P-83 Wanad | |
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P-83 pistol | |
Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | Poland |
Service history | |
In service | 1983-present |
Used by | Polish police and armed forces |
Wars |
Yugoslav Wars Iraq War |
Production history | |
Designer | OBR Radom |
Designed | 1978 |
Manufacturer | Łucznik Arms Factory |
Produced | 1983-2000 |
Variants | P-83 in (9x17mm Short), P-83M, P-83G, P-93, PT-83 |
Specifications | |
Mass |
730 g (26 oz) (P-83, P-83G) 650 g (23 oz) (P-83M) 750 g (26 oz) (P-93) |
Length |
165 mm (6.5 in) (P-83, P-83G) 170 mm (6.7 in) (P-93M) 178 mm (7.0 in) (P-93) |
Barrel length |
90 mm (3.5 in) (P-83, P-83M, P-83G) 100 mm (3.9 in) (P-93) |
Width |
30 mm (1.2 in) (P-83, P-83G, P-93) 34 mm (1.3 in) (P-83M) |
Height |
125 mm (4.9 in) (P-83, P-83G, P-93) 127 mm (5.0 in) (P-83M) |
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Cartridge |
9x18mm Makarov (P-83, P-83M, P-93) .380 ACP (9x17mm Short) (P-83) .32 ACP (7.65x17mm Browning SR) (P-83) 9 mm PA (P-83G) |
Action | Straight blowback |
Muzzle velocity |
312 m/s (1,024 ft/s) (P-83, P-83M) 284 m/s (931.8 ft/s) (P-83 in 9x17mm Short) 316 m/s (1,036.7 ft/s) (P-93) |
Effective firing range | Sights fixed for 25 m (9x18mm Makarov) |
Feed system | 8-round box magazine |
Sights | Fixed, front blade and rear notch |
The P-83 Wanad (pl.Vanadium) is a 9 mm Polish semi-automatic pistol, chambered for the 9x18mm Makarov cartridge and designed by Ryszard Chełmicki and Marian Gryszkiewicz of the state research institute Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy in Radom. The P-83 succeeded the P-64 as the sidearm for the Polish Army and police. The P-83 is still in limited use by both the Polish police and the Polish military but it has been mostly almost completely replaced by Glock 19 and Walther P99 pistols in Police service and partially by by the indigenous WIST 94 pistol in the Polish military.
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