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{{Infobox weapon
| name = QJS-161/QJB-201
| origin = China
| type = [[Light machine gun]]
| is_ranged = yes
| used_by = [[People's Liberation Army]]
| manufacturer = [[Norinco]]
| cartridge = [[5.8×42mm]]
| action= [[Gas-operated]]
| feed = 30 round detachable box [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]]<br />100 round [[ammunition belt|belt]]
| weight = <{{convert|5|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} (empty)
| length =
| sights= QMK-204 (3x)
}}
The '''QJS-161 Paratrooper Machinegun''' ({{zh|s=161式伞兵机枪 |p=Yāo liù yāo shì Sǎnbīng Jīqiāng}}), also known as the '''QJB-201 Squad Machinegun''' ({{zh|s=201式班用机枪|p=Èr líng yāo shì Bānyòng Jīqiāng}}),<ref name="netease">{{cite web|date=4 August 2021 |title=博物馆里的新枪族，见证轻武器发展，解放军单兵武器未来可期 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/GGJ7GON405238FA2.html |website=NetEase News |language=zh|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> is a Chinese [[light machine gun]] designed and manufactured by [[Norinco]] for the [[People's Liberation Army]] [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force|Ground Force]] and [[People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps|Airborne Corps]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 October 2022|title=QJS161 new flight debut, full-scattered bullet, comparable to Western similar products |url=https://inf.news/en/military/8485bda69f7ea54e100ce7c6307d9085.html |website=inf.news |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
==Design and development==
The QJS-161 features two types of barrel varied in length, presumably for different requirements from the [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force|PLA Ground Force]] and the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps|PLAAF Airborne Corps]]. As an [[Open bolt|open-bolt]] machine gun, the QJS-161 uses [[5.8×42mm]] ammunition that can feed either from a [[Belt (firearms)|disintegrating belt]] in fabric container loaded into the feed port on the left side of the weapon, or a standard Chinese 5.8×42mm [[box magazine]] inserted vertically into the magazine well at the bottom of the weapon,<ref>{{cite web|date=24 March 2021|title=QJS161型新班机亮相，全可散弹链供弹，媲美西方同类产品|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20210324A0EHU000|website=Tencent News|language=zh|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> and the non-reciprocating charging handle is located on its right. A [[picatinny rail]] is located behind the short dust cover above the feeding port.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 March 2021|title=国产最新轻机枪出现！小口径短管更适合特战两栖，和美军同一水平 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/G5MCRP5O05159TSH.html |website=Net Ease News|language=zh|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413225458/https://www.163.com/dy/article/G5MCRP5O05159TSH.html|archive-date=13 April 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The squad automatic machine gun features weight reduction design, such as lightweight material for the body and detachable box magazine made of fabric, reducing the weight to less than {{convert|5|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} when empty. The side-folding stock features a fully adjustable buttpad and cheek rest.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 October 2021|title=军工工艺进步巨大，航展上解放军未来新枪族？外貌与内涵兼而有之 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/GLJ1RPPV05238FA2.html |website=NetEase News |language=zh |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
==Users==
* {{flag|China}}: [[People's Liberation Army]]
==See also==
*[[List of machine guns]]
*[[List of dual-feed firearms]]
* [[QJY-201]]
* [[QBB-95]]
* [[QJY-88]]
* [[FN EVOLYS]]
* [[Heckler & Koch MG4]]
* [[IWI Negev]]
* [[M249 light machine gun]]
* [[RPL-20]]
==References==
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{{Modern Chinese Infantry Weapons}}
[[Category:5.8 mm firearms]]
[[Category:Light machine guns]]
[[Category:Machine guns of the People's Republic of China]]
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