The Vektor Z88 ("Z-88") is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol produced by Vektor, the small arms brand name of Denel Land Systems, in South Africa. It is a licensed copy of the Beretta 92F. The gun was developed into the Vektor SP1, released in January 1993.[1] The gun was predominantly used by the South African Police Service.[2][3] The Z88 is implicated heavily in gang crime in South Africa; this is reportedly due to stolen firearms from police armouries.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Keegan, M (30 April 2005). The proliferation of firearms in South Africa, 1994-2004 (PDF). Johannesburg: Gun Free South Africa. pp. 45–46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Firearms used by the South African Police Service – Specifications and purpose". 18 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Engelbrecht, Leon (25 January 2010). "Police up arsenal". defenceWeb. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ↑ IRISH-QHOBOSHEANE, Jenni (September 2021). "How To Silence The Guns?: Southern Africa's illegal firearms markets" (PDF). Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Mitchley, Alex (18 September 2021). "Guns for hire: Mapping the source of South Africa's deadly illicit firearm trade". News24. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.


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