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Description
The
Wu-Beijing Type-49 Assault Rifle is unique among
modern military arms, its uniqueness stemming from a
return to an older design which uses a
trigger-magazine-barrel design layout rather than
the more efficient “bullpup” layout
(magazine-trigger-barrel design).
The Type-49
trigger-magazine-barrel design layout results in a longer rifle with
no gain in effective barrel length, a shortcoming the Type-95 dealt
with by shortening the barrel to carbine length and providing the
weapon with a folding stock. With the stock folded, the weapon is
very handy, but aimed fire is effectively impossible. |
