The QCW-05 is a suppressed submachine gun. It is manufactured and developed by the People's Liberation Army 208 Research Institute and Jianshe Industries (Group) Corporation of Chongqing under the China South Industries Group for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces and the People's Armed Police. This weapon is designed for the 5.8 X 21 mm DCV05 sub-sonic round that is also used by the QSW-06 Silenced Pistol.
The QCW-05 is a blowback, open bolt bullpup silenced submachine gun that is capable of either full automatic or semi-automatic fire. The QCW-05s light weight can be attributed to its small aluminum receiver and polymer construction which also lends itself well towards quicker mass-production. It has a low rate of fire in order to maintain controllability, a featured stressed from the beginning by the PLA for a weapon as light as a submachine gun. There is a thumb fire mode selector on the left side of the weapon directly above the grip with a semi-automatic position (1), full automatic (2), and safety (0) and an ejection port on the right side of the weapon. A removable metal screw-on cylindrical suppressor is attached to the barrel of the gun. The carrying andle. The use of the 5.8 X 21 mm DV05 subsonic round reduced the QCW-05's muzzle velocity to approximately 150 m/s and gives the submachine gun an effective range of 50 metres which is considered adequate for a silenced weapon. As the QCW-05 is designed for general military use rather than being used only in a specialised niche role, a suppressor can be a hindrance when a situation calls for an emphasis on the performance or size of the weapon rather than its noise reduction capabilities, which is why the suppressor is removable, or in the case of the QCQ-05 variant, completely absent. Once the suppressor is removed, the QCW-05 is essentially the samehandle, which is located above the compact aluminium receiver, houses the charging h as the QCQ-05 and can fire the DAP92 round as well. The QCW-05 shares the common trait of other bullpup weapons of being unable to fire from the left shoulder given the placement of the ejection port and cocking handle and its proximity to the operator's face when firing. Ammunition is fed from a detachable curved fifty round, four column, double stacked box (another initial requirement of the PLA) at the rear of the submachine gun.
The QCW-05 is a blowback, open bolt bullpup silenced submachine gun that is capable of either full automatic or semi-automatic fire. The QCW-05s light weight can be attributed to its small aluminum receiver and polymer construction which also lends itself well towards quicker mass-production. It has a low rate of fire in order to maintain controllability, a featured stressed from the beginning by the PLA for a weapon as light as a submachine gun. There is a thumb fire mode selector on the left side of the weapon directly above the grip with a semi-automatic position (1), full automatic (2), and safety (0) and an ejection port on the right side of the weapon. A removable metal screw-on cylindrical suppressor is attached to the barrel of the gun. The carrying andle. The use of the 5.8 X 21 mm DV05 subsonic round reduced the QCW-05's muzzle velocity to approximately 150 m/s and gives the submachine gun an effective range of 50 metres which is considered adequate for a silenced weapon. As the QCW-05 is designed for general military use rather than being used only in a specialised niche role, a suppressor can be a hindrance when a situation calls for an emphasis on the performance or size of the weapon rather than its noise reduction capabilities, which is why the suppressor is removable, or in the case of the QCQ-05 variant, completely absent. Once the suppressor is removed, the QCW-05 is essentially the samehandle, which is located above the compact aluminium receiver, houses the charging h as the QCQ-05 and can fire the DAP92 round as well. The QCW-05 shares the common trait of other bullpup weapons of being unable to fire from the left shoulder given the placement of the ejection port and cocking handle and its proximity to the operator's face when firing. Ammunition is fed from a detachable curved fifty round, four column, double stacked box (another initial requirement of the PLA) at the rear of the submachine gun.
| Type 05 (Weisheng Chongfeng Qiang QCW-05) | |
|---|---|
| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | People's Republic of China |
| Service history | |
| Used by | People's Republic of China |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Jianshe Industry (Group) Corporation |
| Designed | 2001-2005 |
| Manufacturer | China South Industries Group |
| Produced | 2005—present |
| Variants | JS 9 mm, QCQ-05 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2.2 kg (4.85 lb) |
| Length | 500 mm (19.7 in) |
| Barrel length | 250 mm (9.8 in) |
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| Cartridge | 5.8x21mm DCV05 (QCW-05), 5.8x21mm DAP92 (QCQ-05) |
| Action | Blowback, open bolt |
| Rate of fire | 400 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | QCW-05 - 150 m/s, QCQ-05 - 321 m/s |
| Effective range | 50 m |
| Maximum range | 200 m |
| Feed system | 50-round box magazine |
| Sights | Flip-up rear sight |
