"Fort-17". Modern small arms. Ukrainian self-loading pistol

"Fort-17", the characteristic of which will be presented in this article, is a model of a self-loading pistol developed by the NGO "Fort". This is the advanced development of the Ukrainian pistol, which was first demonstrated in 2007 to the relevant audience.

In fact, the "Fort-17" gun, the price of which is about 30,000 rubles, is a more elaborate version of the "Fort-12" weapon, which was created by the same weapons company.

In general terms about the pistol

The 17th model differs from its predecessor (which, by the way, is currently used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine) is framed. It, by the way, is made of impact-resistant polymer. The rear part of the handle is replaceable. The design was applied, which allows to adjust the pistol under any arrow. For example, as in the German Walther P99.

Perhaps, one more difference from the 12th model is the presence of an integral guide. It is located under the barrel, on the frame. This guide type Picatinni is designed to be attached to it laser target designator or flashlight.

One of the advantages of the "Fort-17" pistol in comparison with the predecessor can be called its easier assembly, which reduces the costs necessary for the production of weapons. The internal arrangement of the 12th and 17th models is almost the same.

History

In the early 2000s, Ukrainian engineers of the Fort NPO completed the process of creating a new model of the pistol, which had a frame made of plastic materials. The weapons were ready for production. The first, as is known, plastic in the manufacture of pistols began to apply specialists in Germany. This business was taken up by a firm called Heckler & Koch, which is familiar to anyone who has even a little knowledge of weapons.

Few historical facts. In the late 60s of the last century, engineers "Haeckler and Koch" presented to the world arms community pistols of two models. They were VP-70 and P9S. Composite materials, which were then used to construct the pistols, were at that time truly innovative. Of the reinforced plastic masses, many details were made. The main emphasis was placed on the frame.

Debut

We should pay tribute to the Ukrainian gunsmiths who designed the new Fort model and prepared it for serial production. The point is that these processes took place in the shortest possible time. Probably, we should not remind once again that every novelty that enters the arms market is very attractive to world experts.

Interested in actively such things and lovers. Especially if it's a development made by Russian engineers. The interview was also taken with the chief designer of the NGO "Fort". He told a lot of interesting things related to the topic of the newly-made pistol.

For example, that the idea of creating weapons, which would be partially made of plastic materials, sat in the heads of gunsmiths not only in recent years, but from the very beginning of the company's existence. But it became possible to manufacture only due to the fact that the work on CNC machines was studied. Up to this point, it was not possible to put weapons of plastic materials on the conveyor belt. The road, so to speak, was opened by programs written by specialists for machine tools during the study of the work.

Basic difficulties

It is interesting that a special electrode made of graphite was required. Only with its presence it was possible to burn out the corresponding molds that are required for the process of casting the frames. The electrode itself could be made only on CNC machines.

As mentioned before, this is a rather laborious process, during which very complicated tools are used. That is why the production of such a kind of support has become a difficult matter for gunsmiths. Alternative outputs, by the way, was not, because frames are manufactured with the assistance of molds.

Interesting Facts

In the structural plan, the gun frame consists of 6 surfaces at once. They have a very complex form. So, they mostly have a bevel. Surfaces intersect at some points. Some people think that it's easy to implement such a design. But in fact, everything is quite different.

"Fort-17" is what we've been waiting for

As stated earlier, the idea of creating weapons with a plastic frame was on the note for gunsmiths for a long time. But the technical difficulties that they faced, simply did not allow the realization of such an idea.

So, the first thing the model was recreated on the computer. After that, specialists began writing special programs designed for each instrument. And there are a lot of them in CNC machines, I should say. And only when all this was done, experiments on the creation of such a framework were crowned with success.

But by the time this was done, the Fort company has already matured for this event. And in terms of technology, and in others. It is also worth mentioning here that special materials and technologies are used to make frames. For example, polyamide is used in the manufacturing process. It, in turn, is reinforced with fiberglass.

And the company's specialists have gone a bit further, having developed some technologies that allow increasing the consumer characteristics of polyamide. It is obtained sufficiently resistant to mechanical influences and damage, and also has a high thermal strength.

The design in which the frame was designed was specially selected by specialists. The tendencies of the development of fire short-barreled development were taken into account. For example, the look was made on the model Walther P99, Heckler & Koch P 2000, SIG SPC 2009. Incidentally, in this series in its appearance, "Fort-17" very well blended.

Variations

On the arms market, you can easily find "Fort-17" traumatic. To import into the territory of the Russian Federation it is currently officially banned.

As an accessory to weapons, a holster for Fort-17 is produced.