BXP

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 17:23 Written by Administrator Friday, 03 July 2009 00:16

The BXP is a South African submachine gun designed in the 1980s. The design of the weapon represents a fusion of the machine pistol with the conventional submachine gun.

During the Apartheid era, South Africa was subjected to an International arms embargo. This led South Africa to produce weapons indigenously. The BXP was a result of one such indigenous design.

The BXP draws heavily from the American MAC10 submachine gun. It was designed for use by security forces. Configured like the IMI Uzi with a 208 mm contained in a 387 mm body, the BXP is well balanced for firing with a single hand.

It is chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum round and feeds from a 22 or 32-round detachable box magazine. It can fire at rates of 1000 rounds per minute and is accurate up to 50 to 100 meters.

Design wise, the BXP is well constructed from stainless steel parts. It has several innovative features which make it one of the best submachine guns. It can accept a compensator to reduce recoil during firing. In addition, it can also be used with a suppressor and can also be used to launch rifle grenades. Though this feature is bit redundant, it represents the flexibility and versatility the BXP has.

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