Engineering:Vektor Z88
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The Vektor Z88 ("Z-88") is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol produced by Vektor, the small arms brand name of Denel Land Systems, in South Africa . It is a licensed copy of the Beretta 92F. The gun was developed into the Vektor SP1, released in January 1993.[1] The gun was predominantly used by the South African Police Service.[2][3] The Z88 is implicated heavily in gang crime in South Africa; this is reportedly due to stolen firearms from police armouries.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Keegan, M (30 April 2005). The proliferation of firearms in South Africa, 1994-2004. Johannesburg: Gun Free South Africa. pp. 45-46. https://africacheck.org/sites/default/files/The-Proliferation-of-Firearms-in-South-Africa-1994-2004.pdf. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ↑ "Firearms used by the South African Police Service – Specifications and purpose". 18 July 2020. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/357759-firearms-used-by-the-south-african-police-service-specifications-and-purpose.html.
- ↑ Engelbrecht, Leon (25 January 2010). "Police up arsenal" (in en-ZA). defenceWeb. https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/police-up-arsenal/.
- ↑ IRISH-QHOBOSHEANE, Jenni (September 2021). "How To Silence The Guns?: Southern Africa’s illegal firearms markets". Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GITOC-ESA-Obs-How-to-silence-the-guns-Southern-Africas.REV_.pdf.
- ↑ Mitchley, Alex (18 September 2021). "Guns for hire: Mapping the source of South Africa's deadly illicit firearm trade". News24. https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/guns-for-hire-mapping-the-source-of-south-africas-deadly-illicit-firearm-trade-20210918.