It features a unique gas-delayed blowback system based on the Barnitzke system, first used in the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5, and subsequently in the Swiss Pistole 47 W+F ( Waffenfabrik Bern) prototype pistol. The Steyr GB is a semi-automatic, blowback-operated firearm. īoth weapons are now regarded as collector's items, the original (Steyr) model commanding higher prices in the American market. due to significantly lower manufacturing standards which affected both the appearance and function of the pistol. In the late 1970s, an American company founded by Les Rogak, LES Incorporated of Morton Grove, Illinois marketed the Rogak P-18, a close derivative of the Austrian original, but without great commercial success, The weapon went into general civilian production in 1982, and in 1988 production ceased. It was designed in 1968, intended as a replacement for older handguns in Austrian military service. As such the GB abbreviation stand for Gas bremse (gas brake). The Steyr GB is a double-action 9×19mm Parabellum caliber, large-framed semi-automatic pistol employing a gas-delayed blowback action. Rogak ( stainless steel), Steyr commercial and military (matte blue) Hannes Kepplinger and Hermann Schweighofer ġ970s (Pi-18 samples), 1981–1988 (GB proper)
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