Polish Army Adopts RA-15 Pistol, Poland orders 20,000 pistols and upgrades Grot rifle

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Poland ordered 20,000 semi-automatic Vis 100 pistols in 9×19 mm NATO calibre for its armed forces on 4 December.

The Polish territorial army, the Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej (WOT), is procuring the new handgun in 2019–22 through the JWN (Nil) special forces support unit with a contract signed with Fabryka Broni Łucznik-Radom (FBLR).

The new pistol will replace P-64s and P-83s and become the service handgun for the land forces, navy, air force, and WOT.

The WOT has also ordered the first phase of the upgrade of the Grot C16 FB-M1 (MSBS-5,56) 5.56 mm modular assault rifle to the M2 version to be introduced in 2019.

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[Zarvan]

Polish Army Adopts RA-15 Pistol

PR-15 RAGUN - now the Vz.100 (FB Radom)

The Polish Army has announced that it will adopt Fabryka Broni “Łucznik” Radom’s pistol, the RA-15, as its new semi-automatic service pistol. The contract for 20,000 pistols was signed on 4th December ordering the new pistols for the Polish Army, Navy, Air Force and Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej (Territorial Forces).

Way back in November 2017, FB Radom announced that development on the RA-15 (Ragun) had ceased and the product was ready for mass production. Testing and evaluation with the Polish Army began in April with an initial order for 6,500 pistols – most of which went to the Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej.

FB Radom list the aluminium alloy-framed pistol as weighing 695g (1.5lb) unloaded – significantly lighter than the MAG-98, with a 4.3-inch barrel and an overall length of 7.7 inches The MAG-98 was not adopted by the Polish Army, who instead chose the Prexer WIST-94. The new pistol will replace the WIST-94 in service.

2018 is the anniversary of the regaining of Polish Independence in 1918, as such the new pistol has been designated the Vis 100 – a nod back to the famous Radom wz.35 Vis pistol. Last month FB Radom announced the limited run of a special edition wz.35 Vis pistols to commemorate the centennial of independence. First delivery of the new Vis 100 pistols is due in the second half of 2019.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/10/polish-army-adopts-fb-viz-100/