The Fort-28 pistol is a personal weapon and intended for aimed fire at distances to 100 m.
Manufacturer: Science Industrial Association “FORT” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The 5.7×28mm cartridge was developed in conjunction with the FN P90 personal defense weapon (PDW) and FN Five-seven pistol, in response to NATO requests for a replacement for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge.
Pistol "Fort-28" cal. 5,7x28 mm was developed in 2015. Fort-28 is differed by original design, usability and easy maintenance from its analogues. All elements are made of high-strength hardened steel and protected by durable plastic cover. The design of pistol "Fort-28" provides an indicator of cartridges availability in the barrel chamber.
Pistol is self-loading, trigger mechanism of which allows only single shot firing. Breech mechanism is intended for locking and unlocking of slide - delayed blowback with short recoil mechanism. Trigger mechanism is self-cocking and provides cocking and firing pin release while pressing the trigger.
The appearance of the pistol left and right sides are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Frame is made of high-strength polymer and includes:
- front plug with slide locking and unlocking mechanism and consists of restraining roller and pusher with spring;
- back plug consists of interrupter, rod spring, rod roller, rocker.
Slide is made of metal, closed by slide cover (is made of high-strength polymer) which is holding by adjuster of slide cover. Slide contains:
- barrel with cartridge chamber and charger;
- recoil mechanism which consists of internal and external recoil springs, plug, recoil springs axis, recoil spring stop;
- firing mechanism which consists of firing pin, firing spring, automatic safety with spring;
- control cartridge existence mechanism which consists of indicator and spring;
- extracting mechanism which consists of extractor with spring and extractor plunger placed in slide slot, and ejector in back plug of frame.
| Caliber, mm: | 5,7х28 |
| Operation mode: | Semi-free bolt |
| Trigger mechanism: | DAO (self-cocking only) |
| Length, mm: | 200 |
| Height, mm: | 135 |
| Width, mm: | 33 |
| Довжина ствола, мм: | 114 |
| Weight with an empty magazine, up to, kg: | 0,7 |
| Місткість магазину, патронів: | 20 |
| Trigger pull force, kgf (H): | 1,5-3,5 (15-55) |
| Average number of bullet velocity, m/s: | 600 |
| Magazine capacity, rds: | 20 |
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