Not to be confused with the Type 88 Sniper
The Type 88 LMG with a bipod in real life.
The QJY-88, also known as the Type 88 LMG (Chinese: 88式通用机枪 1988 shì tōngyòng jīqiāng; English: 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. It was intended to replace the obsolete Type 67 Machine Gun in service with the PLA.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
In Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, the QJY-88 is the primary Support kit weapon for the PLA. It has a large magazine, decent firepower, and a moderate fire rate with medium recoil. It cannot be aimed down sights, just like the M249 or PKM, and is therefore relatively ineffective at range.
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Battlefield: Bad Company
In Battlefield: Bad Company's singleplayer, the QJU88 can be found off of dead MEC enemies in the final mission: Ghost Town.
In multiplayer, it is the default light machine gun issued to the MEC Support kit. It features a 150 round box magazine (with 300 rounds in reserve). It has a good fire rate, range and power, but lacks in accuracy, so farther targets will be harder to kill. It can kill in about 10 or so hits. Like all LMGs, it has a long reload, but this is balanced by its large capacity.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
In Battlefield: Bad Company 2's singleplayer, the Type 88 LMG (in-game name) is quite common among Russian Army soldiers and Bolivian Militiamen, and is very effective due to its low recoil and large magazine.
In multiplayer, the Type 88 LMG is the third light machine gun issued to the Medic kit requiring 8,600 points to unlock. Its magazine is on the larger side, with 200 rounds in it. It has relatively controllable recoil and is a great weapon for continuous suppressing fire. The Type 88 LMG is extremely similar to and nearly outclassed by the PKM, which has a higher damage per shot at the expense of magazine size.
Sight/Appearance
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Battlefield Play4Free
The QJY-88 is a purchasable LMG featured in Battlefield Play4Free. It boasts a large magazine of 140 rounds and high damage. It costs 980 
for unlimited use and features a black paint, instead of the standard elite tan paint.
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Battlefield 3
— Battlelog description
The Type 88 LMG is a Light Machine Gun featured in Battlefield 3. It can equip the same series of attachments as the other light machine guns, and like all light machine guns, it comes default with a Bipod.
Singleplayer
The Type 88 LMG is highly found in the campaign missions, Kaffarov and The Great Destroyer. It is very rare, but it does appear in other levels, and even frequently in some. One version of the Type 88 LMG in Kaffarov is prefered by many specialists for its Thermal Vision scope. This gun, along with the said specialization is found around around the second concrete wall after you steal the Sniper from the guard on the first area. Several guards inside the pool house are also seen weilding this weapon, but without attachments.
Co-Op
It is found on Co-Op mission The Eleventh Hour inside the first ticket booth.
Multiplayer
In multiplayer, the weapon was only available through the Physical Warfare Pack, which was originally only for pre-orders, but is now a free download on all consoles. The weapon cannot be unlocked by any other means of normal progression in multiplayer.
Compared with the "starter kit" such as the M27 IAR or RPK-74, the Type 88 LMG has the advantage of being a "proper" machine gun, with 100 rounds standard and 200 with extended mag, ideal for suppressive fire role where a support class player can really shine, and even better for a beginner of the role.
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Trivia
- It is unusual that the Type 88 LMG is the standard Russian machine gun in the campaign of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 due to the PKM - which is made and used by the Russian Military - fulfilling that role in the first Battlefield: Bad Company, considering it was the MEC's standard LMG in the previous game.
- In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the weapon had the same damage as the PKM before a patch reduced it by two points.
Videos
<videogallery> Video:TYPE 88 LMG|Gameplay of the Type 88 LMG in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at Nelson Bay on Conquest mode. Video:Battlefield 3 Type 88 LMG PS3 gameplay on Caspian Border|Gameplay whit the Type 88 LMG in Battlefield 3 Video:BATTLEFIELD PLAY4FREE ELITE WEAPONS QJY-88|Gameplay whit the QJY-88 in Battlefield Play4Free </videogallery>
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