Not to be best by their their American counterparts’M203 grenade launchers with fancy new SAGM rounds , China ’s People ’s Liberation Army has been hard at employment ripping off the design developing an under - barrel grenade launcher with similar optical maser - guided capabilities . There ’s nowhere to bleed ( or hide ) once you ’re in these sights .
https://gizmodo.com/the-armys-grenade-launchers-are-about-to-become-twice-a-1670058167
The launcher is an integral constituent of China ’s futuristic ZH-05 Objective Individual Combat Weapon ( OICW ) , which was introduced at the turn of the century to as an update to the PLA ’s survive 1950s - era rifle arsenal . Carried primarily by the Chinese Marines and special forces , the ZH-05 librate less than 11 pound in full loaded with 5.8 mm round ( probably because it still uses a manual bolt action for the launcher ) . And rather than a traditional iron sight , the ZH-05 utilizes a digital camera integrate into the soldier ’s head - mounted optics .
Image : Hongjian – China Defense Forum
The most impressive feature of the ZH-05 though is its 20 millimetre optical maser - guided grenade launcher . Designed to do the same duty as the American M203 , the launcher offer a range of a half mile with a blast radius of 25 feet . Plus it offer three kinds of rounds : An anti - personnel airburst , a pellet tin ( think long - compass scattergun ) , and a conventional shock grenade .
PerMilitary Informant :
The measured range - finder range to the target displayed on mickle and embark automatically into the fire command system to estimate discipline for the shot conditions and determine the act of rotation grenades on the trajectory . Programming grenades carry in the arms , at the stage of loading , and provides an introduction to the original datum and amendment issued by the ballistic computer , to work the problem of combine non - contact point with the configuration of a grenade explosion goal .
That mean the grenade can be programmed to explode at a set distance , whether or not it really impact anything . With proper objective , a soldier would be able to program the grenade ’s electronic fuse to blow up and zephyr - burst above an foe spot . In fact , field tests discover the launcher 60 percentage more efficient than schematic mortars during urban fighting . What ’s more , the ZH-05 is reportedly far less expensive to make than its American “ impudent rifle ” twin , the $ 34,000 XM-29 . depend like optical maser - conduct grenades are here to stay . [ Firearms Blog – PopSci – Medium – Military – Wikipedia ]
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