The QJY-88, also known as the Type 88 LMG (Chinese: 88式通用机枪; pinyin: 1988 shì tōngyòng jīqiāng; lit. '1988 model general purpose machine gun'), is a 5.8x42mm Chinese light machine gun designed in the late 1980s by China North Industries Corporation, otherwise known as Norinco.
== History == The QJY-88 was intended to replace the obsolete Type 67 machine gun in service with the PLA.
== Design == The GPMG was created with first prototypes designed in 1989 before it was approved for production in 1999. A variant with a heavier barrel, longer flash hider, and an electric solenoid trigger that replaces the buttstock, named QJT88 (QJT5.8), is designed for vehicle coaxial usage.
== Variants == QJY-88 Base variant. QJT-88 Coaxial machine gun with electric solenoid trigger
== Users == China People's Liberation Army Claimed to be replaced by QJY-201 Law enforcement in China
=== Non-state actors === Tamil Tigers
== See also == QJS-161 – (China) QBB-95 – (China) HK MG4 – (Germany) HK MG5 – (Germany) IMI Negev – (Israel) RPL-20 – (Russia) Daewoo Precision Industries K3 – (South Korea) Ultimax 100 – (Singapore) FN MAG – (Belgium) FN Minimi – (Belgium) FN EVOLYS – (Belgium) M60 machine gun – (United States) M249 light machine gun – (Belgium, United States) PK machine gun – (Soviet Union) PKP Pecheneg machine gun – (Russia) Sumitomo Type 62 – (Japan)