This is not the first time China has revealed new weapons and equipment at a museum exhibition. The exhibition did not provide the designations of the light arms. They attracted the attention of many military enthusiasts, who said some of the guns were being displayed for the first time to the public. On display was a group of life-size models of domestically developed new-type light arms: a 9mm-caliber submachine gun, a 5.8mm-caliber auto rifle family, a 5.8mm-caliber precision rifle, a 5.8mm-caliber squad automatic weapon, a 7.62mm-caliber general-purpose machine gun, a 7.62mm-caliber sniper rifle, a 8.6mm-caliber sniper rifle, a 12.7mm-caliber sniper rifle, and a 9mm-caliber pistol family.

Some experts have said that the display showcases the latest development of China's national defense and its significance to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The museum opened to the general public last week.

Models of some of China's latest and most advanced pieces of military equipment, including new light arms, an aircraft carrier task group and a hypersonic missile, are on exhibition at the Museum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing. A group of life-size models of domestically developed new-type light arms are on display at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing in July, 2021.

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