Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

P 96 pistol

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Type
  
Semi-automatic pistol

In service
  
2002

Designer
  
V.P. Gryazev

Place of origin
  
Russia

Used by
  
Russia

Designed
  
1996

P-96 pistol

The P-96 (Russian: П-96) is a Russian 9 mm semi-automatic pistol designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau for the Russian Armed Forces. The pistol was not accepted and then offered in a modernized form for law enforcement and security firms (P-96M and P-96S).

Variants

  • P-96 (П-96 "Эфа") - 9×19mm Parabellum version. First pistol was made in 1996.
  • P-96S (П-96С) - 9×17mm version. First pistol was made in 1996, the production began in October 1998. It is used in Ministry of Internal Affairs, postal security guards and private security companies.
  • P-96M (П-96М) - 9×18mm version. The production began in 2000. It is used in law enforcement. In 2005, 9 mm pistol P-96M and 9x18 mm armor-piercing pistol cartridge 7N25 by decision of the Government of the Russian Federation were adopted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
  • PTT (ПТТ) - a prototype, 9mm non-lethal pistol (version of P-96S chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A. ammunition with rubber bullets).

    • References

    P-96 pistol Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA