P-96 pistol

The P-96 (Russian: П-96) is a Russian 9 mm semi-automatic pistol designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau for the Russian Armed Forces. The pistol was not accepted and then offered in a modernized form for law enforcement and security firms (P-96M and P-96S).

P-96
P-96M at Interpolitex-2009
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	Russia
Service history
In service	2002
Used by	Russia
Production history
Designer	V.P. Gryazev
Designed	1996
Manufacturer	KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Produced	1998
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	460 g (P-96M) 450 g (P-96S)
Length	152 mm (P-96M) 151 mm (P-96S)
Barrel length	68 mm (P-96M) 67 mm (P-96S)
Width	31 mm
Height	118 mm (P-96M) 106 mm (P-96S)
Cartridge	9×18mm Makarov (P-96M) .380 ACP (9x17mm Short) (P-96S)
Caliber	9×18mm 9x17mm
Action	Short recoil, rotary barrel
Muzzle velocity	315 m/s (P-96M) 270 m/s (P-96S)
Effective firing range	50 m (P-96M) 25 m (P-96S)
Feed system	14-round detachable box magazine (P-96M) 10-round magazine (P-96S)
Sights	Fixed; rear notch, front blade

Variants

• P-96 "afa"(П-96 "Эфа") - 9×18mm Makarov.^[1] First pistol was made in 1996. It never entered into the mass production.
• P-96S (П-96С) - 9×17mm version.^[1] It is used in Ministry of Internal Affairs,^[2] postal security guards^[3] and private security companies.^[4]
• P-96M (П-96М) - 9×18mm version. The production began in 2003. It is used in law enforcement.^[5][6] In 2005, 9 mm pistol P-96M and 9×18mm armor-piercing pistol cartridge 7N25 by decision of the Government of the Russian Federation were adopted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.^[7]
• PTT (ПТТ) - a prototype, 9mm non-lethal pistol (version of P-96S chambered for the non-lethal 9mm P.A. ammunition with rubber bullets).

Museum exhibits

• one P-96S pistol is in collection of M. T. Kalashnikov Museum in Izhevsk^[8]