Eating Humble Pie

Last month, I pondered the usefulness of an entire new rifle platform based on a rather unrefined bullpup layout and an entirely new type of ammunition.

Well, it turns out the PLA is having second thoughts as well. Enter the QBZ03, a new, more conventional rifle that resembles the lovechild of a FAL and a SIG. It still uses the proprietary 5.8x47 ammunition.

Also, it seems to have three rings on the flash-hider, which wouldn’t be a surprise considering PLA’s fetish with rifle grenades.

PS: could someone translate the Chinese for me?

--Kane Hsieh '12