Fort-12
| Fort-12 | |
|---|---|
 Ukrainian Fort-12 | |
| Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Place of origin |
 Ukraine |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1998-present |
| Used by | Police |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Petro Zayets[1] |
| Designed | 1995-1998 |
| Manufacturer | RPC Fort |
| Produced | 1998-present |
| Variants |
Fort-12R[2] (Rubber bullets) Fort-12RM[3] Fort-12T[4] Fort-12G[5] Fort-12 CURZ[6] (9x17 мм CURZ) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight |
830 g (empty) |
| Length | 180 mm |
| Barrel length | 95 mm |
| Width | 32 mm |
| Height | 131 mm |
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| Cartridge |
9x18mm Makarov, 9x17mm |
| Action | Double Action, semiautomatic |
| Rate of fire | 40 rounds per minute |
| Muzzle velocity | 320 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 25 m (9x18mm Makarov) |
| Feed system | 12 (13), 24 round box magazine |
The Fort-12 (Ukrainian: Форт-12) is a semi-automatic pistol which was designed in the late 1990s by Ukrainian firearms designer RPC Fort.[7]
History
The Fort-12 pistol is an attempt of the independent Ukraine (one of the former USSR republics) to develop its own police pistol to replace Soviet era, aging Makarov PM pistols. To accomplish this task, Ukrainian state-owned FORT factory purchased Czech machinery from Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod factory, and by the late 1990s developed its first pistol, the Fort-12.
Early production Fort-12 pistols were reported as only marginally reliable, but at the present time most of the teething problems are gone, and Fort-12 pistol provides some improvements over the older Makarov PM in the ergonomics, accuracy and magazine capacity.
Design details
The Fort-12 is a blowback operated, double action pistol. Frame and slide are made from steel. Manual safety is mounted on the left side of the slide only, and locks the hammer either in cocked or in lowered position. Guns are manufactured in standard grade with matte finish, or in presentational grade, with gold inlays and engravings. Magazine is of double column type, and holds 12 rounds of ammunition, magazine release button is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of the frame.
The only visible minor flaw of the Fort-12 design is the lack of the safe decocking facility.
Users
- Ukraine - first pistols were made in 1995, since 1995 "Fort-12" became an award of President of Ukraine,[8] in 1998 "Fort-12" was adopted as a sidearm for Ministry of Internal Affairs[9] and later it was adopted as a sidearm for security guards[10]
Currently, this gun is issued to the Ukrainian militsiya and security forces and also sold on civilian market chambered for non-lethal rubber ammunition or tear gas ammunition. The Fort 12 is in Ukrainian Service but is only supplementing Makarov PMs in service.
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See also
References
- ↑ "Травматичний пістолет «Форт-12". Травматик. Травматична зброя, пістолети, револьвери, пристосування. 11/2009. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ↑ Fort-12R
- ↑ Fort-12RM
- ↑ Fort-12T
- ↑ Fort-12G
- ↑ Fort-12 CURZ
- ↑ Pistol «Fort-12»
- ↑ Указ Президента Украины № 341 от 29 апреля 1995 года "Про заснування відзнаки Президента України «Іменна вогнепальна зброя»
- ↑ Постановление Кабинета Министров Украины № 1056-р от 21 декабря 1998 г.
- ↑ Наказ Міністерства внутрішніх справ України "Про організацію службової діяльності цивільної охорони Державної служби охорони при МВС України" № 1430 вiд 25.11.2003
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