QBZ-95

The Type 95 (Chinese: 95式枪族; "Type 95 firearm family") family of bullpup assault rifles is China's 21st century foray into the world of synthetic bullpup stock assault rifles (like the Steyr AUG, British SA80, and French FAMAS rifles). This series of weapons designs marks the first time the Chinese army (PLA) have diverged from the traditional Kalashnikov styling of rifles and light machine guns.
Despite popular misconception, the Type 95 family is actually designed and manufactured by China South Industries Group, not Norinco Group. The family includes the QBZ-95 rifle variant, the improved QBZ-95-1 variants, the QBZ-97 variants for export, the QJB-95 light machine gun, and the QBZ-95B carbine variant.
The exact definitions of the three-letter designations used for the weapons is not confirmed by any known reliable online source. It is generally believed that QBZ stands for "Qīngwǔqì, Bùqiāng, Zìdòng" (Chinese characters: 轻武器, 步枪, 自动), meaning "Small arm, Rifle, Automatic", and QJB stands for "Qīngwǔqì, Jīqiāng, Bānyòng" (Chinese characters: 轻武器, 机枪, 班用), meaning "Small arm, Machine gun, Squad-use".
Note: IMFDB previously incorrectly prefixed this weapon's name with "Norinco", under the false assumption that it was manufactured by Norinco or Norinco Group. Editors should not prefix this weapon's name with Norinco, and should remove them when they appear, as this weapon was not manufactured by Norinco or Norinco Group.
==Specifications==
(1995 - Present)
Type: Assault Rifle
Caliber: 5.8x42mm DBP-87 (QBZ-95), 5.8x42mm DBP-10 (QBZ-95-1), 5.56x45mm NATO (QBZ-97)
Capacity: (export only), 30-round box magazine, 75-round drum magazine
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/Full-Auto (650 RPM - QBZ-95) (800 RPM - QBZ-95B Carbine)
== QBZ-95 ==
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
2012 	 	PLA soldiers 	 	2009
Police Story: Lockdown	 	Chinese SWAT 	 	2013
Wolf Warrior 	Jing Wu	Leng Feng 	 	2015
Operation Mekong 	 	Chinese SWAT 	 	2016
Wolf Warrior 2 	 	Chinese Embassy Guards	 	2017
Operation Red Sea 	 	Chinese Embassy Guards	 	2018
Take Point 	 	Mercenaries 	 	2018
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Splinter Cell 	 	 	Used by hostile NPCs	2002
Söldner: Secret Wars 	 	 	 	2004
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 	 	 	used by hostile NPCs	2004
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat 	Type 95 	Scope and Type 91 launcher 	PLA faction 	2005
Project Reality 	 	With optional Y/MA 95-002 scope and LG-1 grenade launcher 	 	2005
Conflict: Global Terror 	 	 	 	2005
Cross Fire 	"QBZ-95" 	 	 	2007
Combat Arms 	 	 	 	2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 	Bullpup Rifle	 	 	2008
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 	 	w/ M320 grenade launcher 	 	2007
Counter-Strike Online 	"QBB95" 	QBB95EX, Battle QBB95 	Drum fed 	2007
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	 	w/ optional Y/MA 95-002 or night vision scope and Type 91 grenade launcher	 	2009
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 	Buqiang 900 	 	 	2010
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 	 	 	 	2011
Alpha Protocol 	 	 	unusable 	2011
Arctic Combat 	 	 	 	2012
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	 	 	 	2016
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 	"Type 95" 	 	 	2017
Caliber 	QBZ-95 	 	 	2019
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Canaan	Used by Shanghai policeman, SWAT officers, and PLA Special Operations Force	 	2009
== QBZ-95-1 ==
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 	"Type 25" 	 	Futurized version 	2012
Arma 3 	"CAR-95" 	various optics, QLG-10A launcher 	Added in 2016 Apex expansion 	2013
Call of Duty Online 	Type 95 	 	 	2014
Black Squad 	Type95 	Kobra sight and AN/PEQ-15 	 	2017
PUBG: Battlegrounds 	"QBZ95" 	With a variety of attachments 	Added in 2018 	2017
World War 3 	QBZ-95 	 	Added in Operation Redline (2022) 	2018
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	"QBZ-83" 	With a variety of attachments 	Fictional stylized version 	2020
Squad 	QBZ95-1 	holographic sight, YMA-95 scope, and QLG-10A launcher	Added in 2022 V4.0 update 	2020
Delta Force (2024 VG) 	QBZ95-1 	 	Fitted with Longbow upper by default	2024
== QBZ-95B ==
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Battlefield 2 	QBZ-97 	 	 	2005
Project Reality 	 	 	 	2005
Counter-Strike Online	QBZ95B 	 	35 round mag 	2011
Battlefield 3 	QBZ-95B 	 	Back to Karkand expansion pack	2011
Squad 	QBZ95B-1 	 	Added in 2022 V4.0 update 	2020
== QJB-95 ==
The QJB-95, historically designated the QBB-95, is the squad automatic weapon variant of the QBZ-95 rifle. The DBP88 round was designed for it, but was replaced by the DBP-10 for both variants. 
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note	Date
Wolf Warrior	 	Rubberneck Shi	 	2015
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Battlefield 2 	Type 95 	Handheld, fixed, and vehicle-mounted 	 	2005
Project Reality 	 	Handheld, fixed, and vehicle-mounted, with optional Y/MA 95-002 scope	 	2005
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 	T-95 LMG 	 	X360 only 	2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 	T-95 LMG 	 	X360 only 	2007
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	QBB-95 SAW 	 	 	2009
Battlefield 3 	QBB-95 	 	 	2010
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 	 	 	 	2011
Battlefield Play4Free 	QBB-95 	 	 	2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 	Type 95 	 	 	2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 	QBB LSW 	 	Futurized version 	2012
Battlefield 4 	"QBB-95-1" "QBZ-95-1" "QBZ-95B-1" carbine	 	 	2013
Arma 3 	"CAR-95-1" 	 	Added in 2016 Apex expansion 	2013
Modern Combat 5 	"QKR-89" 	 	fictionalized version 	2013
Grand Theft Auto V 	"Bullpup Rifle" 	 	fictionalized version 	2013
Rainbow Six Siege 	T-95 LSW 	various attachments 	added in Operation Blood Orchid	2015
Ghost Recon Wildlands 	"Type 95" 	 	 	2017
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 	"T95" 	 	 	2019
Squad 	QJB95-1 	with YMA95 scope 	Added in 2022 V4.0 update 	2020
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 	"DG-58 LSW" 	 	 	2023
== QBZ-97 ==
Export version of the QBZ-95. The QBZ-97A variant features an added three-round burst option. The semi-auto only Type 97 NSR is sold in Canada for civilian use, under the Emei brand name (a trademark of Chongqing Jianshe, a major subsidiary of China South Industries Group).
A very popular misconception is that the QBZ-97 uses AR-15 pattern magazines. Much like the AR-18, it actually uses proprietary magazines that unfortunately very much resemble STANAG AR-15 magazines. Unlike the AR-18, strictly speaking one can cram an AR-15 magazine into a QBZ-97, but this will likely cause some failure to feed issues and will often get stuck, requiring the user to wrench it in and out.
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Ashfall 	 	Chen's men 	 	2019
Operation Red Sea 	 	PLAN Special Forces (Jiaolong) Soldiers	 	2016
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	 	WCKD soldiers 	 	2015
Brick Mansions 	 	Thugs 	 	2014
Warm Bodies 	 	Soldiers 	 	2013
Inception 	 	Guard 	 	2010
A Dangerous Man 	 	the Colonel's men 	With attached red-dot sights and flashlights 	2009
A Dangerous Man 	Byron Mann	The Colonel 	With attached red-dot sights , flashlights and QBZ-95 style trigger guards.	2009
=== Television ===
Show Title / Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Air Date
Stargate: Atlantis 	 	 	 	2004-2009
Stargate Universe 	 	Lucian Alience 	Green Laser sight 	2010
Arrow 	 	 	 	2012-2020
Continuum - Season 2 	 	 	Split Second 	2013
Intelligence 	 	MSS agent 	 	2014
Falling Skies 	Dakota Daulby	Kent Williams 	"Till Death Do Us Part" (S4E09)	2014
The Last Ship - Season 3	 	Chinese soldier	"Rising Sun" (S3E02) 	2016
Legion 	 	Guards 	 	2017
Snowpiercer - Season 1 	 	Guards 	 	2020
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Cross Fire 	"QBZ-97" 	 	 	2007
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 	Type 95 	Type 95 trigger guard, various attachments 	3-round burst 	2011
Warface 	 	 	 	2013
Alliance of Valiant Arms 	 	 	 	2013
Insurgency: Sandstorm 	QBZ-97 	QBZ-97A model. Various attachments 	Added in 2021 Lunar New Year Update	2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	"DG-56" 	With customized lower handguard and flat-top upper	 	2023
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Upotte!!	Seishou Academy student	 	2012
== QBZ-97B ==
Export version of the QBZ-95B.
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
2012 	 	PLA soldiers 	 	2009
Underworld: Awakening	 	Guards 	 	2012
Elysium 	 	Resistance fighter	 	2013
Brick Mansions 	 	Henchman 	 	2014
Skyscraper 	Hannah Quinlivan	Xia 	 	2018
=== Television ===
Show Title / Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Air Date
Stargate: Atlantis / Vegas 	Neil Jackson	Wraith 	 	2004 - 2009
Continuum - Season 2 / Split Second	 	 	 	2013
Almost Human / Pilot 	 	InSyndicate terrorist	 	2013
Intelligence / Pilot 	 	MSS agent 	 	2014
===Video Games ===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation	Release Date
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield	Type 97 	scope, suppressor, or high-capacity magazine	 	2003
Warface 	Type 97B 	 	 	2013
==See Also==
* QBZ-03
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Category:Assault Rifle
Category:Machine Gun
Category:Bullpup
Category:Carbine