Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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This time, we're covering the QBB LSW.
A bigger brother to the Type 25, the QBB offers LMG-grade damage and capacity, with some similar traits to its fast-firing sibling.
The QBB LSW is the light support weapon variant of the Chinese QBZ assault rifle design.
Designed for more sustained use, and for use with more powerful ammunition - the QBB is equipped with a heavier barrel, larger drum magazine and a front-mounted bipod.
An improved variant of the QBZ platform was introduced in 2010: the QBZ-95-1, or 'Gai' meaning modified. It's not outside the realm of possibility that an extrapolated future variant will remain in service by the year 2025.
Given the QBB's external similarity to that of the Type 25, this particular variant is likely to be a semi-fictional modification of the futuristic 2025 platform, rather than a direct representation of the QBB-95 that exists today.
In-game, the QBB is the lowest damage LMG - but compared to most other weapons, per-shot damage is relatively high, needing just 3 shots to kill at a close range.
At a distance, you may need up to 5 shots: and it is worth noting that the QBB has no headshot multiplier whatsoever - so the wisest strategy is to always aim for centre mass.
Like most of the LMGs, range dropoff is relatively slow, offering fairly consistent performance out to a middle range - but the QBB pales in comparison to the Mk 48's leviathan reach.
It is its rate of fire where the QBB LSW shines - trumping all other LMGs at 940 rounds per minute, on par with most SMGs.
With Rapid Fire equipped, you'll dole out 1250 rounds per minute instead - although this does come with a range penalty, and greater recoil.
Hipfire spread is the same as all of the other LMGs, lying between the assault rifles and sniper class performance: but the QBB's high rate of fire does make for perhaps the best hipfire performance within its class.
Recoil is moderate, relatively mild on a per-shot basis but quickly compounding due to the ferocious level of output.
You'd be well advised to burst fire, especially when tackling enemies at a distance.
Aim time is marginally quicker than its peers, although the QBB does suffer from the universally slow handling times associated with the LMGs: your movement speed is of the slowest for any primary weapon, at 90% of the maximum base speed.
Magazine capacity is of a healthy 75 rounds, or 100 with the extended clip attachment: a little lower than the belt-fed weapons, but a cut above most of the more mobile weapon options.
Of course, with the QBB's elevated output these 75 rounds are chewed through quickly - but thankfully reloads aren't too slow to endure, at 3.72 seconds - positively sprightly compared to the Mk 48.
The QBB LSW is perhaps the LMG most suited to close-range area denial: a sustained ability to dole out a huge amount of lead in a relatively short space of time can turn the tide when holding a critical objective.
It boasts the fire rate of an SMG, with the damage of an LMG - few weapons will kill as quickly at a close range.
Of course, the usual downsides of the LMG class do apply: slowed movement and sluggish handling speeds will be your burden to bear when equipping this weapon.
Long range performance suffers too, compared to the other options in the LMG class: moderate recoil and low damage mean it's the weakest LMG at a distance.
Still, the QBB's rate of fire can round out the otherwise slow handling traits, and with the right loadout you can give even the most fervent of enemy a run for their money.
With stonewall resistance and unyielding force, lay plans with this Chinese weapon...
...and teach your opponent The Art of War.
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This time, we're covering the QBB LSW.
A bigger brother to the Type 25, the QBB offers LMG-grade damage and capacity, with some similar traits to its fast-firing sibling.
The QBB LSW is the light support weapon variant of the Chinese QBZ assault rifle design.
Designed for more sustained use, and for use with more powerful ammunition - the QBB is equipped with a heavier barrel, larger drum magazine and a front-mounted bipod.
An improved variant of the QBZ platform was introduced in 2010: the QBZ-95-1, or 'Gai' meaning modified. It's not outside the realm of possibility that an extrapolated future variant will remain in service by the year 2025.
Given the QBB's external similarity to that of the Type 25, this particular variant is likely to be a semi-fictional modification of the futuristic 2025 platform, rather than a direct representation of the QBB-95 that exists today.
In-game, the QBB is the lowest damage LMG - but compared to most other weapons, per-shot damage is relatively high, needing just 3 shots to kill at a close range.
At a distance, you may need up to 5 shots: and it is worth noting that the QBB has no headshot multiplier whatsoever - so the wisest strategy is to always aim for centre mass.
Like most of the LMGs, range dropoff is relatively slow, offering fairly consistent performance out to a middle range - but the QBB pales in comparison to the Mk 48's leviathan reach.
It is its rate of fire where the QBB LSW shines - trumping all other LMGs at 940 rounds per minute, on par with most SMGs.
With Rapid Fire equipped, you'll dole out 1250 rounds per minute instead - although this does come with a range penalty, and greater recoil.
Hipfire spread is the same as all of the other LMGs, lying between the assault rifles and sniper class performance: but the QBB's high rate of fire does make for perhaps the best hipfire performance within its class.
Recoil is moderate, relatively mild on a per-shot basis but quickly compounding due to the ferocious level of output.
You'd be well advised to burst fire, especially when tackling enemies at a distance.
Aim time is marginally quicker than its peers, although the QBB does suffer from the universally slow handling times associated with the LMGs: your movement speed is of the slowest for any primary weapon, at 90% of the maximum base speed.
Magazine capacity is of a healthy 75 rounds, or 100 with the extended clip attachment: a little lower than the belt-fed weapons, but a cut above most of the more mobile weapon options.
Of course, with the QBB's elevated output these 75 rounds are chewed through quickly - but thankfully reloads aren't too slow to endure, at 3.72 seconds - positively sprightly compared to the Mk 48.
The QBB LSW is perhaps the LMG most suited to close-range area denial: a sustained ability to dole out a huge amount of lead in a relatively short space of time can turn the tide when holding a critical objective.
It boasts the fire rate of an SMG, with the damage of an LMG - few weapons will kill as quickly at a close range.
Of course, the usual downsides of the LMG class do apply: slowed movement and sluggish handling speeds will be your burden to bear when equipping this weapon.
Long range performance suffers too, compared to the other options in the LMG class: moderate recoil and low damage mean it's the weakest LMG at a distance.
Still, the QBB's rate of fire can round out the otherwise slow handling traits, and with the right loadout you can give even the most fervent of enemy a run for their money.
With stonewall resistance and unyielding force, lay plans with this Chinese weapon...
...and teach your opponent The Art of War.
