R9-Arms submachine gun
type of Submachine gun
The R9-Arms submachine gun is a select fire submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. The R9 is notable because some of them are marked "R9-ARMS CORP. U.S.A.", although no such firm exists. It was made for sale to criminal organizations around the world. Unlike most improvised firearms, the R9 is not a copy of an existing weapon design, nor a low quality insurgency weapon such as the Błyskawica submachine gun.
The R9 markings on the gun claim that it is from the United States, but are likely an attempt to gain credibility or baffle local law enforcers.
History
There is very little information on the origin, designer and exact number of examples of the R9.
A few have been seized in the Netherlands.
An example has allegedly been seized in the United States.
2006: Police and USKOK raided the home of the Vugrek family in Croatia and found an illegal submachine gun and pistol factory and seized an arsenal of weapons. They thought that that would be the end of illegal weapons factories in Hrvatsko Zagorje.
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