Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Type 81 remains in Chinese service but has been largely replaced by the more modern bullpup QBZ-95 and also the QBZ-03, a modernized traditional-configuration ...

Key Point: It was meant to be a test of the Chinese ability to develop small arms on its own, instead of simply adapting other designs. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the ...

Chinese company ZKZM Laser has produced the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle which people are calling the Chinese AK-47 because of its similar size, weighing in at three kilos (6.6 lbs). Claims of its ...

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The Chinese company behind a “laser AK-47” has released footage of the portable weapon being tested after media reports cast doubt on the claim that it can set fire to targets several hundred metres ...

An automatic rifle specifically tailored for drones has been developed by Chinese scientists, marking a huge step forward in unmanned warfare technology. The firearm uses the same 7.62mm calibre ...

The company behind a so-called 'laser AK-47' have released footage of the weapon being used on a firing range in a bid to dispel questions about the viability of the weapon. The ZKZM-500 laser assault ...

Lasers! Everybody loves them, everybody wants them. But outside a few niche applications they have failed to live up to the destructive potential that Saturday morning cartoons taught us all to expect ...

'Multiple tests have confirmed effectiveness' of automatic rifle with almost no recoil specifically designed for unmanned ...