Well, a military should field the best assault rifle for its infantry that it can afford. That old saying "you get what you pay for," is more often than not true when it comes to assault rifles.
The Steyr Mannlicher Armee Universal Gewehr (AUG) is superior in every possible way to the Chinese QBZ95 Assault rifle and is battle tested to boot. In fact, Steyr AUGs are the standard infantry rifle for Austria, Australia, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Steyr AUGs have seen combat in Afghanistan, East Timor, and Iraq. The Chinese QBZ95 is as of yet an untested and almost unfielded firearm. Not to mention that Chinese firearms manufacturing leaves a lot to question when it comes to consistent quality.
I point out that in the article cited above published in "Combat Arms" the author states and I quote:
I'd rather my forces carry a more expensive, battle tested, and battle proven weapon that has been perfected over the years into a wonderful infantry rifle than a cheaper, untested, and unproven systems with suspect manufacturing and quality control. The latest AUG A-3 offers a number of accessories add-ons and represents the latest version of the best bullpup ever produced.
The Steyr Mannlicher Armee Universal Gewehr (AUG) is superior in every possible way to the Chinese QBZ95 Assault rifle and is battle tested to boot. In fact, Steyr AUGs are the standard infantry rifle for Austria, Australia, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Steyr AUGs have seen combat in Afghanistan, East Timor, and Iraq. The Chinese QBZ95 is as of yet an untested and almost unfielded firearm. Not to mention that Chinese firearms manufacturing leaves a lot to question when it comes to consistent quality.
I point out that in the article cited above published in "Combat Arms" the author states and I quote:
I know little of Israel's Tavor Bullpup, but I'd like to point out that many others have tried to develop a bullpup design such as the FAMAS (which, is not a popular rifle among French Forces), the SA-80 (that was prone to many failures until H&K came onboard), and the SAR-21 of which little is known about in the west.
I'd rather my forces carry a more expensive, battle tested, and battle proven weapon that has been perfected over the years into a wonderful infantry rifle than a cheaper, untested, and unproven systems with suspect manufacturing and quality control. The latest AUG A-3 offers a number of accessories add-ons and represents the latest version of the best bullpup ever produced.