Everyone is no stranger to talking about domestic sniper grenades. The QLU-11 sniper grenade is mainly used now. This is a 35mm grenade launcher . It is used as a fire support weapon. It has both range lethality and accuracy. The characteristics of shooting, hence the name sniper grenade. Of course, with the continuous development of domestic light weapons technology and the emergence of a large number of precision shooting rifles, new rifles, and machine guns, the "sniper grenade" weapon type is also facing improvements. Recently we have seen the domestically produced QLU-131A, which is the latest improved version of the QBU-10 sniper grenade. While retaining the original model, it can fire the latest programmed ammunition and also draws on some of the advantages of the foreign trade version. .
According to public media reports, we saw A brigade in the Xinjiang Military Region organized sniper heavy firearms to conduct live ammunition shooting. In this shooting, we saw the heavy anti-material sniper rifles used by soldiers, which are commonly known as "sniper grenades" by military fans. "It turned out to be an improved model. Judging from the picture, the model number on the gun body is QLU-131A-35, where 35 obviously refers to the 35 mm caliber, and QLU-131A indicates that this is an improved version of the old 131 model.
As we all know, there are strict regulations on domestic model naming. Generally, small improvements will not change the model by adding letters. Otherwise, it will be too troublesome to change the model after a small improvement, and the logistics maintenance level and weapon organization table will be too troublesome. So since it is an improved model, what are the major improvements of QLU-131A? At present, there are mainly two aspects. One is that it can launch new ammunition, and the other is the improvement of the barrel and muzzle brake . Among them, the new type of ammunition is the programmed ammunition that military fans are talking about.
So what is programming bomb? In fact, this concept has been around since the It has better killing efficiency. Of course, its use is not as simple as it sounds. It requires a muzzle brake, a ballistic aiming computer, and programmable binding ammunition.
In fact, if you look carefully, you can notice that there is a tubular part on the QLU-131A. This part is connected from the gun body to the muzzle brake. When a soldier uses it, he first uses the QLU-131A's huge ballistic sight to determine the location of the explosion, and then the built-in The ballistic computer will calculate the flight time based on the position and transmit it to the binding device of the muzzle brake. When the programmed bomb flies out, the programmable fuze passes through the coil of the muzzle brake and is bound to set the explosion time. By then, it can be completed As mentioned above, high-efficiency killing is accomplished in the most ideal position.
Therefore, the second improvement is the upgrade of the barrel and muzzle brake. As you can see in the picture, the barrel of QLU-131A is obviously thicker and can use new programmed ammunition. At the same time, the muzzle brake part adopts the appearance of the foreign trade version. Of course, this is not surprising, because the function of launching programmed bombs has always been a feature of the foreign trade version of QUL-131. In a sense, this time QUL-131A is also a foreign trade to domestic sale, which may be the actual use effect of launching programmed bombs. Yes, so China has also begun to equip improved models with this function.
Generally speaking, the emergence of QLU-131A is of great value to the development of heavy firepower for domestic soldiers, especially its 2-3 kilometers shooting range. It is an important firepower supplement to light and heavy machine guns. In light and heavy machine guns and Between mortars and , they provide an important method of fire suppression. Especially in the high-altitude areas where clouds have been gathering recently, the QLU-131A's precise heavy firepower can not only kill the enemy's exposed infantry in a wide range, but also accurately pull out the bunkers and firepower points set up between the opponent's mountains. It can be said that it is targeting It is very powerful and is an important individual firepower support for mountain operations and raid operations.
