Grozniy K6-92 (Krasniy Molot Borz)

Notes: The K6-92 was designed by the Armenians, who gained their independence from Russia in 1991, and discovered that their Army had a dearth of weapons.  To make things worse, they were engaged in a border war with Azerbaijan.  One of the solutions was the K6-92, which was a small and mechanically-simple weapon easily produced in just about any machine shop.  The K6-92 used features from a number of weapons, including the Uzi, the PPS, the MP-40, and the Masden M-50. Eventually, the Armenians stopped fighting with the Azerbaijani and also had more capital to work with, and could afford better weapons.  The K6-92 was retired – sort of.

The Borz (Chechen for Wolf) is a small submachinegun that caused a lot of speculation when first seen in magazine and newspaper photos in the early 1990s.  The Borz was one of the home-grown weapons used by Chechen separatists until they were able to acquire better weapons. It turned out that the Chechens were manufacturing the K6-92 in their own machine shops, calling it the “Borz.” Chechen Borz submachineguns can vary greatly in appearance due to variances in manufacturing, materials available, and major and minor touches applied by the gunsmiths.  Chechen Borz submachineguns also varied greatly in quality, but almost all showed their poor manufacture.  Some Chechen Borz submachineguns were of such poor quality that they were used for one attack, then discarded (if the fighter was lucky, he was able to pick up a Russian weapon).  Chechen examples generally had poor sights or no sights, no stocks (whether folding, sliding, or fixed), and were often made of poor-quality scrap metal.  By 1999, the Chechens had enough discarded and captured Russian weapons and weapons smuggled into Chechnya, and they completely discarded use of the Borz.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: Though this weapon wasn’t built as such in the Twilight 2000 timeline, the K6-92, and especially the Borz, can be taken as examples of the sort of home-grown weapons that might appear in the late stages of the Twilight War.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

K6-92

9mm Makarov

1.96 kg

17, 25, 30

$279

Borz

9mm Makarov

1.5 kg

17, 25, 30, 40

$229

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

K6-92

5

2

Nil

3/5

1

3

15

Borz

5

2

Nil

3

3

5

12