S&T Daewoo XK9 is a
9×19mm submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, 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 describe its design concept as an autom ...
manufactured by
S&T Daewoo. It was to be used along the
Heckler & Koch MP5 in
ROK military special forces, but was not adopted. According to Jane's, the weapon was supposedly manufactured in 2003 and had the designation DS9A. The XK9 can be mass-produced if there is demand for it.
Variants
The only known variant is the Daewoo XK10, which has a shorter length by 590 mm with its extended stock and 348 mm if the stock is folded. In addition, it has a barrel length of 134 mm.
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9mm Parabellum submachine guns
Trial and research firearms
Post–Cold War weapons of South Korea
Submachine guns of South Korea
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