Army Picks B&T for New Sub Compact Weapon Contract

By Chris Eger

B&T had a very short Trident Arms-marked APC9K-SD model on hand at SHOT Show earlier this year that looked like an SCW contender. It turns out to have been at the head of the pack, minus the integral suppressor. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
In a small contract with big bragging rights, B&T USA will provide their APC9K sub guns to the U.S. Army to arm the military’s Personal Security Details.
The Tampa-based subsidiary of the Swiss Brugger & Thomet company was one of six companies last September who submitted designs to the Army for what the service termed “Sub Compact Weapons.” These guns, “capable of engaging threat personnel with a high volume of lethal and accurate fires at close range with minimal collateral damage,” were to be used by the special teams tasked with protecting high-value officers and dignitaries such as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe the commander of U.S. Forces Korea.
In the end, the contract awarded on Monday was worth just $2.5 million for 350 SCWs, with an option for up to 1,000 of the weapons. However, B&T beat out a field of big names in the gun world such as Sig Sauer, whose Copperhead was seen as a forerunner of what

Source: Guns.com