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Not to be confused with the similarily named QBU-88


The QJY-88, also known as the Type 88 LMG (Chinese: 88式通用机枪 1988 Shì Tōngyòng Jīqiāng; English: 1988 Model General Purpose Machine Gun), is a 5.8×42mm Chinese light machine gun designed in the late 1980s by China North Industries Corporation, otherwise known as Norinco. It was intended to replace the obsolete Type 67 Machine Gun in service with the People's Liberation Army.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat[]

The QJY-88 is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat as the primary Support kit weapon for the People's Liberation Army. It has a large magazine, decent firepower, and a moderate fire rate with medium recoil. It cannot be aimed down sights, just like the M249 SAW or PKM, and is therefore relatively ineffective at range.

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Battlefield: Bad Company[]

"The type 88 light machine gun is of Chinese origin and entered service in the PLA at the beginning of the 21st century."

— In game description.

The QJU88 is a light-machine gun featured in Battlefield: Bad Company.

Singleplayer[]

The QJU88 can be found in the final mission, Ghost Town, being used by Middle Eastern Coalition soldiers.

Multiplayer[]

The QJU88 is the default light machine gun issued to the Middle Eastern Coalition Support kit. It features a 150-round box magazine (with 300 rounds in reserve). It has a good fire rate, range and power, but lacks in accuracy, so farther targets will be harder to kill. It can kill in about 10 or so hits. Like all LMGs, it has a long reload, but this is balanced by its large capacity. It is the MEC equivalent to the American M249 and Russian PKM.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2[]

"New generation 5.8mm Chinese light machine gun. Heavier than many of its competitors, the Type 88 (also known as QJY 88) is a gas operated, air cooled, fully automatic LMG with a cyclic rate of 650 rounds per minute."

— In-game description

The Type 88 LMG is a light-machine gun featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Singleplayer[]

The Type 88 LMG is quite common among Russian Army soldiers and Bolivian Militiamen, and is very effective due to its low recoil and large magazine. In Heart of Darkness and Upriver, it is found sometimes with a Red Dot Sight.

Multiplayer[]

The Type 88 LMG is the third light machine gun issued to the Medic kit requiring 8,600 points to unlock. Its magazine is on the larger side, with 200 rounds in it. It has relatively controllable recoil and is a great weapon for continuous suppressing fire. The Type 88 LMG is extremely similar to and nearly outclassed by the PKM LMG, which has a higher damage per shot at the expense of magazine size and slightly lower rate of fire.

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Battlefield Play4Free[]

The QJY-88 is a purchasable LMG featured in Battlefield Play4Free. It boasts a large magazine of 80 rounds and the highest damage in the LMG class. However, it suffers from poor accuracy which makes it difficult to connect with longer ranged shots even when fired in short bursts. It costs 1,249 P4F Funds for unlimited use and features a black paint, instead of the standard elite tan paint.

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Battlefield 3[]

"A Chinese General Purpose Machine Gun the TYPE-88 is also known by its Chinese designation QJY-88. Despite the TYPE-88 name (referring to 1988 as the year of adoption) the weapon has only recently entered wide service with the People’s Liberation Army. The TYPE-88 fires a special heavy version of the Chinese 5.8x42mm round and is equipped by default with a bipod for supported shooting."

— Battlelog description

The Type 88 LMG is a Light Machine Gun featured in Battlefield 3. It can equip the same series of attachments as the other light machine guns, and like all light machine guns, it comes default with a Bipod.

Singleplayer[]

The Type 88 LMG is exclusively found in the campaign missions Kaffarov and The Great Destroyer. One version of the Type 88 LMG in Kaffarov is preferred by many specialists for its Thermal Vision scope. This gun, along with the said specialization is found around the second concrete wall after you steal the Sniper from the guard on the first area. Several guards inside the pool house are also seen wielding this weapon, but without attachments. It can also be found in The Great Destroyer on a People's Liberation and Resistance operative directly before the car chase.

Co-Op[]

The Type 88 LMG is found on the Co-Op mission The Eleventh Hour inside the first ticket booth. It is also known to spawn on a body at the first multi-level section on Hit and Run.

Multiplayer[]

In multiplayer, the Type 88 LMG was only available through the Physical Warfare Pack, originally a pre-order bonus, but is now a free download on all platforms.

The weapon has medium damage, a medium rate of fire and manageable recoil, as well as clear iron sights. Even without the foregrip, the player can play with the Type 88 on the move effectively due its good capacity and controllable recoil, and with bipod deployed remains still effective, but not as effective in such manner as other machine guns like PKP Pecheneg or M249 that are better suited for suppressive fire.

These advantages were hindered by the longest reload time of all weapons in Battlefield 3 at 7.4 seconds. Players equipping this weapon should aware of their surroundings and avoid to be killed by surprise when reloading.

Compared to the other two weapons unlocked at the beginning of the Support kit, the M27 IAR and RPK-74M, the gun has the advantage of having a larger magazine, with 100 rounds standard and 200 with extended mag, ideal for suppressive fire role where a Support class player can really shine. That being said however, the Type 88 is relatively ineffective for suppressive fire compared to either the M249's higher rate of fire or the medium machine guns higher damage and suppression rates. It's main advantage lies in being the most controllable belt-fed machine gun when not having the bipod deployed.

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Battlefield 4[]

"A Chinese General Purpose Machine Gun the TYPE-88 is also known by its Chinese designation QJY-88. Despite the TYPE-88 name (referring to 1988 as the year of adoption) the weapon has only recently entered wide service with the People’s Liberation Army. The TYPE-88 fires a special heavy version of the Chinese 5.8x42mm round and is equipped by default with a bipod for supported shooting."

— Battlelog description

The Type 88 LMG is an LMG featured in Battlefield 4. It has had broad stat adjustments since Battlefield 3, and is now one of the most versatile LMGs, with low recoil, massive boxes, and decent rate of fire.

Singleplayer[]

The Type 88 LMG is the standard LMG of the People's Liberation Army. It is equipped with a Prisma, Heavy Barrel and Bipod. It sports a Worm Urban finish.

Multiplayer[]

The Type 88 LMG is the second light machine gun unlocked in multiplayer after scoring 10,000 points with LMGs. It has very low recoil, one of the lowest out of all LMGs, as well as a high ammunition capacity of 200 rounds per box. This allows the weapon to lay down suppressive fire for extended periods, and with minimal recoil and a moderately low fire rate of 700 RPM, can accurately attack enemies at medium to long range. The low recoil does impact close range performance, however. Additionally, its large magazine capacity is balanced by the longest reload time in game at 7.4 seconds.

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Battlefield 2042[]

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Two versions of Type 88 LMG are featured in Battlefield Portal for the BC2 Medic and BF3 Support classes.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2[]

"Also known as the QJY-88, the Type 88 was designed to replace the Type 67 as the standard Chinese light machine gun. Provides an abundance of belt-fed 5.8x42mm."

— In-game description

The Type 88 LMG is a weapon featured in Battlefield Portal, available for the BC2 Medic kit.

Although the in-game statistic claims that the Type 88 in BC2 Portal has a magazine size of 200 rounds, it only applies when the "CLASSIC SOLDIER WEAPON TUNING" option is on. Otherwiise, it only has 100 rounds.


Battlefield 3[]

"Also known as the QJY-88, the Type 88 was designed to replace the Type 67 as the standard Chinese light machine gun. Provides an abundance of belt-fed 5.8x42mm."

— In-game description

The Type 88 LMG is a weapon featured in Battlefield Portal, available for BF3 Support kit and in the Battlefield 2042 base game as of Eleventh Hour season as "Vault Weapon". The player need to performs 100 kills with this weapon in Portal or using M240 and inflicts 10,000 damage with LMGs in order to unlock.



Trivia[]

  • In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the weapon had the same damage as the PKM LMG before a patch reduced it by two points.
  • A Battlelog portrait featuring a Chinese Support soldier displays them holding a QJY-88 with a backwards mounted JGM-4 scope.
  • The original description of Type 88 LMG in Battlefield Portal was "New generation 5.8mm Chinese light machine gun. Heavier than similar weapons, it's 200 round magazine just may account for most of that weight.". It was changed, and may due to actual in-game statistic.

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