Of course, China can't compare with Ukrainian and Russian military powers in arms export, but after several years of development, on the one hand, China has improved the quality and quantity of military weapons production, on the other hand, international relations have also expanded, and more countries are willing to establish strategic trade relations with China. Therefore, China's arms exports are also increasing year by year. Today, China has become the third largest exporter of weapons in the world, and one of the exported weapons is widely sold.
1985 heavy machine gun W85 was successfully developed. It belongs to anti-aircraft machine gun, and its design principle is air guidance. Its bullet chain reaches 60 rounds, with high repeatability. The aiming device adopts a vertical frame scale. This heavy machine gun has been developed for a long time, but its sales volume is definitely ahead. Small countries in Southeast Asia and West Asia import more. In addition, the perennial war-torn Middle East has a great demand for this heavy weapon. In modern warfare, this kind of domestic heavy machine gun appears frequently, which can adapt to many different land topography, and its long-range shooting hit rate is also high, with an effective range of1.5km..
20 15 Among the Iranian weapons on display in Teheran, the W85 heavy machine gun made in China is one of them. The Iranian military spoke highly of this gun and hoped to import more W85 in large quantities in the future. In addition to Iran's use in the Iran-Iraq War, W85 was also widely used in the Vietnam War that year. Because the W85 is relatively heavy, it is not ideal to use this heavy machine gun to move by manpower or pull a cart by mule or horse in the early days. Therefore, the best way to use it is to use position guards, which are mainly used to suppress the firepower of frontier enemies from a long distance and cooperate with defensive positions. It played a very significant role in creating the Vietnam War.
The origin of the gun name W85 is firstly the year of its research and development, and W stands for foreign trade products. In other words, this heavy machine gun was designed for export from the beginning, but the Type 85 is lighter than other anti-aircraft guns, with simple structure and high fault tolerance, so the China Army also has its own guns.
However, in the 1980s and 1990s, China's military technology level was still not in place. This W85 was originally an imitation of M36 antiaircraft gun made in the Soviet Union. Because M85 is more cost-effective than the original, it is widely sold overseas, and is called the substitute of M36.