CODE – 01-041-996

NAME – USP40 Compact

COMMON NAMES – Universal Self-loading Pistol – 40

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1996

CALIBER – 10.2×22 mm (.40 S&W)

OVERALL LENGTH – 1973 cm (6.81 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 9.1 cm (3.58 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Polygonal, Twist rate 1 turn in 40.6 cm (15.98 in)

BULLET DIAMETER – 10.16 mm (0.400 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 11.66 g (180 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 320 m/s (1050 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 598 j (441 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.695 kg (1 lb 8.5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.941 kg (2 lb 1 oz) loaded with 10 rounds

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable for zero, Front sight – Square blade on dovetail base with single dot insert, Rear sight – Square notch on dovetail base with two-dot inserts

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 50 m (55 yards)

OPERATION – Short-recoil, Variable detent plate-based trigger mechanism

TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic

RATE OF FIRE – 30 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 10-round removable box magazine, double column, single feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.085 kg (8.7 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.246 kg (8.7 oz) loaded with 13 rounds Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Two-10 round magazines (20 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.492 kg (1 lb 1.4 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany

STATUS – In production

SERVICE – Military and law enforcement use, commercial sales