A few months ago Beretta released in Europe the semiautomatic version of its newest submachine gun, the PMX. This civilian version of the new main firearm of the Italian Carabinieri, named PMXs, had no known delivery schedule to the USA. We now have confirmation that it will soon reach the American market.
The Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) recently started replacing their venerable Beretta PM12S with new PMX submachine guns, acquiring 5,000 firearms in late 2018. According to Beretta, the Carabinieri were directly involved in the development of the firearm, to ensure that it would match their requirements.
One of these requirements is the presence of “back-up sights on the back-up sights”: even when the folding sights are not deployed, small pistol-like sights protruding on top can be used for practical aiming. Among the requirements are also the ambidextrous controls and the possibility to swap the charging handle side. The firearm is fed by translucent 20 or 30-round magazines.
Right, even with my b&t I bought the one with the mags the gun was designed for. I’ll bet when Glock drops their carbine (any day now!) it won’t even take them. Lol
I am all over one of these as long as they are lest than $1500. I certainly think these merit a premium over the cz and beretta is typically pretty reasonable (in the us).
I’ll be all over this like stink on poop as soon as everyone who has to overpay for one gets one and at least a year has gone by. Of course this assumes that they don’t bastardize the civilian version.
92 magazines go from double column to single column. Virtually all modern submachineguns feed from a double column at the top. Also, the 92 magazines are slanted while the full double column magazines are not. Like all pistol magazines, the 92 magazines are just not an efficient use of space when compared to typical submachinegun magazines. I am surprised that they have not seemed to curve the magazine a bit as they’re typically more reliable in 9mm when designed that way.
I already have the SP5, SP5k and B&T APC 9 pro, all SBRed. I also have a CMMG Mk9T 16” (basically a Colt clone). Not sure what the PMX offers over my B&T.
I’m a huge fan. I got to play with one a few months back and greatly preferred the lower to the one that came on my P26. Hoping parts will be available for those that want to convert.
I’m somewhat interested in these. I’ve been weighing my options between a Scorpion or a KUSA KP-9. I don’t know if the PMX is quite worth the extra $$, though.
While I am a huge fan of “one example of each”, at some point designs become redundant and the money is better spent supporting the examples that already exist in your collection. I don’t think this Beretta offers anything unique or is so desirable / affordable that a person would be stupid to not buy one.
For the advanced collector there are better options for the same money, for the entry level shooter there are better options for the same money. The only person I can see who “must have” something like this are people who are dedicated to collecting Beretta firearms specifically in the same way there are some HK collectors who buy every variant, even the really stupid ones.