QJY88

QJY88
Details
Weapon class	Medium Machine Gun
Users	People’s Liberation Army PLA Navy Marine Corps
Capacity	100-round belt container
Cartridge	5.8×42mm
Rate of fire	650 RPM
Fire Mode	Automatic

“	QJY-88 is a general purpose machine gun designed to replace the aging Type 67 machine gun for service in the People's Liberation Army and is manufactured by Norinco.	„
	~ In-game description

The QJY88 is a general-purpose machine gun featured in Squad, introduced in the version 4.0 as part of the Red Star Rising update for the People’s Liberation Army.

Statistics

Details
Weapon Name	QJY88
Weapon Type	Medium Machine Gun
Damage Type	Kinetic
Magazine Size	100
Ammo Cost	2
Damage Model
Base Damage	86
Min. Damage	35
Base Damage Distance	380 m
Min. Damage Distance	800 m
Damage: Head	258
Damage: Shoulder	53.75
Damage: Calf	43
Damage: Forearm	36.12
Rate of Fire	652
Ballistics
Muzzle Velocity	853 m/s
Acceleration	−30 m/s2 for 1.5 s
Gravity Modifier	2.75
MOA	3
Max. Range	N/A
Weapon Handling
Show/Hide table Sway Sway Stand (HF/ADS) 12.0/9.0 Sway Crouch (HF/ADS) 8.0/6.0 Sway Prone (HF/ADS) 3.0/1.5 Sway Bipod (HF/ADS) 0.0/0.0 Max Move Sway Factor 22.0 Low Stamina Sway Factor 3.5 Max Sway Limit No Limit Sway Alightment Stand (HF/ADS) 5.0/3.5 Sway Alightment Crouch (HF/ADS) 2.7/2.7 Sway Alightment Prone (HF/ADS) 1.5/1.5 Sway Alightment Bipod (HF/ADS) 0.7/0.6 Max Move Sway Alignment Factor 22.0 Low Stamina Sway Alignment Factor 3.5 Max Sway Alignment Limit 10.0 Spring Stiffness 0.75 Damping 0.4 Recoil Recoil Stand ADS (μ/σ) x:2.2/0.4 y:1.5/0.4 Recoil Crouch ADS (μ/σ) x:1.1/0.3 y:0.5/0.33 Recoil Prone ADS (μ/σ) x:0.1/0.2 y:0.2/0.22 Recoil Bipod ADS (μ/σ) x:0.04/0.072 y:0.015/0.075 Recoil Stand HF (μ/σ) x:4.0/2.2 y:5.0/2.2 Recoil Crouch HF (μ/σ) x:1.8/0.8 y:1.5/0.8 Recoil Prone HF (μ/σ) x:0.5/0.35 y:0.6/0.35 Recoil Bipod HF (μ/σ) x:0.1/0.18 y:0.005/0.18
Miscellaneous
Suppression Effect	LMG
Equip	1.74 s
Reload Tactical	8 s
Reload Empty	10.66 s
Reload Bipod	6.83 s
2-hit Kill Max Distance	702 m

Variants

• The QJY88 is available to two factions, the People’s Liberation Army and PLA Navy Marine Corps.
• The QJY88 and its variants are also used as vehicle-mounted armaments.

Icon	Variant	Faction	Role	Sight	Ammo	Accessories	Note
	QJY88 + YMA95	PLA		YMA95 (4×), 100m zero	6 ammo boxes	Tracer
	QJY88 + YMA95	PLANMC		YMA95 (4×), 100m zero	6 ammo boxes	Tracer

Gameplay

• The QJY88 ammo box holds 100 rounds.
• The QJY88 has a long reload time as a belt-fed machine gun.
• Can only be fired on fully-automatic.
• The QJY88 is fitted with a deployable bipod.
• Every 4th round is a tracer round.
• The sights for the YMA88 is the YMA95 (4×) telescopic sight only.
  • The YMA95 (4×) telescopic optic allows the user to see enemies from long distances easily and engage enemies at longer ranges without the need to zero the weapon. This is a Bullet Drop Compensation scope designed with pre-determined hold-over marks.
• The QJY88 has a unique damage model but shares its ballistic performance with the FN MAG. The latter has a higher rate of fire.
  • The 652 rounds per minute rate of fire is below average for an automatic weapon.
  • Compared to the prevalent Soviet PKM, the QJY88 has lower damage, the same rate of fire, and better muzzle velocity.
• The QJY88 is classified in-game as the Medium Machine Guns. Medium Machine Guns have extremely uncontrollable sway, inadequate point fire responsiveness, and excessive recoil. Sway and recoil can be significantly reduced via prone or bipod.
  • Unlike other Medium Machin Guns, QJY88 outputs suppression effects akin to Light Machine Guns.
• Firing the weapon with the bipod deployed is always preferred, creating a highly stable and accurate fire support platform. If the bipod cannot be used, firing the gun from the prone position is the next best option.
  • Firing in short bursts will increase the overall accuracy. It will also conserve ammunition.
• The QJY88 will not hurt hostile armored vehicles, but it can be used effectively against Technicals, Transports, or Logistics Trucks to kill or wound the occupants. It will also destroy Motorcycles.

History

The QJY88 or Type 88 General Purpose Machine Gun (Chinese: 88式通用机枪) is a 5.8x42mm light machine gun designed in the late 1980s by Norinco for the People’s Liberation Army. It was intended to replace the obsolete Type 67 machine gun in service. The QJY88 was designed to chamber intermediate cartridges used on QBZ95-1 due to PLA's universal compatibility doctrine at the time.

Trivia

• QJY stands for "Light weapon - Machine Gun - General Purpose" in the Chinese military designation system.
• QJY88 is very different from its real-life counterparts. In real life, the weapon has a rate of fire at 700RPM (depicted correctly in the weapon description), a 200-round belt box, and uses 5.8×42mm intermediate rifle cartridges. However, it only has 650 RPM in the game, is equipped with a 100-round belt, and has a damage profile similar to MMG with full-power cartridges.

Gallery

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  Idle

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  Aim Down Sight

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  Idle (Bipod)

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  QJY88 in real life

See also

• Machine Gunner
• People’s Liberation Army
• PLA Navy Marine Corps
• QJZ89
• Weapons

External links

• QJY88 on Wikipedia