There is also a steel shoulder stock which folds to the right of the gun when not in use. The Type 85 SMG is fed using same 30-round box magazines as the Type 64 SMG.
The Type 85 silenced SMG is optimized for special 7.62x25mm (Type 64) ammunition with heavy, subsonic bullets, but can also fire standard 7.62mm Type 51/7.62x25mm TT ammunition (with increased loudness). The Safety/fire mode selector lever is located at the right side of the trigger unit, above the trigger guard, and allows for single shots and full automatic fire. It uses tubular receiver made from steel, and there is long silencer tube also made from steel. The Type 85 submachine gun is a simple blowback weapon that fires from an open bolt. Both weapons are used currently by PR China police units, as well as PLA soldiers.
The Type 85 submachine gun was developed during the early 1980s as a less expensive replacement for the Type 79 submachine gun, and a silenced version was also developed to replace the Type 64 submachine guns which were then in service with PLA.
