Play to your strengths. The four player classes: Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon, each have their specialties, and working together is key to victory. Release Date: October 28, 2011.

Our Battlefield 3 Support Weapons section is full of all the official images and descriptions for each Assault weapon. Under each image you will find a brief description of the weapon, plus weapon characteristics.
Battlefield 3 Type 88 LMG
Battlefield 3 Type 88 LMG
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.

Characteristics
Auto fire: Yes
Single shot fire: No
Burst fire: No
Rate of Fire: 700
Ammunition: 100 [5.8x42mm DAP-87]
Range: Medium