Fort 320 submachine gun was developed and is being produced by Ukrainian company NPO Fort. It was first displayed to the public in 2021, and its mass production apparently started around 2024. At this time, it is being issued in some numbers to the non-infantry personnel of Ukrainian armed forces as a Personal Defense Weapon for artillery and vehicle crews, communications specialists etc. It is also said to be used by Ukrainian police and other militarized units.
Fort 320 submachine gun, early prototype
Fort 320 submachine gun is a select-fire weapon which uses a traditional simple blowback action and fires the world’s most popular pistol cartridge, the 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum. It features a stamped steel receiver and a polymer lower frame with pistol grip, which serves as a magazine housing. Safety / fire selector levers and magazine release buttons are ambidextrous. Interestingly, early prototypes featured a lever for manual bolt hold-open release, but production models have no such feature. Fort 320 uses proprietary double stack, double feed magazines with capacities of 20 and 30 rounds.
Fort 320 submachine gun
Top of the receiver is fitted with an integral Picatinny rail, and additional rails can be fitted to the sides of the receiver at the front. A short rail is located below the barrel, and it is usually taken with a factory-standard folding forward grip. Production models are fitted with a flash hider at the muzzle, and could be equipped with an optional sound suppressor.
Fort 320 submachine gun
For reasons unknown for this author, 9mm Fort 320 is often compared to the 4.6mm Heckler-Koch MP7 PDW. While both guns have obvious similarities in overall shape, size and primary role as PDW, they also have significant differences in the internal design and ballistic properties of their ammunition. As such, it is more prudent to compare Fort 320 submachine gun to other modern 9mm weapons of the same class, such as Uzi Pro, B+T MP9 or PP 2000.
Fort 320 submachine gun basic specifications:
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