Russian less-lethal ammunition “TEHKRIM 9 mm P.A.” with rubber bullets.

Today we tell you about the traumatic (less-lethal) ammunition at 9 mm P.A. caliber cartridge by JSC “Tehkrim”. Joint Stock Company “Tehkrim” organized in December 1991 in the city of Izhevsk (Russia) and is engaged in the production of not only less-lethal rounds, but it also produces ammunition for shotguns, test cartridges, aerosol devices, lachrymatory irritant substances (gas cartridges) and special funds for the state military organizations. All products of JSC “Tehkrim” certified by Gosstandart of Russia, but not certified in Ukraine, so the cartridges from the Ukraine, “TEHKRIM” are legal so just how much “is legal” so-called “nesertifikat.”

The issue before us today, chuck “TEHKRIM 9 mm P.A.” is marked “70 J”. This is the most common certified in Russia cartridge which is fired from a pistol IZH-79-9T, nicknamed “Makaritch” gave power of about “50 J”. When firing these cartridges from the same traumatic gun “IL-79-9TM” energy is slightly higher and amounts to about “70 J”. According to cleverly used the fact that retailers rounds, but in fact any specified energy bullets can not be considered reliable because depending on the design of a barrel, the same cartridge can produce very different energy, and + \ – 20Dzh in this case no special role plays. Regardless of the label, “TEHKRIM 9 mm P.A. – 50 J “and” 9 mm TEHKRIM P.A. – 70 J “is exactly the same ammo, differing only marking on the package.

Less-lethal chuck “TEHKRIM 9 mm” consists of a cartridge case with primer, powder charge and rubber ball. Sleeve chuck “TEHKRIM” steel, with a characteristic silver-steel shade (there is also a small yellowish tint) and the capsule of the “Boxer.” The rubber ball (bullet) cartridge has an elongated shape with the “dimensions” 9.16mm x 10.00mm. After firing a bullet can take the form close to a sphere with a diameter of 9.9 mm. Weight is 0.68 grams bullet, (± 0, 02 g). After the shot, and a collision with an obstacle, the bullet almost completely retains its shape. At the touch of a bullet hard enough.

A charge of gunpowder in the cartridges’ TEHKRIM 9 mm P.A. “stable, deviation is not more than 0.01 grams. The cartridge provides the stable functioning of the automatic traumatic guns, including pistols, a heavy gate, such as “Fort-12R,” even with the two springs.

Features of less lethal ammunition “TEHKRIM P.A. 9 mm.”

• Caliber – 9 mm PA with rubber bullet;
• Overall length – 22.2 mm (± 0,1 mm);
• Ammunition Weight – 5.1 grams (± 0,05 grams);
• Thermowell material – metal gray color, is attracted by a magnet and steel;
• The diameter of the stems sleeve – 9.3 mm (± 0,02 mm);
• The diameter of the annular groove – 8.1 mm (± 0,05 mm);
• Shell Weight of – 4.2 grams (± 0,06 grams);
• Marking – “TEHKRIM” and “9 MM PA»;
• Type of bullets – elastic, ruberr;
• Color Bullet – red;
• The diameter of the bullet – 9.16 mm. (± 0,1 mm);
• Bullet weight – 0.68 grams (± 0,02 grams);
• Charge weight (weighed powder) – 0.21 grams (± 0,01 grams);
• Speed of a bullet at a range of 3.5 m – 550 m / s (± 20 m / s);

Terms of the test. Ambient temperature – “20 C”. Weapons – “Gun Fort 12R, trunk diameter 5.6 mm, the cylinder.” The distance from the muzzle to the point of measuring the speed chronograph watch – “1.5 m” distance from the muzzle to the point of contact with an obstacle – “1.5 m” is used as a barrier from a solid block of clay sculpture flesh-colored production of “Gamma”, Mr. . Moscow. Weight of the block (cube) 2 kg, dimensions 120h120h120 mm. Next, we will call it “ballistic clay.” Before the shooting, the powder in the cartridges, and a rubber ball are weighed, that would weed out random results because of significant deviations in the sample powder and bullet weight. If you make a test shoot 10 shots and records to our database average.

The results of a test shooting trauma “TEHKRIM P.A. 9 mm.” A charge of gunpowder – 0.21 grams Weight of the ball, rubber bullets – 0.70 grams of speed ball, a rubber bullet at a distance of 1.5 meters from the muzzle – 590 m \ with the kinetic energy of – 121.8 J diameter of the bullet holes in the block “ballistic clay” – 30.98 mm length of the bullet channel in the block “ballistic clay” – 27.21 mm bullet volume channel in the block “ballistic clay” – 7.5 ml

As you can see, we once again confirmed the fact that no energy is referred to cartridges can not be considered reliable because depending on the design of a barrel, the same cartridge can produce very different energy. A test cartridge is fired from the pistol of the Russian “IL-79-9T”, nicknamed “Makaritch” gave power of about 50 J, when shooting from a traumatic gun “IL-79-9TM” energy is slightly higher and accounted for about 70 J, and the shot of the “toothless” Ukrainian pistol “Fort-12R» power already crosses over 120Dzh. In general, like chuck. In comparison with certified Ukrainian patrons’ TEHKRIM 9 mm P.A. “oshutimo powerful, but unfortunately also in Ukraine and Russia to open its” defense “capacity is not violating the law is not possible. In Ukraine, allowed only the certified cartridges domestic production, while in Russia the benefits of the cartridge “gubyatsya” shabby trunks, “teeth” and other distortions konsruktivnymi.