Last month units of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stationed in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region began to receive the QBU-191 marksman rifle.

China unveiled on Sunday details of its first homemade high-precision sniper rifle, a weapon that could replace the old rifle that has served the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for more than 20 years.

Why China didn’t produce a sniper round is uncertain, but perhaps the limited usage of 7.62x54R in the Chinese military, combined with the PLA’s drive for a new intermediate cartridge in the ...

Please join the CSIS China Power Project on October 31st from 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT for a virtual panel discussion on significant developments within the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). There ...