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Type
  
Semi-automatic pistol

In service
  
1998–present

Designed
  
1995 – June 1998

Place of origin
  
Ukraine

Designer
  
Petro Zayets

Fort-12

Used by
  
Kyiv city police patrols militsiyaBerkutGrifon

The Fort-12 (Ukrainian: Форт-12) is a semi-automatic pistol which was designed in the late 1990s by Ukrainian firearms designer RPC Fort.

Contents

Variants

  • Fort-12 (Форт-12) – first model, 9×18mm Makarov cartridge
  • Fort-12-02 (Форт-12-02) – limited edition (chromium-plated Fort-12)
  • Fort-12-03 (Форт-12-03) – limited edition (nickel-plated Fort-12)
  • Fort-12B (Форт-12Б) – a suppressed version of the Fort-12 (with detachable suppressor)
  • Fort-12 CURZ (Форт-12 CURZ) – second model, 9x17mm (.380 ACP) cartridge
  • Fort-12N (Форт-12Н) – an award of President of Ukraine (since 1995) and state award of Ukraine (since 2000), manufactured in presentational grade (with silvered frame, gold inlays and engravings)
  • Sokol (Сокол) – IPSC sport pistol with recoil compensator, 9×18mm Makarov cartridge.
  • Fort-12G (Форт-12Г) – 9mm non-lethal gas pistol. The use of gas pistols in Ukraine is permitted to civil population
  • Fort-12R (Форт-12Р) – 9mm non-lethal gas pistol with the ability to fire ammunition with rubber bullets. 9 mm P.A. cartridge 12 or 13 round box magazine.
  • Fort-12RM (Форт-12РМ) – non-lethal gas pistol with the ability to fire ammunition with rubber bullets. 13 round box magazine. In production since 2011
  • Fort-12T (Форт-12Т) – non-lethal gas pistol with the ability to fire ammunition with rubber bullets. 12 or 13 round box magazine
  • Fort-12TM (Форт-12ТМ) – non-lethal gas pistol with the ability to fire ammunition with rubber bullets. 10 round box magazine

    • Accessories

  • LT-6 (ЛТ-6) – gun-mounted flashlight which can be mounted below the barrel.
  • LT-6A (ЛТ-6А) – gun-mounted flashlight which can be mounted below the barrel.
  • Fort-4 (Форт-4) – detachable suppressor for Fort-12B
  • standard duty holster for uniformed security personnel
  • tactical holster for rapid response units of riot police ("Berkut")

    • Users

  •  Ukraine:
  • Fort-12 – first pistols were made in 1995, since 1995 "Fort-12N" became an award of President of Ukraine, in December 1998 "Fort-12" was adopted as a sidearm for Ministry of Internal Affairs and later it was adopted as a sidearm for "K" unit of Security Service of Ukraine and security guards In 1998, the first 50 pistols were obtained by the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Kiev Currently, Fort 12 is issued to the Ukrainian militsiya and security forces but is only supplementing Makarov PMs in service.
  • Fort-12R – in 2000 Fort-12R was adopted as non-lethal self-defence weapon for customs service. In 2002 Ministry of Internal Affairs adopted Fort-12R as non-lethal self-defence weapon for militsiya. Later Fort-12R was adopted as non-lethal self-defence weapon for State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Also, Fort-12R and Fort-12RM are allowed for private security guards
  •  Uzbekistan:
  • Fort-12 – an agreement was signed in October 2000 on the delivery of a batch of Fort-12 pistols to Uzbekistan
  •  Georgia:
  • Fort-12N – after "Orange Revolution" at least two Georgian officials (Mikheil Saakashvili and Vano Merabishvili) received Fort-12N pistols
  •  Kazakhstan:
  • Fort-12T, Fort-12TM, Fort-12R and Fort-12RM are allowed for private security guards
  •  Russian Federation:
  • Fort-12 – at least, several pistols since Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014. In Crimea, Simferopol "Berkut" unit was armed with several Fort-12 pistols since October 1999
  • Fort-12T – since 2008 were sold on civilian market as non-lethal self-defence weapon. Since 1 July 2011 import of non-lethal self-defence weapon is prohibited Since August 2014 Ukraine have banned the export of arms and military products to Russia (incl. magazines and other spare parts for previously sold Fort-12T pistols)
  • Donetsk People's Republic
  • Fort-12 – at least, several pistols

    • Literature

  • Макет масо-габаритного пістолета Форт-12: керівництво з експлуатації. – Вінниця: КНВО "Форт" МВС України, 2007. – 10 с.

    • References

    Fort-12 Wikipedia
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