
- Overall length
- 58,0 mm
- Bullet weight
- 4,15 g (64 gr)
- Typical muzzle velocity
- ≈ 930 m/s
- Typical energy
- ≈ 1800 J
- Introduced
- 1987
Pros
- +Penetration superior to 5.56 NATO against plates.
- +Chinese logistical independence.
Cons
- −Unavailable outside China and a few client states.
- −Standard not interoperable with NATO.
History and use
Introduced with the QBZ-95 rifle in 1995 for the PLA, today used on QBZ-95-1 and QBZ-191. Exported to some units in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.
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