At, we focus on hunting rifles and shotguns, hunting ammunition and the associated optics and equipment. Our motto at and is simple: We are here for all those who live out their passion for hunting and shooting, either in competitions or as a hobby – or who simply enjoy firearms, optics and related accessories. is the international platform that is your window to this fascinating world – in four languages. In this review, we tested a normal 9 mm Parabellum USP.īE A SHOOTER! Firearms, ammunition, optics, and passion: these are the four key elements that unite shooting fans from all around the world. The Heckler & Koch P2000 and P30 model families are also based on the USP, and there are USP sports designs like the Elite and the Expert. Meanwhile, the USP also has compact versions, which have been used as police weapons in many parts of Germany. Instead of a polygonal barrel, the gun had a tube with six clockwise grooves and lands. This gun differs compared to its predecessors because of the combined safety and decocking lever.
Starting in 1994, the Bundeswehr began to incrementally switch from the Walther P1 service pistol to the P8, the new service side arm based on the USP. 45 ACP and 9 mm Parabellum and by 1996, German buyers could choose from among 21 USP versions.
However, Heckler & Koch quickly released models in. In this case, the grip was mixed with small glass fibers and is reinforced at sensitive locations with sheet metal stamping.įollowing the fashion of the time, the first version of the Heckler & Koch USP appeared at the SHOT Show in 1993 chambered in. It includes an external hammer as well as an optimized Browning system, embedded in a polymer grip – a material that was new to weapon grips at the time. To do so, Heckler & Koch turned away from their conventional hand-cocking mechanism model P7 to an essentially traditional, but thoroughly revised technology. The philosophy from the very start was to design a handgun for both civilian and official use. Internally at Heckler & Koch, the project was originally known under the working title “close-range weapon for security functions” before it acquired the acronym USP. The USP emerged as a by-product of that work. Primary work on the handgun began in 1989, but really got going in the 1990s, thanks to a research contract from the US Armed Forces. With it came the most successful German handgun since reunification – Heckler & Koch’s universal self-loading pistol, or USP for short.
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