Submachine gun PP-19-01 "Vityaz"
Submachine gun PP-19-01 "Vityaz" is used for arming patrol services, the traffic police and inter-departmental security. A submachine gun was being developed weapons the enterprise of the Concern IZHMASH OJSC in accordance with the requirements of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detachment Vityaz, according to which it got its name. To date, the PP-19-01 Vityaz submachine gun has been put into serial production and has already begun to enter service with the Russian Interior Ministry units.
Completion and characteristics of the machine gun "Vityaz". The design of the PP-19-01 "Vityaz" is either the AKS-74U machine gun or the more modern AK-104. Similarity in a single form and system of details is about 70%. PP-19-01 "Vityaz" is represented by two models: basic PP-19-01 isp. 10; modified PP-19-01 isp.20 "Vityaz-CH". The latest model has improved ergonomics due to the location of the fuse and the shutter handle on the left side. On the cover of the receiver has an additional guide type Picatinny rail, which allows you to install a variety of additional sights.
Options PP-19-01 "Vityaz" may include a silencer sound shot. Different commercial and military versions of the 9х19 cartridge, which are produced in the world, as well as domestic 9mm 7Н21 cartridges with an armor-piercing bullet are applicable to this submachine gun.
In “Vityaz” automation with a free shutter is used. Ability to fire with a closed shutter. The submachine gun PP-19-01 completely borrowed the trigger mechanism, the safety mechanism, along with all this and the receiver from the AKS-74U submachine gun. For PP-19-01, box-shaped double-row stores are specially designed, the shaft for which is attached to the receiver from below. Together with the weapon, a bracket is also supplied, which allows fastening stores in pairs if necessary to ensure accelerated reloading of weapons in battle. PP-19-01 "Vityaz" has a frame, metal, folding butt in the side, in addition to this sector, open and range-adjustable sight, and everything else, a bracket for mounting brackets for optical sights for domestic weapons, made on the left side of the receiver .
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