QBZ-95 Sniper Rifle

Notes: This is the sniper rifle version of the Chinese Type 86 assault rifle, designed for squad and platoon sharpshooters. It has a longer and heavier barrel and a bipod in this role. It is one of the few bullpup sniper rifles in existence, and also one of the few capable of automatic fire. This weapon, while becoming more widespread every day, is still in very limited issue. Unlike its assault rifle counterpart, the Sniper variant cannot mount a grenade launcher, may not fire rifle grenades, and cannot use a bayonet.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon is very rare in the Twilight 2000 World, with perhaps less than 40 copies in existence.

Merc 2000 Notes: Though rarer than it is in the Notes above, the QBZ-95 sniper exists, mostly in the hands of special ops troops. (It is simply cheaper to keep build and maintain parts for more traditional weapons than a novel new weapon with proprietary ammunition.) The Thais are using a small amount of QBZ-97 Sniper Rifles, and the Filipinos are also using them in small numbers.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

QBZ-95 Sniper Rifle

5.8mm Chinese

4.2 kg

10

$1416

QBZ-97 Sniper Rifle

5.56mm NATO

4.2 kg

10

$1425

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

QBZ-95 Sniper

5

3

1-Nil

6

2

6

71

QBZ-95 Sniper (Bipod)

5

3

1-Nil

6

1

3

95

QBZ-97 Sniper

5

3

1-Nil

6

2

6

67

QBZ-97 Sniper (Bipod)

5

3

1-Nil

6

1

3

87