IMM HS-2000

     Notes: This weapon (sometimes known simply as the “HS”) is the standard Croatian sidearm.  It borrows in design from the SiG-Sauer P-226, being a simple design that can operate in both single and double-action operation.  It features a decocking lever, like many modern pistols.  The HS-2000 has ambidextrous controls and can be easily used by both left and right-handed firers.  Though the HS-2000 is a single-action weapon, the trigger action lessens the possibility of accidental discharge by having what IMM calls an “Ultra Safety Assurance” mechanism.  This includes a modified form of striker firing, a firing pin safety, a cocking indicator, a chamber-loaded indicator, a trigger safety (the trigger must be pulled completely back), and a grip safety.  The HS-2000 has no manual safeties whatsoever.  The HS-2000 has a modern polymer frame, with a steel slide. Barrel lengths of 3 and 5 inches are available. Both Croatian military and police forces use the HS-2000. 

     Variants of this pistol are sold in the US by Springfield as the XD series; however, the XD is sufficiently different from the HS-2000 to warrant their own entry under US Pistols.

     HS-2000 manufactures a more modern version of the HS-2000, with a manual safety, a MIL-STD-1913 rail under the dust cover, a thumb safety (which requires training to engage properly) a squared off and grooved front of the trigger guard, and a vertically grooved trigger. The magazines are high-capacity magazines.  They are noted below.  They each have a 4.04-inch barrel.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

     Merc 2000 Notes: This is one of the world’s best sellers in pistols.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

HS-2000 (3” Barrel)

9mm Parabellum

0.6 kg

15

$228

HS-2000 (5” Barrel)

9mm Parabellum

0.65 kg

15

$249

HS-2000 (3” Barrel)

.357 SiG

0.66 kg

12

$256

HS-2000 (5” Barrel)

.357 SiG

0.71 kg

12

$276

HS-2000 (3” Barrel)

.40 Smith & Wesson

0.75 kg

12

$302

HS-2000 (5” Barrel)

.40 Smith & Wesson

0.81 kg

12

$323

HS-2000 (3” Barrel)

.45 ACP

0.75 kg

13

$388

HS-2000 (5” Barrel)

.45 ACP

0.81 kg

13

$409

HS-2000-MS-9

9mm Parabellum

0.71 kg

16

$238

HS-2000-MS-45

.45 ACP

0.75 kg

14

$397

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

HS-2000 (9mm, 3”)

SA

1

Nil

1

3

Nil

6

HS-2000 (9mm, 5”)

SA

1

Nil

1

3

Nil

12

HS-2000 (.357, 3”)

SA

2

Nil

1

3

Nil

7

HS-2000 (.357, 5”)

SA

3

1-Nil

1

3

Nil

14

HS-2000 (.40, 3”)

SA

2

Nil

1

3

Nil

8

HS-2000 (.40, 5”)

SA

2

1-Nil

1

3

Nil

16

HS-2000 (.45, 3”)

SA

2

Nil

1

3

Nil

7

HS-2000 (.45, 5”)

SA

2

Nil

1

3

Nil

14

HS-2000-MS-9

SA

1

Nil

1

3

Nil

10

HS-2000-MS-45

SA

2

Nil

1

3

Nil

10

 

PHP MV-9

     Notes: This Croatian weapon is relatively rare, since production ceased after a short run and did not pick up again until after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia was well underway.  The weapon is essentially a version of the Walther P-38; though it looks very different externally, the breech locking, trigger, and decocking system are the same.  The only real improvement is the high-capacity magazine and the protection for the barrel.  Manufacture ceased after a short run of less than three years. 

     Twilight 2000 Notes: In the Twilight 2000 Notes, manufacture did not cease after a short run of three years.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

PHP MV-9

9mm Parabellum

0.99 kg

15

$215

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

PHP MV-9

SA

1

Nil

1

2

Nil

10