The KRISS KARD (''KRISS Automatic, Research & Development'') is a prototype of a semi-automatic pistol developed by KRISS USA (formerly Transformational Defense Industries (TDI)). It is chambered in
.45 ACP
The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as .45 Auto, .45 Automatic, or 11.43×23mm is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After su ...
, and utilizes the same Super V System as the
KRISS Vector
The KRISS Vector is a series of weapons based upon the parent submachine gun design developed by the American company KRISS USA, formerly Transformational Defense Industries (TDI).
Designed in 2006 and seeing limited production since 2009, the K ...
, but in a much smaller package to minimize
recoil
Recoil (often called knockback, kickback or simply kick) is the rearward thrust generated when a gun is being discharged. In technical terms, the recoil is a result of conservation of momentum, for according to Newton's third law the force requ ...
and muzzle rise. It does not have a blowback slide; instead, it has a T-shaped cocking handle on the rear.
Design and features
The KARD is a handgun with a fixed barrel, unlike the more conventional and common
tilting barrel system present among most pistols. To provide inertia, a weight is installed at the front of the weapon with a bolt actuator. The weight, which tilts downwards during recoil, provides the same functionality of inertia as a slide on conventional pistols. By the time the bolt and barrel separate, the pressure inside the barrel will be at safe levels. A
recoil spring
Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to cycle the action, as opposed to gas operation or blowback operation using the pressure of the pr ...
pulls the bolt back into battery and strips a round off the
magazine
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on its return, ready for firing. The recoil mechanism transfers some of the recoil energy downward at the front of the weapon, rather than rearwards like a slide does in conventional pistols. This is to assist in keeping the weapon on target. Due to the fact there is no slide present, optical attachments can be more easily installed on the weapon. A fixed barrel is more accurate than a tilting barrel and assists in making it easier to install muzzle attachments such as
suppressor
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s.
Magazine capacity is not mentioned in the promotional materials. However, the magazine interface most likely will use standard 10- or 13-round
Glock 21 magazines (like the semi-automatic
KRISS Vector CRB, SBR, or SDP models) or their proprietary 25-round ''MagEx 25+'' extended capacity magazine (like the full automatic
KRISS Vector SMG). Any other calibers it will be chambered in (like
9 x 19mm Parabellum or
.40 Smith & Wesson) will most likely use standard Glock magazines as well.
References
External links
The KRISS KARD: New pistol from KRISS Systems
.45 ACP semi-automatic pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of the United States
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