9mm Parabellum Ammo
About
The .9mm Parabellum Ammo is a rimless, tapered firearms bullet. The .9mm Parabellum Ammo was designed in 1901 and made available to the public in 1902. Because of its popularity and high usage, this cartridge is manufactured today. The .9mm Parabellum Ammo is considered to be the most popular cartridge for handguns and submachine guns because of its availability and low cost. In 2007, a survey concluded that 60 percent of the firearms used by the police are 9mm. The .9mm Parabellum Ammo was intended to be lethal in the range of 50 meters, but it can still prove lethal in longer ranges. This cartridge combines a moderate recoil with a flat trajectory. The overall length of the .9mm Parabellum Ammo is 29.69mm, and the bullet diameter measures 9.01mm. The 115-grain bullet variant of the .9mm Parabellum Ammo can travel at a velocity of 1,400 feet per second and creates an energy level of 501 ft.lbf.
Manufacturer
The .9mm Parabellum Ammo was originally designed by George Luger, an Austrian firearm designer, and has been a favorite of the police departments in the Western regions.
Uses
The .9mm Parabellum Ammo is available worldwide. It is considered one of the most easily accessible pistol cartridges, which is the main reason for its popularity with law enforcement. That and the fact it has a long effective range with mild recoil makes the .9mm Parabellum Ammo perfect for police use.
Developed in 1901 by Austrian Georg Luger to submit for German military cartridge trials, it was derived from the Luger 7.65x21mm Parabellum. While it is known as the 9mm Luger in some media, the term 9mm Parabellum is the most commonly used name. It was eventually adopted by NATO as the standard pistol caliber in 1955.
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) History
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Usage
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Usage
The term “Parabellum” is derived from the Latin term, “Si vis pacem, para bellum”, which means “if you want peace, prepare for war”. The 9mm Parabellum is the most common cartridge issued by militaries and law enforcement agencies globally, along with being one of the most popular self defense choices for civilians.
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Trivia
Luger submitted the cartridge to the US military in 1903 for testing at Springfield Armory but it was not adopted until 1985 as the official cartridge for issued sidearms when the Beretta M9 replaced the 1911. It is the official sidearm cartridge for all NATO militaries currently.
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Trivia
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Design
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Design
The 9x19mm Parabellum is a rimless tapered wall cartridge with an overall length of 1.169” and a case capacity of 13.3 grains (H2O). It fires a .355” diameter bullet and uses small pistol primers with a maximum pressure of 35,000 PSI.
9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum) (9x19mm) Types
Several options are available for bullet type and weight to meet your needs, whether for training, military application, or personal defense. The most common weights being 115, 124, and 147 grain bullets of Full Metal Jacket or Jacketed Hollow Point with optimized powder loads to achieve the cartridge’s peak performance in pistols, carbines and submachine guns.
