Fort-12
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The Fort-12 is a semi-automatic pistol which was designed in the late 1990s by Ukrainian firearm
s designer RPC Fort
.
(one of the former USSR republics) to develop its own police pistol to replace Soviet era, aging Makarov PM
pistols. To accomplish this task, Ukrainian state-owned FORT
factory purchased Czech machinery from Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod
factory, and by the late 1990s developed its first pistol, the Fort-12. Currently, this gun is issued to the Ukrainian police and security forces and also sold on civilian market chambered for non-lethal rubber ammunition or tear gas ammunition. Early production Fort-12 pistols were reported as only marginally reliable, but at the present time most of the teething problems are gone, and Fort-12 pistol provides some improvements over the older Makarov PM
in the ergonomics, accuracy and magazine capacity. the Fort 12 is in Ukrainian Service but is only supplementing Makarov PM
s in service. The only visible minor flaw of the Fort-12 design is the lack of the safe decocking facility.
The Fort-12 is a blowback operated, double action pistol. Frame and slide are made from steel. Manual safety is mounted on the left side of the slide only, and locks the hammer either in cocked or in lowered position. Guns are manufactured in standard grade with matte finish, or in presentational grade, with gold inlays and engravings. Magazine is of double column type, and holds 12 rounds of ammunition, magazine release button is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of the frame.
Firearm
A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
s designer RPC Fort
RPC Fort
Fort is a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine.-History:...
.
History
The Fort-12 pistol is an attempt of the independent UkraineUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(one of the former USSR republics) to develop its own police pistol to replace Soviet era, aging Makarov PM
Makarov PM
The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...
pistols. To accomplish this task, Ukrainian state-owned FORT
RPC Fort
Fort is a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine.-History:...
factory purchased Czech machinery from Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod
Ceská Zbrojovka Uhersky Brod
Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod is a Czech firearms manufacturer.-History:CZUB was established in 1936 as a branch of the Česká zbrojovka armament firm in the small Moravian town of Uherský Brod in Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic....
factory, and by the late 1990s developed its first pistol, the Fort-12. Currently, this gun is issued to the Ukrainian police and security forces and also sold on civilian market chambered for non-lethal rubber ammunition or tear gas ammunition. Early production Fort-12 pistols were reported as only marginally reliable, but at the present time most of the teething problems are gone, and Fort-12 pistol provides some improvements over the older Makarov PM
Makarov PM
The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...
in the ergonomics, accuracy and magazine capacity. the Fort 12 is in Ukrainian Service but is only supplementing Makarov PM
Makarov PM
The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...
s in service. The only visible minor flaw of the Fort-12 design is the lack of the safe decocking facility.
The Fort-12 is a blowback operated, double action pistol. Frame and slide are made from steel. Manual safety is mounted on the left side of the slide only, and locks the hammer either in cocked or in lowered position. Guns are manufactured in standard grade with matte finish, or in presentational grade, with gold inlays and engravings. Magazine is of double column type, and holds 12 rounds of ammunition, magazine release button is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of the frame.