They were already transitioning way from the QBZ95 to the QBZ03, and I guess they're skipping ahead once more with this design.
I don't think you can - IIRC it was developed either after or around the time when Chinese imports were banned from the U.S.
The rifle looks pretty cool - seems like it can be converted to be left-handed pretty easily if the selector switch is anything to go by.
Interesting how their primary rifle transitioned 3 times through the AK platform, to the bullpup platform, and now what looks to be an M4 platform with AK characteristics.
I'm curious what the internals look like since it's a short-stroke system, and whether or not it's field disassembly and maintenance is as complex as the AR process or they dumbed it down AK style.
There's not that much information out on it (or at least information available to us, people actually in China might have better sources), but there is one video I know of that does a relatively in-depth dive
My dumb American mind: "But how will I mount my flashlight? What if I want a different stock for some cheek cushion? Can I replace the grip with something a little more plush and vertical? How easily can I swap the trigger?"
But also, eww grippods.
What is so great about AKs? I'm not asserting that they aren't, I just don't know what leftists like about them other than their relation to AES states historically.
Yeah, there's several variants - I think there's supposed to be a carbine, a regular rifle, and a DMR (or something DMR-adjacent, the PLA probably uses different terminology and their doctrine doesn't overlap entirely with the NATO idea of a DMR)
