The PP-91 KEDR is a 9mm

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developed from a prototype from the 1970s and since 1994 adopted by the

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Overview

The PP-91 is a simply designed, easy to manufacture

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(the designer of the SVD sniper rifle). It is blowback operated and fires from a

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, allowing for more accurate shooting than would be possible from an

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design. Ammunition is fed from a double column

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and it is supplied with folding shoulder stock. Constructed from stamped sheet steel, it weighs in near 1.57 kg. The safety/selector lever is located on the right hand side and allows for semi-automatic single shots and fully automatic fire at the rate of 800 rounds per minute. The effective range of the PP-91 is between 50-100m. The weapon uses a

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sight and allows for the use of a

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and a

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Variants

* PP-71 (''ПП-71'') - a prototype SMG developed for the Ministry of Defense in the framework of the ROC "Bouquet" and tested in 1969-1972. Not commercially produced. * PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" (''ПП-91-01 «Кедр-Б»'') - SMG with an integrated silencer, chambered for 9×18mm MakarovА.И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ: справочник стрелкового оружия (под общ. ред. А.Е. Тараса) М., ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2000. стр.203-207 * PP-9 "Klin" (''ПП-9 "Клин"'') chambered for 9×18mm Makarov, produced in 1996-2002. for the Interior Ministry. It features improved ballistics (due to a more powerful cartridge), the increased weight of the gate and the presence of helical grooves in the chamber. * PP-919 "Kedr-2" (''ПП-919 "Кедр-2"'') - was developed in 1994-1996. chambered for

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for the Federal Tax Police Service (made 3 pcs.). ** in 2009 was also presented a prototype of the PP-2011 "KEDR-PARA" (''ПП-2011 "КЕДР-PARA"'') chambered for 9×19mm 7N21. * PKSK (''ПКСК'') - semi-automatic carbine version chambered for 9×17 mm K, designed for private security, with a 10-round magazine. Produced in small batches since April 1998. * KMO-9 "Korsak" (''КМО-9 "Корсак"'') - prototype semi-automatic version with a long barrel chambered for

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. Designed as a civilian sporting and hunting weapons training. * PST "Corporal" (''ПСТ "Капрал"'') - semi-automatic version for private security agencies chambered for the 10 × 23mm T cartridge, with a 10-round magazine. * PDT-9T "

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" (''ПДТ-9Т "Есаул"'') - semi-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A., with a 10-round magazine (available since 2005).Д. Кочетков. 10 лет спустя: огнестрельное бесствольное оружие самообороны отмечает первый юбилей // «Калашников. Оружие, боеприпасы, снаряжение», № 12, 2006. стр.28-30 ** "Yesaul-2" (''"Есаул-2"'') - a prototype full-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A., with a 20-round magazine * PDT-13T "Yesaul-3" (''ПДТ-13Т "Есаул-3"'') - semi-automatic version chambered for the non-lethal .45 Rubber, with a 10-round magazine (designed in 2009) * "Kedr-MD" (''Кедр-МД'') - sub-machine gun to fire only blank cartridges, designed to order by the film concern "

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" in 2006. Only 5 were made. *KSO-9 "Krechet" (КСО-9 "Кречет") - semi-automatic civilian carbine variant with long barrel, AR-15 type stock, 10-round magazines and chambered for the 9x19mm cartridge. Saw limited production in 2014-2015, very few were made.

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