The PM-84 Glauberyt is a Polish

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. It is a personal weapon intended for combat and self-defence at ranges up to 150 m with single shot or fully automatic fire mode. It features a compact design, minimum overall dimensions, small weight, very good accuracy, and fire stability. It is designed for heavy weapons platoons personnel and reconnaissance detachments, special anti-terrorist and police troops. In service with the Polish military and police it replaced the earlier

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submachine gun.

Operation

The Glauberyt is a

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, straight blowback-operated firearm that fires from the

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position. Its design influence can be seen to mimic the

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. However it features a last shot bolt hold open/release like modern service pistols unlike any other

s of its time. The PM-84/PM-84P also features ambidextrous charging handles on both sides (influenced by the vz.61 Škorpion). A two-bar retractable buttstock tucks right into the side of the weapon. The magazine release is in the heel of the pistol grip. The Glauberyt feeds from 15-round flush magazines and 25-round extended magazines. Fire selector Z = SAFE, P = SEMI, C = FULL AUTO, and sits above rear of the pistol grip. When the firearm is on SAFE, the bolt is locked and prevented from moving. A folding fore grip rests in front of the trigger guard (in the style of the

), and an optional tactical flashlight/laser grip can also be mounted, replacing the folding fore grip. Modern PM-98/PM-06 variants utilize a thumb magazine release. A new slot in the magazine is required to be cut out to work in the later Glauberyts.

Variants

* PM-84: Original

9×18mm Makarov The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a Soviet pistol and submachine gun cartridge. During the latter half of the 20th century it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union an ...

model, replacing

service. * PM-84P:

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model, 1993 production onwards. * PM-98: Model onwards, has the magazine release relocated to the thumb position, the charging handle is redesigned to be on the left side only, a more robust receiver and retractable butt stock, enlarged trigger guard for winter gloves, optional light/laser foregrip. * PM-98S: Special model where rate of fire increased to 770 rounds per minute in full auto. * PM-06: Features a new 3 position telescopic butt stock that pulls out straight, a see through MIL-STD-1913 top rail to facilitate optical reflex sights, hooded front sight. * PM96S: Civilian semi-automatic only model of the PM84P * BRS-99: Civilian semi-automatic only model of the Glauberyt.

Users

* : Indonesian police use PM-98. * : 6,000 PM-98s were sold to Iraq in mid-2000. * : 10 PM-84P in use by

Lithuanian Army The Lithuanian Armed Forces () are the military of Lithuania. The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Forces, the Lithuanian Naval Force and the Lithuanian Air Force. In wartime, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (wh ...

. * : Philippine police use PM-98. * : Around 50,000 PM-84P, PM-98 and PM-06 are used in

Polish Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviated ''SZ RP''; popularly called ''Wojsko Polskie'' in Poland, abbreviated ''WP''—roughly, the "Polish Military") are the national armed forces of ...

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and

Policja Policja () is the generic name for the national police force of the Republic of Poland. The Polish police force was known as ''policja'' throughout the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), and in the modern Republic of Poland since 1990. Its cur ...

References

External links

Fabryka Broni "Łucznik" Radom home page

History of the Glauberyt SMG
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