The 5.8×21mm DAP92 ( zh, p=92 shì 5.8 háo mǐ pǔ tōng dàn, s=, c=DAP92式5.8毫米普通弹, ) is a Chinese
armor-piercing
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour.
The first, major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the ...
cartridge for
handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun, long barreled gun (i.e., carbine, rifle, shotgun, submachine gun, or machine gun) which typically is intended to be held by both hands and br ...
s and
submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine (firearms), magazine-fed automatic firearm, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to descri ...
s.
Description
The cartridge was designed to replace the
7.62×25mm Tokarev-chambered small arms for the
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...
, while still offering a wound as large as a standard
9×19mm Parabellum
The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a Rim (firearms)#Rimless, rimless, Centerfire ammunition, centerfire, tapered cartridge (firearms), firearms cartridge.
Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer ...
round.
This round is offered in both a standard and subsonic version.
Both the
QSZ-92
The QSZ-92, sometimes known as the Type 92 (), is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Norinco.
History
The decision to develop a new pistol was made in 1987 to replace the Type 54 pistol, Type 54/64/77. Research and development started in 1992.
...
service pistol and the
QCW-05
The QCW-05 (, also referred to as the Type 05 Suppressed Submachine Gun) is a suppressed bullpup submachine gun, manufactured and developed by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 208 Research Institute and Jianshe Industries (Group) Corporation of ...
submachine gun are produced in this caliber as well as
9×19mm Parabellum
The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a Rim (firearms)#Rimless, rimless, Centerfire ammunition, centerfire, tapered cartridge (firearms), firearms cartridge.
Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer ...
.
See also
* Comparable PDW calibers
**
4.38×30mm Libra
**
5.45×18mm
5.45×18mm MPTs (7N7) is a Soviet pistol cartridge.
It is chambered in the PSM pistol, OTs-23 Drotik machine pistol, and OTs-26 pistol.
History and design
It was designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s by Antonina D. Denisova at ...
**
HK 4.6×30mm
The 4.6×30mm (designated as the 4,6 × 30 by the C.I.P.) cartridge is a small-caliber, high-muzzle velocity, velocity, smokeless powder, Rim (firearms)#Rebated rim, rebated, Cartridge (firearms), bottleneck, centerfire cartridge (firearms), cartr ...
**
FN 5.7×28mm
The FN 5.7×28mm (designated as the 5.7×28 by the C.I.P. and FN 5.7×28mm NATO) is a small-caliber, high-velocity, smokeless-powder, rebated, non-tapered, bottleneck, centerfire cartridge designed for pistols and personal defense weapons ( ...
*
5 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the cartridge case
Case or CASE may refer to:
Instances
* Instantiation (disambiguation), a realization of a concept, theme, or design
* Sp ...
*
5.8×42mm
The 5.8×42mm / DBP87 ( zh, p=Dàn, Bùqiāng, Pŭtōng, 87, s=弹，步枪，普通 87, ) is a military bottlenecked intermediate cartridge developed in the People's Republic of China. There is limited information on this cartridge, although ...
References
Pistol and rifle cartridges
Military cartridges
5.8 mm firearms
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1994
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