Bizon

In 1993 engineers of [IZMASH OJSC] created a submachine gun called PP-19 Bizon (Bison) that is derived from AK-74 and AK-100 series of assault rifles.

Contents

1 Features
2 Operation
3 Variants
4 Notes
5 See also
6 External links

Features

high hit probability
high rate of fire (650-700 rounds per minute)
excellent controllability in a "full-auto" mode
compact envelope (425 mm with buttstock folded and 660 mm with buttstock unfolded) that enables the weapon to be hidden under clothing
large capacity of magazine (up to 64 rounds)
variable operational range of fire (100-150 m)
option to mount various addons like silencer, flash hider, advanced optics, etc.

Operation

To select between firing modes, Bizon has three-position selector lever:

Safe: Firing the weapon is not possible in this mode
Single: Weapon fires single rounds. To fire another round the trigger needs to be released and squeezed again
Full auto: Weapon fires a continuous burst of rounds, as long as the trigger is held down.

Variants

There are various Bizon derivatives - some of them use 9×18 mm ammo, but other models use 9×17 mm, 9×19 mm Parabellum and 7.62×25 mm ammo are also available.

Notes

Bizon features a special helical magazine type that was probably copied from the American Calico 960 submachine gun, where that type of magazine was first used. This type of magazine can have a very large capacity. The magazines on some models are equipped with a rounds counter (i.e., it shows how much ammo is left).

Because gunsights, principles of operation and use of the weapon are similar to those found on AK-74 assault rifles, they are not hard to use since Kalashnikov assault rifles are common.

Bizon is primarily intended for counter-terrorism and law enforcement units that usually need fast and accurate fire at closer ranges.

External links

[Bizon information at Modern Firearms]