9×21mm
Israeli pistol cartridge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Israel Military Industries cartridge. For the Russian military cartridge, see 9×21mm Gyurza.
The 9×21mm pistol cartridge (also known as the 9×21mm GP, 9×21mm IMI, 9mm IMI, 9×21mm Italian, or 9mm Italian) was designed by Jager (Loano, Italy), then adopted and commercialised by Israel Military Industries for those jurisdictions where military service cartridges, like the 9×19mm Parabellum, are or were illegal for civilian purchase (i.e. Italy, France, Brazil, and Mexico).
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Type | Pistol | |||||||||||
Place of origin | Italy Israel | |||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||
Designer | Franco Benvenuti Agency (Italy) and Israel Military Industries (IMI) | |||||||||||
Produced | 1980–present | |||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||
Parent case | 9×19mm Parabellum | |||||||||||
Case type | Rimless, straight | |||||||||||
Bullet diameter | 9.03 mm (0.356 in) | |||||||||||
Land diameter | 8.79 mm (0.346 in) | |||||||||||
Neck diameter | 9.63 mm (0.379 in) | |||||||||||
Base diameter | 9.93 mm (0.391 in) | |||||||||||
Rim diameter | 9.96 mm (0.392 in) | |||||||||||
Rim thickness | 1.27 mm (0.050 in) | |||||||||||
Case length | 21.15 mm (0.833 in) | |||||||||||
Overall length | 29.75 mm (1.171 in) | |||||||||||
Case capacity | 1.01 cm3 (15.6 gr H2O) | |||||||||||
Rifling twist | 254 mm (1 in 10 in) | |||||||||||
Primer type | Small pistol | |||||||||||
Maximum pressure | 235.00 MPa (34,084 psi) | |||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||
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Source(s): C.I.P.[1] |
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