Bruegger & Thomet MP9 in 6.5×25 CBJ

摘要

The phone call from Carl Bertil Johansson in early summer 2009 came out of the blue. The founder of the Swedish company CBJ Tech had read an article I'd written about military Personal Defence Weapons (PDWs) for soldiers who do not normally carry a rifle. I had concluded that the optimum weapon configuration would be a compact machine pistol like the 9mm Briigger & Thomet MP9. I had also observed that the gun's ballistics could be transformed by adapting it to fire the 6.5x25 CBJ cartridge. He thought this idea sounded promising so had contacted Briigger & Thomet, who were interested enough to supply him with an MP9 featuring a prototype barrel in 6.5x25 calibre. Initial testing had made him so enthusiastic that he was calling to invite me to Sweden to try the gun and ammunition combination for myself.