- Yavuz 16
Infobox Weapon
name= MKEK Yavuz 16
caption= Yavuz 16 Compact
origin= flagcountry|Turkey
type=Semi-automatic pistol
is_ranged=yes
is_UK=
service=
used_by=Turkish Armed Forces ,Royal Malaysian Police
wars=
designer= Milli Savunma Bakanı Vecdi Gönül
design_date=1992
manufacturer=Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu
production_date=1997 - Present
number=
variants= "Compact,
Bora,
Regard"
weight= "800 g - Compact (unloaded),
850 g - Regard(unloaded),
895 g - Bora (unloaded)"
length= "197 mm - Bora,
200 mm - Compact,
217 mm - Regard"
part_length= "106 mm - Bora,
110 mm - Compact,
125 mm - Regard"
width=
height=
crew=Military and law enforcement
cartridge= 9 x 19 mm
caliber=9 x 19 mm Parabellum
action=Double action , short recoil, mechanically locked
rate= Semi-automatic
velocity=
range= 50 metres
max_range=
feed= 15-rounds detachable box magazine, +1 in chamber
sights=Iron sight sMKEK Yavuz 16 pistol is a relatively recent development of Turkish
Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu "(Mechanical and Chemical Industries Company)". Its basic variant, Yavuz 16 Regard, is closely patterned after famous ItalianBeretta 92FS pistol, although it is also available in several visually different versions. According to available information, Yavuz 16 pistol has passed official Turkish military trials and is in use with certain elements of Turkish armed forces and police.Yavuz 16 pistol is short recoil operated, locked breech pistol that uses Walther P38-type vertically tilting locking piece to lock the barrel and slide. Models such as regard and Compact use Beretta-type open-top slide, while models such as Bora and Zirve used enclosed-top slide with small ejection window on the right. Internally these pistols are basically similar to each other. Trigger of Yavuz pistol is of double action type, with exposed hammer and ambidextrous, slide-mounted safety/decocker levers. Magazines are double stack, magazine release button is located at the base of triggerguard.
External links
* [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg188-e.htm Yavuz 16 website]
* [http://www.mkek.gov.tr/ MKEK Firearms website]
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