Fort 12 pistol, right side view
Same pistol, left side, slide stop engaged
Fort 12 pistol in the presentation finish
Fort 12 pistol, partially disassembled
Type: Double Action, semiautomatic
Caliber: 9x18mm Makarov
Weight: 830 g empty
Length: 180 mm
Barrel length: 95 mm
Capacity: 12 rounds
The Fort 12 pistol is an attempt of the independent Ukraine (one of the
former USSR republics) to develop its own police pistol to replace
Soviet era, aging Makarov PM pistols.
To accomplish this task, Ukrainian state-owned FORT factory purchased
Czech machinery from CZ-Uhersky Brod factory, and by the late 1990s
developed its first pistol, the Fort 12. Currently, this gun is issued
to the Ukrainian police and security forces and also sold on civilian
market chambered for non-lethal rubber ammunition or tear gas
ammunition. early production Fort 12 pistols were reported as only
marginally reliable, but at the present time most of the teething
problems are gone, and Fort 12 pistol provides some improvements over
the older Makarov PM in
the ergonomics, accuracy and magazine capacity. The only visible minor
flaw of the Fort 12 design is the lack of the safe decocking facility.
The Fort 12 is a blowback operated, double action pistol. Frame and
slide are made from steel. Manual safety is mounted on the left side of
the slide only, and locks the hammer either in cocked or in lowered
position. Guns are manufactured in standard grade with mated finish, or
in presentational grade, with gold inlays and engravings. Magazine is of
double column type, and holds 12 rounds of ammunition, magazine release
button is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of
the frame.
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