Chinese infantry combat docterine dictates that rifleman should emphasize on accuracy and firepower, rather than rate of fire. As a result, aged but reliable semi-automatic rifles, like type 56 semiautomatic rifle (Licensed copy of Soviet SKS) are kept as standard issues for basic PLA soldiers well into the 21st century. In game, those semi-automatic rifles can indeed deal more damage per shot than M16s and AK47s used by rival forces.