Type 80 machine gun
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The Type 80 (Chinese: 80式通用机枪) is a general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) manufactured by Norinco in China, based on the Soviet PKM. The machine gun was certified for design finalisation in 1980 and entered the PLA service in the mid-1980s, specifically in 1983.[4] The Type 80 was intended as a successor to the Chinese independently developed Type 67, doing well in tests conducted in the Chengdu Military Region before it was dropped and instead, opted to keep the Type 67 GPMG in use.[4]
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Type 80 general-purpose machine gun | |
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Type | General-purpose machine gun |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
In service | 1983–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Lebanese Civil War Second Sudanese Civil War[1] War in Darfur Sri Lankan Civil War South Sudanese ethnic violence Sudanese conflict Syrian Civil War Boko Haram insurgency Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)[2] |
Production history | |
Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov[3] |
Designed | 1980 |
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Produced | 1983–present[4] |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 12.6 kg (27.78 lb) |
Length | 1,192 mm (46.9 in) |
Barrel length | 658 mm (25.9 in) |
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Action | Gas-operated, open bolt |
Rate of fire | 700–800 round/min |
Muzzle velocity | 840 m/s (2,776 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 1,640 yd (100—1,500 m sight adjustments) |
Feed system | Belts in 100/200/250 round boxes |
Sights | Open sights. Optical/Night vision scope can be outfitted. |
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Only a few Type 80s were used in the People's Liberation Army Marine Corps and airborne units, and a modified Type 80, named as Type 86, was then accepted by PLA armor units.[5]