HK P12
| HK P12 | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Civil name: | USP Tactical |
| Military designation: | P12 |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Heckler |
| Manufacturer country: | Germany |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 214 mm |
| Total height: | 145 mm |
| Total width: | 38 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 0.745 kg |
| Barrel length : | 123.5 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | .45 ACP |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 12 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Fire types: | Semi-automatic |
| Visor : | Open sights |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Heckler & Koch P12 pistol is the Bundeswehr version of the HK USP Tactical. In contrast to the standard version of the HK USP Tactical, it has no trigger stop and no manual safety device . Instead of the combined safety and release lever, the P12 - like the HK P8 Combat - has a pure release lever .
The USP Tactical was developed at the request of several US elite units, because shortly after the introduction of the Heckler & Koch MK23 (SOCOM) many soldiers criticized it as too bulky. The weapon is extremely precise, robust, has a low recoil and can also be equipped with a silencer . Its magazine holds twelve .45 ACP (11.43 × 23 mm) cartridges. In the Bundeswehr, the P12 is used by the Special Forces Command ( KSK ) and by the reconnaissance forces' long-distance reconnaissance forces .
The .45 ACP caliber used in standard loads remains below the speed of sound , which is why weapons in this caliber can be equipped with silencers without the disadvantages of specially loaded subsonic ammunition .
See also
- HK P8 - Another pistol of the Bundeswehr
- List of hand weapons of the Bundeswehr
literature
- Sören Sünkler: Europe's elite and special units . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02853-1 .
- David Th. Schiller, Jan-Phillipp Weisswange: Special forces. The fight against terrorism. Weapons and equipment . VISIER Special 24, April 2002, ISSN 0948-0528 , p. 61.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Truby, J. David (1987): Silencers, Snipers, and Assassins ... an Overview of Whispering Death , Paladin Press, Boulder, CO, p. 216ff ISBN 0-87364-012-8