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Beginning in 2021, [6] Brügger & Thomet began importing a version of the pistol to the United States as the Station SIX-9.To comply with American handgun regulations, the barrel length was increased and the grip was lengthened. [5]
On 20 March 2019, B&T was awarded a contract in the U.S. Army's Sub Compact Weapon Production-Other Transaction Agreement (P-OTA) competition for its APC9K submachine gun. The $2.6 million contract includes an initial 350 subcompact weapons (SCW) with an option for additional quantities of up to 1,000 SCWs, with slings, manuals, accessories ...
It is derived from "Wel" from "Welwyn" (a prefix used by covert equipment designed by Station IX) and "rod", gangland slang for gun, as a way to obscure its purpose. [1] The Welrod is designed for use by irregular forces and resistance groups, and is an extremely quiet gun due to its integrated silencer. Approximately 2,800 were made in wartime ...
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
It was essentially a version of the noise-suppressed Welrod pistol, minus the pistol grip, and produced in both .32 ACP and 9×19mm. [2] [3] Between 150 and 200 of the guns were manufactured almost certainly by Birmingham Small Arms Company. [4] [5] A Mark 1 version was designed but it is unclear if it ever made it off the drawing board. [6]
A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand. [1] It is distinguished from a long barreled gun (i.e., carbine, rifle, shotgun, submachine gun, or machine gun) which typically is intended to be held by both hands and braced against the shoulder.
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The QSW-06 (Chinese: QSW06微声手枪; pinyin: QSW06 Wéishēng Shǒuqiāng) (officially translated in pinyin as Wēishēng Shǒu Qiāng, literally 'Minimal noise hand gun') (also sometimes referred to as the Type 06) is a suppressed semi-automatic pistol in limited use with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and various Chinese police departments.