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Milkor BXP
The BXP (which was also marketed later as the "Phoenix" in the USA[citation needed]) is a 9×19mm submachine gun developed by Andries Piek, with the fully automatic version finalised in 1978, and the semi-automatic version for civilians coming later in 1984. Due to an international arms embargo against South Africa, South Africans designed and manufactured some weapons as a small firearms industry developed locally. The BXP was one of these locally designed and developed firearms, and is considered the final stage of development of the line of hand machine carbines that started with the LDP in Rhodesia and the Kommando in South Africa. Produced originally by the South African company Milkor (Pty) Ltd, its name 'BXP' stands for 'Blowback eXperimental Parabellum', hinting both at its operating mechanism as well as its caliber. The original automatic version of the BXP was intended for use by South African law enforcement, including the South African Police, the Correctional Services, and the specialised airport security unit based at the then Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg.
In Southern Africa in the 1970s, the political situation was deteriorating in both Rhodesia and South Africa, leading to civil security problems, especially in isolated areas and farming communities. In this scenario, Uzi-like hand machine carbines chambered in 9mm Parabellum became popular as home defence weapons in isolated areas, particularly for use by ladies or teenagers because of their manageable recoil.
In Rhodesia, from 1976 to 1978, Bulawayo Engineering developed the Rhogun, GM Steel produced the GM15 (fully automatic) and GM16 (semi-automatic), and Stellyte Co. manufactured the Cobra submachine gun and the Scorpion machine pistol, all derivatives of the CZ Model 25 and/or the Uzi.
Arguably the most successful of the hand machine carbines of this era was Lacoste Engineering's LDP (also known as the ‘Rhuzi’, or Rhodesian Uzi), launched in Rhodesia in 1976, which was a short while later also made under licence by Maxim Parabellum in South Africa, with a few minor modifications, from 1978 onwards.
A South African farmer, by the name of Andries Piek, ordered an LDP for himself from Rhodesia shortly after they were launched. However, when the shipment of LDPs arrived in South Africa, it was seized by the South African Police, who suspected that the firearms could be converted to fully automatic quite easily. The law in South Africa, then and now, does not allow civilians to own fully automatic firearms. The police sent the confiscated LDP firearms to the South African Bureau of Standards for evaluation in this regard.
While the LDPs were being examined by the Bureau of Standards, the Police allowed Andries Piek to examine his confiscated firearm with a view to seeing if he could find a way to adapt it to ensure that it could only ever fire in semi-automatic mode. He came up with such a design, of which the Police approved. The importer then contracted Andries Piek to perform the same adaptation on the entire shipment of LDPs, which the Police then released to their buyers.
Andries Piek then bought himself a Kommando, but did not find the folding stock to his satisfaction, so he designed a new style of stock with a different locking mechanism, which Maxim Parabellum incorporated into their revised Kommando design going forward.
After these two design successes, Maxim Parabellum employed Andries Piek, the 'accidental designer', on their firearm design team, where he worked with Alex du Plessis for some time.
Milkor BXP
The BXP (which was also marketed later as the "Phoenix" in the USA[citation needed]) is a 9×19mm submachine gun developed by Andries Piek, with the fully automatic version finalised in 1978, and the semi-automatic version for civilians coming later in 1984. Due to an international arms embargo against South Africa, South Africans designed and manufactured some weapons as a small firearms industry developed locally. The BXP was one of these locally designed and developed firearms, and is considered the final stage of development of the line of hand machine carbines that started with the LDP in Rhodesia and the Kommando in South Africa. Produced originally by the South African company Milkor (Pty) Ltd, its name 'BXP' stands for 'Blowback eXperimental Parabellum', hinting both at its operating mechanism as well as its caliber. The original automatic version of the BXP was intended for use by South African law enforcement, including the South African Police, the Correctional Services, and the specialised airport security unit based at the then Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg.
In Southern Africa in the 1970s, the political situation was deteriorating in both Rhodesia and South Africa, leading to civil security problems, especially in isolated areas and farming communities. In this scenario, Uzi-like hand machine carbines chambered in 9mm Parabellum became popular as home defence weapons in isolated areas, particularly for use by ladies or teenagers because of their manageable recoil.
In Rhodesia, from 1976 to 1978, Bulawayo Engineering developed the Rhogun, GM Steel produced the GM15 (fully automatic) and GM16 (semi-automatic), and Stellyte Co. manufactured the Cobra submachine gun and the Scorpion machine pistol, all derivatives of the CZ Model 25 and/or the Uzi.
Arguably the most successful of the hand machine carbines of this era was Lacoste Engineering's LDP (also known as the ‘Rhuzi’, or Rhodesian Uzi), launched in Rhodesia in 1976, which was a short while later also made under licence by Maxim Parabellum in South Africa, with a few minor modifications, from 1978 onwards.
A South African farmer, by the name of Andries Piek, ordered an LDP for himself from Rhodesia shortly after they were launched. However, when the shipment of LDPs arrived in South Africa, it was seized by the South African Police, who suspected that the firearms could be converted to fully automatic quite easily. The law in South Africa, then and now, does not allow civilians to own fully automatic firearms. The police sent the confiscated LDP firearms to the South African Bureau of Standards for evaluation in this regard.
While the LDPs were being examined by the Bureau of Standards, the Police allowed Andries Piek to examine his confiscated firearm with a view to seeing if he could find a way to adapt it to ensure that it could only ever fire in semi-automatic mode. He came up with such a design, of which the Police approved. The importer then contracted Andries Piek to perform the same adaptation on the entire shipment of LDPs, which the Police then released to their buyers.
Andries Piek then bought himself a Kommando, but did not find the folding stock to his satisfaction, so he designed a new style of stock with a different locking mechanism, which Maxim Parabellum incorporated into their revised Kommando design going forward.
After these two design successes, Maxim Parabellum employed Andries Piek, the 'accidental designer', on their firearm design team, where he worked with Alex du Plessis for some time.
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