QLG-10

China’s standard under-barrel grenade launcher — a muzzle-loaded, single-shot, rifled 35×32mm caseless design that gives the PLA infantry squad an integral high-explosive, airburst and anti-light-armor effect on the QBZ-95-1 and QBZ-191 rifle families.

Overview

The QLG-10 (and the improved QLG-10A) is the organic under-barrel grenade launcher of the People’s Liberation Army, issued as a standard fitting on the QBZ-95-1 bullpup and the modular QBZ-191 rifle systems. It is a single-shot, muzzle-loaded, spin-stabilized launcher chambered for the indigenous 35×32mm caseless grenade family — an ecosystem China deliberately separated from NATO’s 40×46mm and Russia’s 40mm caseless standards, mirroring its independent small-arms caliber strategy. A companion non-lethal launcher, the Type 91 (QLG-91), fires a distinct 35×115mm round from a similar under-barrel mount.

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