Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS

The Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS is a Personal defense weapon/Submachine gun manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics for Sweden. It is chambered for both 6.5×25 CBJ-MS and 9×19mm Luger/Parabellum cartridges.

Development

The Saab Bofors CBJ MS Personal-Defence Weapon (PDW) was first shown in August 2000. It is an unusual weapon in several respects, not least because it is meant to fulfil the roles of PDW, assault weapon and light support weapon (LSW). It is also capable of being field-converted to fire one of two types of ammunition. For the purely military role, the CBJ MS fires a new 6.5 × 25 mm CBJ cartridge; but by simply changing the barrel, it can fire 9 × 19 mm Parabellum ammunition for police, training and other operations. The 6.5 × 25 mm CBJ cartridge has the same overall dimensions as the 9 × 19 mm cartridge and generates the same level of firing impulse. The projectile is a tungsten insert held in a plastic sabot, fired at a high muzzle velocity (815 m/s) with the ability to defeat current and future body armours. It is claimed to be effective against lightly armoured vehicles such as armoured personnel carriers (APCs). Advantages claimed for the 6.5 × 25 mm CBJ cartridge include a high impact velocity, a high hit probability due to the flat trajectory, high energy transfer to the target, and low levels of barrel wear and corrosion. The cartridge case is aluminium. Each 6.5 × 25 mm CBJ cartridge weighs 4.5 g and has an overall length of 29.7 mm. The projectile weight is 2 g. The combat range of the cartridge is stated to be up to 400 m.^[1]

See also

• Northwood R-76

References

External links

• Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ MS personal-defence weapon (Sweden), Sub-machine guns
• Modern Firearms Page
• A new Weapon system from Sweden.