The Type 85 heavy machine gun can be considered as a further evolution of the Type 77 heavy machine gun most of the improvements concentrated at either end of the basic weapon. The Type 85, like its predecessor, was also used as aground and vehicle weapon.It is currently in service with PLA, along with earlier Type 77.Recently, China has disclosed an export version of the Type 85 machine gun, known as W95. This gun is similar to Type 85 except that it ischambered for 12,7x99 NATO / .50BMG ammunition.