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The Heckler & Koch VP9 (known as SFP9 in Europe and Canada) is a polymer-framed semi-automatic striker-fired handgun.The VP designation in the name refers to Volkspistole, which translates to "people's pistol" [4] while SFP stands for "striker-fired pistol". [5]
Image Model Variants HK4: P11: HK VP70 (Volkspistole 70) HK VP70M, HK VP70Z HK P9: HK P9S, HK P9K: HK P7: HK PSP, HK P7M8, HK P7M13, HK P7M10, HK P7K3, HK P7M7, HK P7PT8: HK USP (Universal Self-loading Pistol)
The HK P9 is a semi-automatic pistol from Heckler & Koch in 9×19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP, and 7.65×21mm Parabellum and the first to use a variation of H&K's roller delayed blowback system in a pistol format and polygonal rifling [1] now common in H&K designs.
The VP70 combined a number of design features that were innovative, or at least very unusual for its time: It was the first polymer-framed handgun, predating the Glock 17 by 12 years.
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The design is heavily based on the Welrod pistol designed by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for use in World War II and is mechanically almost identical. [4] Its original purpose was to quickly and humanely kill sick animals without frightening nearby animals or people.
VP9 is an open and royalty-free [1] video coding format developed by Google.. VP9 is the successor to VP8 and competes mainly with MPEG's High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265).