The PP-2000 (

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: ПП-2000) is a

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made by the

KBP Instrument Design Bureau JSC ''Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya'' (KBP) (russian: АО «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения», AO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénija Joint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one ...

. It was first publicly displayed at the Interpolytech-2004 exhibition in Moscow even though its patent was filed in 2001 and issued in 2003.

Overview

The PP-2000 is a conventional blowback-operated weapon and weighs 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) empty. The PP-2000 is designed as a close-quarter combat weapon, intended for riot police and special operations forces. In 2008, it was adopted as one of the two standard SMGs of the Russian police (along with the

Vityaz-SN The PP-19 Vityaz (also known as the PP-19-01 “Vityaz-SN”) is a 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun developed in 2004 by Russian small arms manufacturer Izhmash. It is based on the AK-74 and offers a high degree of parts commonality with the AK-7 ...

Design

It is chambered in

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, and specifically designed to utilize the new Russian 9×19mm 7N21 and 7N31 (

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: 7 Н21 and 7 Н31) +P+

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versions of the cartridge. This is intended to give the PP-2000 armor-piercing capability comparable to the

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and

Heckler & Koch MP7 The Heckler & Koch MP7 (German: ''Maschinenpistole 7'') is a personal defense weapon chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm armor-piercing cartridge designed by German defence manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It was designed (together with the new cartri ...

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s while also being able to use common 9mm Parabellum rounds. One unusual feature is the ability to store a spare 44-round

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at the rear of the gun, where it also functions as a

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. A wire folding stock is also available. Another unusual feature is that this firearm's

charging handle The cocking handle, also known as charging handle or bolt handle, is a device on a firearm which, when manipulated, results in the bolt (firearms), bolt being pulled to the rear, putting the hammer (firearms), hammer/firing pin, striker into a spri ...

is located directly behind the front sight and folds out of the way when not in use. A similar folding charging handle can be seen on the

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Gallery

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Submachine gun PP2000

Users

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References

Sources

* 9х19 мм пистолет-пулемёт ПП-2000. Руководство по эксплуатации ПП-2000.00.000 РЭ - 2008 * Ilya Shaydurov: Russische Schusswaffen - Typen.Technik.Daten. Motorbuch Verlag, 2010, .

External links

* * M.R. Popenker
Modern Firearms – PP-2000

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