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After the fall of communism in 1990, the Hungarian army and police units initiated a program to replace the PA-63 with pistols using the NATO-standard 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge, first the imported Jericho 941, followed by the domestically produced P9RC, but the PA-63 is still in service in Hungarian law enforcement. It has been largely ...
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Hungarian military sought to replace its FÉG PA-63 sidearms in the Soviet 9×18mm Makarov cartridge with a handgun in the more powerful 9×19mm Parabellum. Originally the Israeli Baby Eagle/Jericho 941 was used until a domestically produced weapon could be chosen. In 1996 the P9RC was ...
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).
The pistols were produced primarily for the civilian market, and export. Most commonly chambered in 9mm Browning Short ( .380 ACP ) ammunition with a 7-round magazine capacity or .32 ACP with an 8-round magazine, they are factory sighted for 25 metres.
The KGP-9 is a Hungarian submachine gun used by Hungary's military forces and prison guards. Development started in 1986 when the head of the Hungarian Institute for Military Technology, János Egerszegi, drafted a proposal for a new sub-machine gun in 9mm Parabellum rather than 9x18 Makarov, the latter caliber being disliked by the counter-terrorist units of the Hungarian police.
Hungary [21] Italy [21] Iraq: Kurdistan Region received 8,000 P1 pistols in 2014 [24] Kazakhstan – used as a service pistol in private security companies at least up to 2007. [25] Lebanon: Used in small numbers by the Lebanese Army and later by some Lebanese militias during the 1958 Lebanon crisis and the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). [4 ...
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A: Ordnance Factories Organisation: 9×19mm Parabellum India: 1981 Pistol model 2000: Uzinele Mecanice Cugir (ARMS Arsenal, Cugir) 9×19mm Parabellum Romania: 2000 Pistol Carpați Md. 1974: Uzinele Mecanice Cugir.32 ACP Romania: 1974 Pistola Herval: Fábrica de Armas da Conceição Brazil: 1879 Pistole vz. 22: Zbrojovka Brno
The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, [ 6 ] it is widely considered the most popular handgun and submachine gun cartridge due to its low cost, adequate stopping power and extensive ...