Vietnam Defence Expo 2024: New Handguns

By Vladimir Onokoy

This year’s Vietnam Defence Expo 2024 was full of surprises. TFB already covered new rifles in 5.56×45 and the new light machine gun, “Negev,” in 7.62×39. But there were more guns to talk about. For the first time, the Z111 factory presented a new line of handguns.For years, the Vietnamese Army and Law Enforcement used Tokarev as their main service pistol. The locally produced version is called K54. Another popular pistol called K59 is a copy of Makarov. In recent years, some police units procured Glocks and CZ P-07s. There were also reports about local production of IWI Jericho 941.In 2019,  I wrote about a locally made less-lethal pistol chambered for 10×22. Now, in 2024, it is evident that the Vietnamese industry has made a lot of progress in the last five years.

SN19 pistol (Photo by Vũ Đông Hải)

This year, they presented SN19, which is clearly based on the Glock 17 Gen 5. It has similar front

Source: The Firearm Blog