Photos of the day: PLA underwater gun

Monday, January 25, 2010

Chinese underwater guns

The recently aired CCTV documentary has confirmed that the secretive Chinese underwater guns are based on the Russian designs*

The Russian SPP-1 4.5mm underwater pistol can accommodate either a twin or quad-barrel arrangement with a cartridge in each which is inserted into the pistol's breech. The Chinese QSS-05 5.8mm adoption (or 山寨) has a tri-barrel pistol arrangement.

The Chinese also "山寨-ed" the Russian APS Underwater Assault Rifle to fire the Chinese 5.8mm rifle round.

* Thanks genkideskan, =GT, and chenium for the photos.

Russian SPP-1 (twin-barrel) vs QSS-05 (tri-barrel)

The Chinese 5.8mm underwater ammo



Chinese Underwater Assault Rifle





APS Underwater Assault Rifle



PLAN Frogmen




Other PLAN underwater toys.