VP 70 is a semi-automatic Pistolet Double action only marketed by the firm Heckler&Koch in 1970 where it remained in production until in 1989 in the version VP 70Z . This Arme was particularly atypical and innovating.

It is about very first the Pistolet whose carcass is out of polymer, 10 years before the Glock. This weapon directly operated by the retreat and moreover equipped with a mechanism Double strict action without additional safety, an option which was extremely rare at the time.

Its characteristic the most remarkable residence its capacity to be however drawn from the gusts of three blows at very high rate when it is equipped with its stick of shoulder. This system is available only on the version intended for the police force, the VP70M which was stopped at the end of a few years.

The hardness of the relaxation specific to the mechanisms Double action strict night however with the precision of the weapon and what is regarded today as an appreciable safety factor, prohibited with VP70 to meet business success at its time; whether it is on the professional market or civilian.

VP 70

• Gauge: 9 mm Parabellum
• Length: 20,4cm (54,4cm with the stick)
• Length of the gun: 11,6cm
• Weight noncharged: 0,820kg
• Weight of the stick: 0,458kg
• Weight charged: 1,131kg (1,589kg with the stick)
• Capacity: 18 cartridges
• theoretical Rate of shooting: 2000 c/minute