Weapons

Chinese Army Invests in “Superweapons”

The Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) develops new super weapons that include smart grenade launchers, a pistol with changing fire trajectory, and a knife-gun. “Equipped with futuristic individual combat weapons like grenade-launching assault rifles, corner shot pistols and knife guns, the PLA special forces are aiming to build ‘super’ soldiers,” according to Global Times, one of China’s state-run media outlets.
According to the release, soldiers armed with the new weapons would be capable of fighting 10 enemy soldiers at once.
The PLA’s Xuefeng Special Operations Brigade tested the new weapons.
First up, the QTS-11 Individual Comprehensive Operation System, which “integrates the function of a rifle and a grenade launcher along with an advanced aiming module.”
“The QTS-11, dubbed a ‘strategic rifle’ by Chinese military observers despite being a tactical weapon, gained its nickname because it not only has multiple functions and provided the strongest individual firepower in the world, but is also highly digitalized with sensors, a positioning system and a data sharing system, making it a cut above other tactical weapons.”
Global Times compared the QTS-11 to the U.S. Army’s own XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon, a combination rifle and grenade launcher that the Americans tested, then discarded, in the early 2000s, according to nationalinterest.org.