LPM Medium machine gunner

LPM

night vision

Name
QJY-88	48	6	5

While the LPF has made great strides in indigeous small arms manufacture, most LPM units are provided with locally-licensed copies of the Chinese QJY-88 medium machine gun at the assault team level. Ammunition for the weapon is typically spread out among the other members of the team.

For forces deployed aboard the short-range patrol vessels common in the LPF's expansionist campaign, assault teams will typically have an extra machine gunner added.

Although not a formal position per LPM doctrine - each infantryman is expected to have at least a passing familiarity with the operation of the QJY-88 - the gunners have developed something of their own cult within the LPM. This trend has only accelerated as the use of machine guns for improvised anti-drone defense became a trend in recent counterinsurgency operations, and talk of forming dedicated machine-gun units for the purpose has circulated among the LPM high command despite limited evidence of the tactic's effectiveness.

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