QSZ-92
| QSZ-92 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Place of origin |  People's Republic of China |
| Service history | |
| Used by | People's Liberation Army, Chinese Police, Bangladesh Army, Royal Cambodian Army. |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Liu Ming (刘铭) of the Small Arms Research Institute (formerly the 208 Research Institute); also attributed to Qing Shangsheng (卿上升) |
| Designed | 1994 |
| Manufacturer | Norinco, apparently at the Changfeng Machine Shop (长风机械厂) |
| Variants | QSZ92-9, QSZ92-5.8 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 760 g |
| Length | 190 mm (7.48 in) |
| Barrel length | 111 mm (4.33 in) |
| Width | 35 mm |
| Height | 135 mm |
| Cartridge | 9x19mm Parabellum and 5.8x21mm |
| Action | Short recoil, locked breech, rotating barrel lock |
| Muzzle velocity | 350 m/s (1,148 ft/s) (9x19mm Parabellum) |
| Effective firing range | 50 meters (9x19mm Parabellum) |
| Feed system | 15 (9mm) or 20 (5.8) round box magazine |
| Sights | Fixed, 3-dot type |
The QSZ-92 Services Pistol (Chinese: 92式手槍; pinyin: Jiǔ Shí Èr Shì Shoǔqiàng; literally "Type 92 Handgun") is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Norinco and it is in limited service in the People's Liberation Army since the late 1990s.
Development
The development of the QSZ-92 pistol apparently began circa 1994. The pistol is recoil operated, locked breech and uses a rotating barrel locking system, in which the barrel rotates on recoil to lock and unlock itself from the slide. Apparently, it is now being adopted by the People's Liberation Army forces. QSZ-92 pistol is available in two versions: one is chambered for most common 9x19mm Parabellum ammunition (QSZ-92-9), and another is chambered for proprietary 5.8x21mm armor-piercing ammunition with bottle-necked case and pointed bullets (QSZ-92-5.8), closely resembling the Belgian 5.7x28mm format.
The export variants (9mm version) include the CF-98 (muzzle life ~ 8000 rds) and the NP-42 (muzzle life ~ 10,000 rds). The latter is the basic version without provisions for suppressor etc., which has so far found commercial export in Canada as well as having been adopted by the Armed Forces of Bangladesh as the Type 92 pistol, replacing at some extent the older Type 54.
