The Type 81 remains in Chinese service but has been largely replaced by the more modern bullpup QBZ-95 and also the QBZ-03, a modernized traditional-configuration rifle that uses a derivative of the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Despite its success, in the end, the Type 81 was still a stopgap rifle. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the United States and Russia. The PLA ...