Building on the success of their original Universal Service Weapon (USW) pistol, Swiss firearms and suppressor manufacturer B&T has designed a new polymer version based on the P320. Besides the modularity of the new USW-320, the frame itself is imported and sold [Read More…]
In this episode of SHOT Show 2018 TFBTV coverage, James Reeves discusses B&T’s new 16 inch APC223 rifle, designed as a US civilian version of the reputed Swiss APC556 rifle. B&T describes the APC556 as “Designed to meet the future needs of Police and Military forces worldwide, [Read More…]
If you follow my posts, you already understand my love for the guns and suppressors from Swiss firearms manufacturer B&T and B&T USA. So it should be no surprise that my first stop was their booth to catch a glimpse of what we can expect here in the U.S. in [Read More…]
B&T USA has announced that the SPR300 is now being imported and will be available for purchase in the United States. Since the rifle was introduced at SHOT 2017, B&T says that they have been overwhelmed with the response from law enforcement, commercial [Read More…]
Athlon Outdoors got their hands on the B&T USW. For those not familiar with this weapon, we covered it at SHOT Show 2017. Click here to see our post. The USW is basically a pistol with a folding stock making it a PDW. It has an optics bridge that acts like a frame [Read More…]
Please excuse the audio. We experienced some technical issues the last day of the show. The B&T USW is a fresh take on the duty weapon concept. There have been other handguns that have some of the same features, but none of them have been anywhere as well thought out. The B&T USW also [Read More…]
Last year we broke the brand new B&T Universal Service Weapon and the corresponding Aimpoint mini red dot sight that is being made just for the new USW. I am excited to see what the shooting experience is like as well as ask them if they have any plans to [Read More…]
The TP9 is rather infamous in Hollywood. I see it pop up quite often in TV shows and movies as a bad guy gun. It was originally designed by Steyr in the late 80s as the TMP but the design was sold to B&T in 2001 and turned into the MP9. The TP9 is the […] [Read More…]
This photo published in the Guardian shows President François Hollande visiting the Bataclan Theatre where terrorists killed 89 people and injured 200. A reader noticed the B&T MP9 machine pistol being used by the French ‘Secret Service’ officer [Read More…]
It has now become a tradition for B&T to invite their partners and customers for a yearly mini exhibition in Thun, Switzerland. This year about 40 exhibitors and some 800 participants could enjoy the possibility to wander around the latest products and also try some of [Read More…]
Later today we will be publishing many photos taken by my good friend Erik. I wanted to highlight this photo of the Brügger & Thomet VP-9 pistol, the first I have seen of the unusual pistol actually being fired. The B&T VP-9 is essentially a 21st century [Read More…]
Recently, The Firearm Blog ran an article on the B&T VP-9. There have been a variety of comments and questions regarding the potential sale of the gun in the United States of America. The importation of sound suppressors into the USA are currently limited to [Read More…]
Folks, you saw it here first. Brugger & Thomet (B&T) has developed a prototype .223 Remington version of their APC9 submachine gun. We don’t have any specs on the gun, but we can see from the photos that it uses AR-15 magazines, has [Read More…]
Brügger & Thomet is now selling in Europe a semi-automatic civilian-legal version of the 9mm B&T APC9 submachine gun which they unveiled last year. A TFB reader in the Czech Republic took these great photos of the new gun… [ Many thanks to Ales for the [Read More…]
Earlier this week I blogged about new Brügger & Thomet APC9. The company has also launched two new version of the MP9/TP9. The MP45, as the name suggests, is chambered in .45 ACP. The second is called the MP9N (N as in Nato) and has a few different internal parts [Read More…]
Brügger & Thomet, who are best know for the B&T MP9 Submachine gun and TP9 Pistol, have developed a new 9mm submachine gun called the B&T APC9. This UZI-sized gun is very lightweight, fully ambidextrous, has quad rails and take MP9/TP9 magazines. B&T [Read More…]
American Rifleman has published an article about the TP9 pistol … For testing, we tried the pistol out with a combination of FMJ ammunition as well as some defensive hollow-point loadings. The pistol was extremely pleasant to shoot, due in no small part to its [Read More…]