Taiwan Allows Media Access to T112 Rifle
Red Dot Sights and Prism Scopes Added
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9 October 2024 (Wednesday)
Taiwan Allows Media Access to T112 Rifle
Red Dot Sights and Prism Scopes Added
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
TAIPEI - “Finally they are giving our boys red dot sights and prism scopes” with the new T112 Assault Rifle, said a military source.
Built by the Kaohsiung-based 205th Arsenal, the new 5.56x45 mm rifle will replace older T-91 assault rifles and much older 65K2 assault rifles (T=Taiwan).
Please consult the book: Taiwan Army Weapons and Equipment: including the Marine Corps (550 pages/2022).
The 205th will, in total, build 86,000 rifles, to being delivery in 2025 with final delivery of all T112s by 2029.
A source inside the Ministry of National Defense said the military wants to finally rid itself of the T65s and that the new T112 is not all that different from the T91. Therefore, the T91s will be the last of the rifles phased out.
The T112 assault rifle has a tactical slide rail and can be equipped with a grenade launcher and various optical sights.
The barrel is polygonal and thickened compared with the T91 resulting in improved accuracy of groups of 9.8 centimeters at 100 meters compared to the T91's 14.5 centimeters at 100 meters.
Compared to the T91, the T112 barrel has a longer life expectancy of 10,000 rounds, compared with the T91s 6,000 rounds.
The selector lever, the magazine release button, and cocking handle latch, are ambidextrous. Whereas, the T91 was designed for only right-handed users.
The fore grip has a retractable bipod and the magazine has a transparent case that allows the shooter to know the quantity. The magazine is a composite plastic, less prone to jamming than the aluminum magazine of the T91.
The barrel’s steel flash suppressor has indentations allowing for use as a window breaker and wire cutter, not to mention as a melee or pell-mell used in close-quarter combat (CQC).
Below: All photographs available via the Ministry of National Defense; CLICK TO ENLARGE:
The selector lever is configured for single or full automatic. It also has the option of bursts of two rounds, instead of three, due to U.S. military data extracted during recent wars in the last 20 years, resulting in more effective accuracy during combat and reducing ammunition waste.
The Press Event is below with Chinese and English (along with PDF for download); note that many of the pages are missing in both the PDF and screenshots from the PDF; the MND simply stated they were of no consequence as they were frivolous content.
