~ FN P90® : ARMORERS MANUAL FNHUSA.COM - THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF FN HERSTAL S.A. IT MAY NOT BE USED, REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED TO A THIRD PARTY WITHOUT PRIOR FORMAL CONSENT OF FN HERSTAL S.A. 2001 09 EN - 1 - Catalog n° 3810084020 NOTES : - The descript io ns ond illustrations in this maintenance manual may differ slightly from the present configuration of the product. This would reflect the constant evolution of the pr od uct during its industrial life. - Data in this manual is technical only and of no contractua l value. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 : GENERALITIES 1 .1. Introduction .................................... ............. ....................................................... 7 1.2 . Descripti on ... .. .... ........................................ ..... .. .. ... .. .......................................... 7 1.3. Technical data .............. ........ ....... .......... .............................. .. .... .......... ... ... .. .... .... 8 1 .3.1. Dimensions a nd weight .. .................. .......... .. .... .. ... ......................... .... .... 8 1 .3.2. Functional data ........ ...... .............................. ... ... ......... .......................... 8 l .3.3. Ballistics .... ........ ...... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... ... ... ...... .... .. ........ .. ........ .............. ........... 8 1 .3.4. Laser characteristics (only P9Q ® L V, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ®TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) .. 9 1.4. Accessori es ... .......................... ......... .. ....... ........... .................. ............ ............ ... 10 1.5. Abbrevia ti ons .... .. ............................ ...................... ....... ... ...... .. ............ ...... ...... .. 11 CHAPTER 2 : IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARTS 2.1. How to order pa rts ....... .............. ........ ... ............ ... .......... ... ... ............................. 13 2.2. Parts lists ............... .......... ................... ... .... ............................... .. ...................... 13 2.2.1 . Barrel and optica l sight group [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) ..... 15 Barrel and support gro up [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® TR, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ®TR LIR) ............................................ .. .. .. ............................. ..... ..... l 9 2.2.2. Fr ame and trigger group [ 2] (only P9Q ® and P9Q ® TR) .. ....................... .. 23 Fra me, t ri gger and laser group [ 2 ] (only P9Q ® L V, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR UR) .................................................................................... 27 2.2.3. Moving pa rt s group [ 3 ] . .. ........... .. ......... ..... ......................................... 33 2 . 2.4 Hammer group [ 4 ] ............................................ .......................... .. .... . 37 2 . 2.5. Magazine [ 5 ] .. ......... ........ .. ... .... ... .. .. ...... ... ... .. .... ................................ 4 1 2001 09 EN - 2 - Catalog n° 3810084020 CHAPTER 3 : OPERATING PRINCIPLES 3. 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 43 3.2. Th e "safe mode" I t he "initial mode" .................................................................. 45 3.3 Semi-automatic firing mode ............................................................................... 47 - 3.3.1. Firing the first round ............................................................................. 47 3.3.2. Rearwa rd mo ve ment of the moving parts ............................................... 49 3.3.3 Forward movement of the moving parts ............................................ ..... 5 1 3.4. Ful l-automatic firing mode .............. ............................ ....................................... 53 3.5 Safety se ar (541 ) ......................... .... ..................... ........................... ....... .. ......... 55 3.6. Visible and infra- red loser {only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® L/R, P9 0® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ..... 55 CHAPTER 4 : SAFETY INFORMATION 4.1 . Warnings and cautions ....................................... .. .. ...................................... ..... 57 4.2. Sa fety checks ........................................................................... .... .... ................. 57 4.3. Tr itium light source (714) {only P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) .................................. 58 4.4 Visible and infra-red laser {only P90 ® LV, P9Q ® L/R, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ..... 59 CHAPTER 5 : RECEPTION OF THE GUN ......... . .... ................. ............... ... ...................... . .. ................. ............... . .. .. ... ... .. 61 - CHAPTER 6 : USING THE SUBMACHINE GUN 6. 1. Loading th e magazine [ 5 I ............................................................................ .... 63 6.2. Loading and cocking the submachine gun ...................... ..................................... 63 6.3. Firing the submachine gun ............ .. ............................ .. ............ ......................... 65 6.4. Unloading the submachine gu n ........................................ .. ...... .. ........................ 67 6.5. Using the visib le or infra-red laser (only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ........................................................................................................ 69 6.5.1. In serting the battery ( 71 7) ..................................................................... 69 6.5.2. Setting the laser selector (8 4) ................................................................ 69 6.5 .3. Activating the laser .................. .................... ................. ........................ 69 CHAPTER 7: FIELD STRIPPING 7.1. Disassembling the submoch in e gun .............................. .. .................................... 71 7.2. Disassembling the magazine [ 5 I .......... .. ............................ .................. .. ........... 75 CHAPTER 8 :MAINTENANCE 8.1 Lubricant specifications ........................................ ......................................... ..... 7 6 8.2 Cleaning and lubrication before firing .... .. .......... .... ............................................. 77 8.3. Cleaning and lubrication after firing .................................................................... 78 - . 2001 09 EN - 3 - Catalog n° 3810084020 CHAPTER 9: DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 9.1. Barrel and optical sight group [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) ... ................ 81 9.1.1 . Disassembly ............................................................... ... ............... .. ..... 81 9.1 .2. Rea ssembly ............. .. .... .. ........................................ . .. ....................... .. 87 9.2. Barrel and support group [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® TR , P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ............ 93 9.2.1. Disassembly ............ ..... ......... ...... .. .... .. .............. ...................... .......... .. 93 9.2.2. Reassembly .. ............... .. ........ .. ........ .... ....... ...... ..... .. .... .... . .. .... ....... ...... 97 9.3. Frome and trigger group [ 2] (only P9Q ® and P9Q ® TR) .................. . ... .. .. ....... .. .. .. 101 Frome, trigg er and laser group [ 2] (only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® L/R, P9Q ® TR LV and P90® TR LIR) .............. ........................................ ." ......... ...................................... 101 9.3 .1 Disassembly .. ........................... ............ .. .... .. ....... .......... .... .. ...... ..... . .. 101 9.3 .2. Disassembly of the frame (220) wi th integrated loser (only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR ) .................................................. 1 07 9 . 3.3. Reassembly of the frame (220) with integrated laser (only P9Q ®L V, P9Q ® L/R, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ............. ..................................... 1 07 9.3.4. Reassembly ......... ............. ... ........ . .. ................................................... 109 9.4. Moving ports group [ 3] ............................... ... .. ..... ............. ............................ 115 9.4.1. Disassembly ............................................................... ........... ....... ..... 115 9.4.2. Reassembly .... ................. .. .... .......................... ............ ........... ...... ..... 119 9.5. Ham mer group [ 4] ........................... ... ...... .. ...... ....................... ..................... 123 9.5 .1. Di sassem bl y .............. . .. ............ ......... ... .............. ........................ .. ..... 1 23 9 .5 .2. Reassembly ..... .................................................................................. 127 CHAPTER 10 : INSPECTION AND ADJUSTMENTS 10.1. Checking the firing precision ....................... ... .. ................................................ 135 10.2. Adjustment of th e optical sight (7 1 1) (only P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) ............... 137 10.3. Checking the operation of the magazine [ 5] .................. ...... .. .. ........................ 139 10.4. Checking and gouging the barrel (131) ...... ...... .. ..... .................. .......... .. ...... ..... 141 10 .5. Checking and gauging the extractor (435) .................................... ............... .. ... 143 10.6. Checking and gauging the automatic sear (519) ...................................... .. ... .... 145 1 0. 7. Adjustment of the visible or infra-red laser (only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) ................. .... ............................... ........... .... .. ... ..... ... .................. .... 147 CHAPTER 11 : TROUBLESHOOTING 11 .1. The gun does not fire when the trigger (261) is pulled ..... .......... .......... ... .. .. ....... . 148 11.2. Typ ical problems ........ ...... .... ..... ........ .. ......... ............................................... .. .. 148 CHAPTER 12 : ACCESSORIES Li st of accessories ........ ......................... .. ........... ....... .. ...... ............ ................... 151 2001 09 EN - 4 - Catalog no 3810084020 CHAPTER 13 : TOOLS AND GAUGES 13.1. Tools .............................................................................................................. 153 13.1 . 1. List of OREA ...................................................................................... 153 13. 1.2. List of UT ........... ................................................................................ 153 13.2. Gauges ................................................. ............ .. ......................... ............... . .. 155 CHAPTER 14 : NOTES ........... ..... ................ .................. ......... .. ............ ... ......................................... 157 ,... 2001 09 EN - 5 - Catalog no 3810084020 AVOID EXPOSURE VISIBLE LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED FROM THIS APERTURE AVOID EXPOSURE INVISIBLE LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED FR OM THIS APERTURE 2001 09 EN (a) P9Q ® (c) P9Q ® L V ( e) P9Q ® LI R AVOID EXPOSURE VISIBLE LASER LI GHT IS EMmEDFROM THIS APERTURE AVOID EXPOSURE INVISIBLE L ASER LIGHT IS EM ITT ED fROM THIS APERTURE (b) P9Q ® TR lO OmW Maximum Output W avele ngth 635nm·S/+ I Onm CL\SS UJb LASER PRODUCf (d) P9Q ® TR L V (~ P9Q ® TR Ll R Fig . 1 -T he 6 vers i ons of the P9Q ® subma c hine gun - 6 - Catalog n° 3810084020 · ~ CHAPTER 1 : GENERALITIES 1.1. INTRODUCTION This manual is intended for the personnel responsible f or the maintenance of the P9Q ® submachine gun. The purpose of the manual is to familiarise the personnel with the operation and th e maintenance of the gun, to explain th e removal, d isassembly, repa ir and/or re placement of the component parts and to supply the appropr iate inspection, gauging and adjustment procedures. 1.2. DESCRIPTION Th e P9Q ® submachine gun is a new-concept, comp act, lightweight persona l defence weapon with a capacity of 50 cartridges of 5.7 x 28 mm ammun it io n and featuring extremely low recoil. The P9Q ® is available in 6 v ers ions (Fig. 1) P9Q ® P9Q ® LV P9Q ® LIR P9Q ® TR P9Q ® TR LV P9Q ® TR LI R In its standard version, the P90 <!> has been provided with on optical re fl ex sight with bu il t -i n tritium beta-light source. P9Q ® LV = P9Q ® + fully integrated visible los er sight P9Q ® LIR = P9Q ® + fully integrated infra-red loser sight The P9Q ® TR does not hove any built-in sight. It hos however been provided with 3 Picotinny roils (1 top roil ond 2 side roils) onto which o wide variety of optical sig hts ond accessories con be mounted. P9Q ® TR LV = P9Q ® TR + fully integrated visible loser sight P90® TR LIR = P90® TR + fully int egrated infra-red loser sight Unl ess specified differently, all paragraphs of th is Mai ntenance Manua l apply to the 6 versions of the P9Q ®. 2001 09 EN - 7 - Catalog no 381 0084020 1.3. TECHNICAL DATA 1. 3.1. Dimensions and weight P9 0 ~ P90 411 L V P90 ~ LIR P90 ~ TR P9 0 411 TR LV P 90 ~ TR LIR Overa ll length 500 mm ( 19. 7" ) Width 55 mm (2.2") Height 2 10 mm (8.3") 180 mm ( 7. I ") W ei gh t (empty magazin e) 2. 704 kg 2.843 kg 2.843 kg 2.584 kg 2.7 10 kg 2.7 10 kg (6.0 /b ) (6.3 /b ) (6.3 /b) (5.7 /b) (6.0 /b) (6.0 /b) Weig ht (full magazi ne) 3.028 kg 3.167 kg 3 .1 67 kg 2.908 kg 3.034 kg 3.034 kg (6.7 /b) (7.0 /b) (7.0 /b) (6.4 /b) (6 .7 /b ) ( 6.7 /b ) 1.3.2. Functional data Opera ting pr inciple : Blowback mechanism firi ng from closed breech Ca libre : 5.7 x 28 mm Firi ng mod es : Sing le- sho1, fu ll -autom at ic Trigger pull : Si ng le -shot: 2.5 to 4 .5 do N Full-au tomatic: 5.0 to 7.0 daN Magazine cap acit y: 50 ca rt ridges Barrel length : 264 mm (l 0.4 ") Rifled length : 235 mm (9.3 ") Nu mber of gr oo v es : 8 Tw ist and dire cti o n : Ri ght -hand Cyclic rote of fi re : 900 rpm 1.3.3. Ballistics The following data apply to a P90 ®submach in e gun firing th e 5. 7 x 28 mm ammunition SS 19 0 (other types of ammunition (trac er, s ub so nic , .. .) are a/so availa ble) Muzzle velocity : Effective range : 2001 09 EN 715 m/ s (2 ,346 f ps) 200m - 8 - Catalog no 3810084020 - 1.3.4. Laser characteristics (only P9Q ® LV, P9Q ® L/R , P9Q ® TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) (a) Visible laser (only P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® TR LV) Po wer output : Wavelength : Laser type : Power: Batte ry I ife : BmW 635 nm Class lllb 3 V lithium 2/3A battery 15 hours (b) Infra-red laser (only P9Q ® LIR and P9Q ® TR LIR) Power output : Wavelength : Laser type : Power: Battery li fe : 2001 09 EN 4 mW 830 (± 1 0) nm C lass lllb 3 V lithium 2/3A battery 15 hours - 9 - Catalog n° 3810084020 1.4. ACCESSORIES P90® P9 0® LV P90® LIR P90® TR P9Q ® TR LV P90® TR LI R Side ra il OK Not relevant Sound suppressor OK Sou nd su ppressor bag Soft bag (available in black, olive-green, sand -ye llow or woodla nd camouflage) for the sound suppressor Case collector OK (only available in b la ck) Tactical light OK External vis ible laser OK Not relevant OK OK No t relevant OK E xte rnal infra-red laser OK OK Not relevant OK OK Not rel ev ant O pt ical re d dot sight OK O K (Picati nn y moun ti ng) (re quir es speci al Picatinny support) Picatinny support for OK Not re leva nt optica l red dot sight Sli ng OK Oi l can OK C le aning kit OK Sight ad ju stment kit OK Not re levant Mag azine pouch Pouch (a vailable in bla ck, o li ve-green, sa nd - yel low or wood land ca mouflage) for 2 P9 Q® magazi nes Gun carrying bag Soft carrying bag (available in black, oli ve -green, sa nd- yel l ow or woodland camouflag e) fo r the P90® OK: Avai labl e as accessory for t his (th ese) P9Q ®version(s) 2001 09 EN - 10 - Catalog no 3810084020 1.5. ABBREVIATIONS A: CAT no : em: CN: Fig . : fps : g: kg: lb : LIR : L V: m : mm: m /s: mW: n m: OREA: Qty: rpm : s : TR: UT: V: 2001 09 EN Ampere Ca tal og num ber Centimetres Codification Number Figu re Fee t per second Grams Ki lograms Pounds Infra-red laser Visible laser Me tres Millimet r es Metres /s econd Milliwatts N anom e tr es "O util de Reparation et d' Entretie n Armes" (specia l too l f or weapon repa ir and maintenance) Quantity Rounds pe r minute Seconds Tri ple Ra il Universal Tool (c ommercial too l not considered as a FN Her sta l product, but which can be supplied on special request) Vo lt - 11 - Catalog n° 3810084020 Fig. 2.a -The 5 main groups of the P9Q ® su bmachine gu n 2001 09 EN - 12 - Catalog n° 381 0084020 CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARTS 2.1. HOW TO ORDER PARTS For ordering part s, refer to the 'Ca tal og of parts and accessories' of the P90® submachine gun. 2.2. PARTS LISTS The P9Q ® submachine gun is subd ivided into 5 groups ( Fig. 2.a) : Group Desc ription Fig Pa rag ra ph [ 1) Barrel and optical sight group 2.2 . 1 (P90 ® , P90 ® LV, P9Q ® LIR) 2.b ( 1) Barr el and support group (P9Q ® TR, P9Q ® TR LV, P9Q ® TR LIR ) 2.b (2) [ 2) Frome and trigger group 2.2.2 ( P90 ® , P9Q ® TR ) 2.c (1) Frome, tr igger and loser group ( P9Q ® L V, P9Q ® LIR, P9Q ® TR L V, P9Q ® TR LIR ) 2.c (2) [ 3] Moving parts group 2.d 2 .2.3 [ 4 ) Hammer group 2.e 2.2.4 [ 5) Magazine 2.f 2 . 2.5 2001 09 EN - 13 - Catalog n° 3810084020 , ............. .. ',, '-.,I • 'I 1 ', I ' I ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ' ..... ' ..... ' ..... ' ..... ..... ..... ' -.... ' ' ' ..... ' ' ' ' j·--.. ' 110/0 ' 1 27 5f : 125 ~ ___ .! - - -· ----· --- - - --·- I I I I I I I I I Fig. 2 .b (1) - Bar rel and op ti cal sight group [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV ond P9Q ® LIR ) 2001 09 EN - 14- Catalog no 381 0084020 2.2.1. Barrel and optical sight group [ 1 ] (on ly P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) (a) List of parts (Fig. 2.b (1)) CAT n° Description Qty per unit 11 0/0 Suppo rt and barrel, assembly 1 1 21/0 Body, support, barrel 1 1 25 Spring, lock, support, barrel 1 1 27 Lock, support, barrel 1 1 31 Barrel (9") 1 1 35 Spring, return, cocking handle 1 150 Cocking handle 1 155 Stud, cocking hand le 2 162 Spring, return, barrel 1 165 Flash-hider 1 711 Reflex optical sight 1 712 Hexagonal socket countersunk head screw 2 714 Tritium light source (*) 1 715 Scr e w, adjustment, sight 2 (•) Due to the radioactive decoy of the tritium, tritium light sources (714) should never be stored for o long time : it is recommended to order them when they ore needed. The following parts or assemblies cannot be ordered (separately) : a number has however been attributed in order to facilitate the descriptions throughout th is Maintenance Manual : No Description Qty per unit A1 Cocking handle body 1 A2 Optical sight body 1 (b) Description Th e bar rel and optical sight group [ 1 ] fits into position on top of the front part of the frame (220) and consists of the barrel support body (12 1) onto or in to which the fol lowing assembli es and compone nts have been install ed : - The barrel support lock a ss embly consisting of the barrel support lock (127) and i ts spring (125) 2001 09 EN The barrel support lock (7 27 ) should be pressed in order to be able to unlock and remove the barrel and optical sight group [ 1 } from the frame (220). On the other hand, the barrel support lock ( 127) shou ld also be pressed when it is necessary to slide the barrel (131) out of the barrel support body (121) (after the flash-hider (165) and the barrel return spring (162) hove been removed from the barrel ). - 15 - Catalog no 3810084020 , ------ - ·- -- ·-.,·, ·,·, ·, 127 t1 .I 1', I ', ' .................... .... ', I .. ........ , ........ .... I ', I', I ', I ', : .................. : .................... : ........ .............. .. .... ............ : : ............ ................ ...., I "" ... ,, .......................... --- -------- : 125 ~ ', ............... I I I --,1 i I ',, , A1 ' ·,. ___ ____ • .J _ __ .! ......... --- - - ' ----- -- ......... ___ _ _ _ __ _ I ! I I I I I I I I Fig. 2.b ( 1) - Ba rrel and optical sight group [ 1 ] (o nly P9Q ® , P9Q ® LV and P9Q ® LIR) 2001 09 EN - 16 - Catalog n° 3810084020 2.2.1. Barrel and optical sight group [ 1 ] (continued) (on ly P9Q ®, P9Q ® L V and P 9Q ® LIR) (b) Description {continued) - Th e barrel (1 31 ), inserted from t he rear side into th e barr el sup port body (121 ), onto which the barrel return spring (16 2) has been placed and the flash-hider (165) h as been scre wed - The coc ki ng handle (150), consisting of the cocking handle body (A 1) provided with the 2 cocki ng handle studs (15 5) and held in a spring-tensioned position by the cocking handle return sp ri ng (135) When the cocking handle ( 7 50 ) is moved to the rear by using one of it s studs ( 7 55), it wilt move the moving parts rearwards (also refer t o§ 3.3.2). When the cocking handle (7 50) is released in i ts rear position, it returns towards its front position by the force of its return spr i ng ( 7 35) and by the force of the moving parts which are pushed by the ret u rn springs (477) (a lso refer to§ 3.3.3). - The op tical sight (7 11 ), comprising the tritium light source (714) mounted ins ide t he o pt ical sight body (A2) 2001 09 EN The opti ca l sight (7 7 7) is adjusta ble by the 2 sight adjustment screws (715) and fixed in to position onto th e barr el support body (7 2 7) by means of the 2 hexagonal socket head screws (77 2). The 2 he xagonal socket head screws (7 7 2) should be correctly tightened as they also secure the 2 sight adjustment screws (7 7 5). - 17- Catalog no 3810084020 ' ' l ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' i '-, 110 / 1 ., ' ' ' 1 27 5f : 125 g I I I I '' I I ........ , , Al 1 ' · ., __ _ ____ _ _J - ---· ....... .- -- -- -- .......... -- -- ........ _______ _ I I I I I I I / Fi g. 2.b (2) - Barrel and support group [ 1 ) (only P9Q ® TR, P9Q ®TR LV and P9Q ® TR LIR) 2001 09 EN - 18 - Catalog n° 3810084020 -· 2.2.1. Barrel and support group [ 1 ] (only P9Q ® TR, P9Q ® TR L V and P9Q ® TR LIR) (a) List of parts (Fig. 2.b (2)) CA T no Description Qty per unit 110/1 Support and barrel, assembly, triple rail 1 121/1 Body, support, bar re l, triple rail 1 1 25 Spring, lock, support, barrel 1 1 27 Lock, support, barrel 1 131 Barrel (9") 1 135 Spring, return, cocking hand le 1 150 Cocking handle 1 15 5 Stud, cocking handle 2 162 Spring, return, ba rr el 1 1 65 Fla sh -hider 1 941 Side ra il 2 942 Hexagona l socket head cap screw 2 The following parts or assemblies cannot be ordered (separately) : a number has however been attributed in order to facilitate the descriptions throughout th is Maintenance Manual : No Description Qty per unit A1 Cocking ha nd le body 1 (b) Description The barrel and support group [ 1 ] fits into position on top of the front part of the frame (220) and consists of the barrel support body (121) onto or into which t he fol lowing assemblies and components have been installed : - The barrel support lock assembly consisting of the ba r rel support lock (127) and its spring (125) The barrel support lock ( 127) should be pressed in order to be able to unlock and remove the barrel and support group { 1 ] from the frame (220). On the other hand, the barrel support lock ( 127) should also be pressed when it is necessary to slide the barrel (131) out of the barrel support body (121) (after the flash-hider ( 165) and the barrel return spring ( 162) have been removed from the barrel). - The barrel (13 1}, inserted from t he rear side into the barrel support body (121 ), on to wh i ch the barrel return sp ring (162) has been placed and the flash-hider (165) has been screwed 2001 09 EN - 19 - Catalog no 3810084020