The topic of the new 191 gun tribe, replacing the old 95-chaos, which is a large number of equipment in the hands of the People's Liberation Army, is the focus of discussion among netizens in the recent past. Recently, CCTV military media has released the 191 assault rifle and has successively replaced the People's Liberation Army recruits. You should know that in the past, the weapons at the PLA recruits' gun awarding ceremony were all 95 assault rifles . In addition, the 191 assault rifles have been deployed in large numbers since 2019, so some experts believe that the 191 assault rifles will cooperate with the new combat system of PLA Army , replacing the 95 thrust will become the main light weapon of the PLA Army's army, and the speed of replacement will be greatly accelerated and faster. According to the current progress of the People's Liberation Army's large-scale replacement of the 191 gun tribe, the 95 thunder is likely to be replaced by the 191 thunder one after another.
This creates a very interesting question. If one day in the future, the 191 gun clan really replaces the 95 assault rifle, then what will the replaced 95 be handled? According to foreign media data, the People's Liberation Army's 95 began mass production in 1995. In the 24 years of 2019, the Type 95 assault rifles have been produced in succession, becoming a light weapon with a relatively large number of equipment from the People's Liberation Army. More than 3 million Type 95 assault rifles could not be destroyed even if they were retired. This would be a waste. Hu Niu estimated that part of the 95s would definitely be sealed, just like the People's Liberation Army had sealed 56 and a half and 56s before, but part of the 95s might have to be sold out, which is considered to be full of old weapons. The number is definitely impossible to be 3 million, and it is possible to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
In fact, the Type 95 assault rifle has already had export records, but it replaced the caliber of 95 with a Western universal 5.56mm caliber and new magazine, launching 5.56×45mm NATO standard intermediate power rifle bullets. The export version of 95 is called the Type 97 automatic rifle. This rifle is sold in Canada, Cambodia , Laos, Pakistan and Sudan and other countries. Especially when the Canadian private light weapons market was once sold out and widely praised. After the United States imposed sanctions on China from exporting light weapons to Canada, the remaining 97 retained in the market were once sold to a point where it was hard to find a shot, and the price soared several times that it could not be bought.
However, the 95 burst used by itself is the PLA standard 5.8mm caliber, and the 5.8×42mm small-caliber rifle bullet is fired. Some netizens believe that after the 95 rifle is replaced and retired in the future, it can be sold in large quantities to North Korea or Pakistan. It can also help North Korea and Pakistan to establish their own bullet production lines and provide technology to solve their bullet supply problems. Hu Niu thinks this makes sense.
Let’s talk about Pakistan first. The Pakistan Army is equipped with ,000-country weapons. The light weapons it is equipped with come from dozens of countries. assault rifle alone has five countries’ equipment, namely G3 of Germany, M4A1 of the United States, AUG of the Austrian , as well as Chinese 56 rush , and SSG550 assault rifle of Swiss . Its diameter ranges from 5.56 to 7.62mm, and there are as many as three types of bullets. Now, the assault rifle that occupies a certain proportion in the Pakistan Army is China's 56th rush. This gun is actually a product that China imitates the Soviet AK47 assault rifle and has made derivative improvements in subsequent development. To this day, its performance has become seriously insufficient in terms of ductility, modularity and versatility compared to the small-caliber rifle .
Therefore, Pakistan is seeking to order a new type of rifle to replace the 56 rush, so the 95 will come in handy. The performance of the 95 assault rifle is much stronger than the 56 rush. Considering that the 95 is a small-caliber assault rifle, it has a series of advantages such as compactness, low recoil, and high accuracy. Moreover, with the installation of the new 5.8×42mm DBP10 bullet, when the 95 uses this bullet, the muzzle has a large kinetic energy and a strong medium and long-distance speed storage ability. In terms of initial velocity and direct firing distance, the external ballistic direct firing distance of 5.56mm SS109 bullet and 5.45mm 7N6 bullet are relatively far away from the external ballistic direct firing distance. In terms of specific performance, it is a weapon of a unified level as well as well-known assault rifles such as M4 and AUG.
If the Pakistan Army is equipped with 95 rifles in large quantities in the future, it can form a certain advantage for Indian soldiers who use non-automatic Insas rifles , or AK203 assault rifles. More importantly, the price of the Type 95 assault rifle is also very cheap. According to media data, the price of a 95 rifle, including a matching white light sight, is 4,300 yuan (US$676 per unit). Considering the influence of many factors such as depreciation, the 95 exported by China to Pakistan can be cheaper, which is simply cheap for Pakistan. You should know that India, where people are stupid and have a lot of money, the unit price of the SIG 716 medium-caliber automatic rifle purchased from the United States is US$1,500-2,000, not including optical sights. The price of one is 3 sets of 95 with mirrors and there is still a surplus.
Next, let’s talk about the North Korean Army. The light weapons currently equipped by the North Korean army are mainly imitated AK-47, AKM, and AK74 assault rifles, with calibers of 5.45mm and 7.62mm. Considering the large scale of the North Korean armed forces, there are many North Korean soldiers equipped with the domestic version of the old AK-47 model. Therefore, using the better performance and cheaper 95 is a more suitable choice. North Korea is our legal ally, and it is nothing to be said that we provide some light weapons to North Korea, which is in high demand for weapons. Of course, just like the hypothetical point of view of netizens, whether it is selling North Korea or Pakistan, we have to wait until the day when the 95 is retired on a large scale. Although the 95 is being replaced by a large number of 191 assault rifles, it is too early to truly withdraw from the front-line combat force by 95, and it is not too late to talk about the topic of 95 exports on that day.
