CODE – 01-041-995

NAME – P8

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1995

CALIBER – 9x19mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 19.4 cm (7.64 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 10.8 cm (4.25 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 6-Grooves, Right-hand twist

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.02mm (0.355 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 7.45 g (115 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 355 m/s (1,165 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 470 j (347 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.720 kg (1 lb 9.4 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.947 kg (2 lb 1.4 oz) loaded with 15 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 – 45 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 15-round removable box magazine, double column, single feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.050 kg (1.8 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.227 kg (8 oz) loaded with 15 rounds Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Two-15 round magazines (30 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 0.454 kg (1 lb)

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

STATUS – Production completed but available

SERVICE – German Navy divers, Special Operations Forces, Army and Air Force

      This version of the P8 has a black carbon nitride finish of the slide. It has become the standard military pistol of the German Armed Forces.