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Interdynamic KG-9 / Intratec TEC-9
Specifications
(1981-1982 (KG-9), 1982-1984 (KG-99), 1984-1994 (TEC-9), 1990-1994 (TEC-DC9), 1994-2001 (AB-10))
Type: Pistol (KG-99, TEC-9, DC-9, AB-10) , Machine Pistol / submachine gun (MP-9)
Caliber: 9x19mm
Capacity: 10, 20, 32, 36, 50-round box magazines, 72-round drum magazine
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi (KG-9, KG-99, TEC-9, DC-9, AB-10), Safe/Semi/Full-Auto 1000 RPM (MP-9 with collapsible stock), Safe/Full-Auto 1000 RPM (MP-9 with no stock)
Interdynamic MP9/KG-9
Interdynamic AB of Sweden first tried to sell their 9x19mm submachine gun design to military buyers. Their design didn't generate much interest amongst the military clients of the world, so they brought their design to the U.S. and it went to market as the open bolt semi-automatic KG-9 pistol, which was bought in large numbers by criminals and often converted to full-auto. Production of the KG-9 only lasted about a year with around 2,500 guns produced in total.
The KG stands for the two founders of Interdynamic USA, Swedish designer George Kelgren (who later ran Grendel, Inc. before founding Kel-Tec) and Cuban-American designer Carlos Garcia.
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burn Notice | Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones | Felix Cole | MP9, "Hot Spot" (S2E11) | 2008 |
| My Name is Earl | Faizon Love | Reverend Green | replica, "Gospel" (S4E24) | 2009 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "Super Illegal Tec9 Mod" | Full auto only | 2016 |
Interdynamic KG-99
In 1982, after less than a year of production, the ATF classified the KG-9 as a Title II "machine gun" on the basis that its open-bolt design made it "readily convertible" to fully-automatic fire. This forced Interdynamic to redesign the KG-9 into a closed bolt system, birthing the KG-99.
As the 1980s progressed, shows like Miami Vice popularized the KG-99/TEC-9. The fully automatic guns in that show were KG-99s legally converted to full auto by Title II manufacturers.
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | Drug dealers and gang members | 1984-1989 |
Intratec TEC-9
In 1984, one of the founder of Interdynamic USA, George Kelgren, sold his share of the company to the other founder Carlos Garcia, who renamed the company to Intratec. The KG-99 was rebranded as the TEC-9. The TEC-9 is more or less identical to the KG-99, except for a few differences in the sights and recoil buffer. The sights had their design and placement changed, while the internal recoil buffer was replaced with a threaded metal end cap after reports of shooters destroying their weapons by firing overpressure ammunition out of them. The TEC-9 was a favored firearm during that time by gangs, especially the Cuban and Jamaican posses in Florida, due to its intimidating appearance and similarity to the fully automatic MP-9 machine pistol.
Earlier 1984 to mid-1987 TEC-9s have a "button" front sight, while later TEC-9s from mid-1987 to 1994 have a stamped, spot-welded front sight (like the example pictured on the right). This redesign was a result of Intratec's 1987 bankruptcy after spending huge amounts of money to defend against a lawsuit backed by anti-gun groups, and is indicative of a drastically inferior firearm due to quality control cutbacks; this model is where the TEC-9 got its reputation as a piece of junk.
In addition to the black and satin nickel versions of the full sized TEC-9, there are several 'mini' variations of the gun, missing the barrel shield and sporting a slightly shorter barrel. These are known as the TEC-9 Minis. The TEC-9 series of pistols was built between 1984-1994. This is the most common version of the gun to appear in movies.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pray for Death | James Booth | Limehouse Willie | 1985 | |
| Big Trouble in Little China | Kurt Russell | Jack Burton | 1986 | |
| Eye of the Tiger | A biker | 1986 | ||
| Avenging Force | Michael Dudikoff | Matt Hunter | TEC-9 Mini | 1986 |
| Steve James | Larry Richards | |||
| Various henchmen | ||||
| RoboCop | One of Sal's thugs | TEC-9 Mini | 1987 | |
| Beverly Hills Cop II | Brigitte Nielsen | Karla | TEC-9 Mini, foregrip, barrel shroud | 1987 |
| Rage of Honor | Various henchmen | 1987 | ||
| RoboCop 2 | One of Cain's thugs | 1990 | ||
| Pure Luck | A Mexican criminal | 1991 | ||
| Operation Corned Beef | Zargas' henchmen | Standard and Mini | 1991 | |
| Falling Down | Michael Douglas | William 'D-Fens' Foster | 1993 | |
| Martial Outlaw | A robber | 1993 | ||
| No Way Back | Serlano's thugs | TEC-9 Mini | 1995 | |
| Top Dog | An illegal arms trader | 1995 | ||
| Mask of Death | A street thug | 1996 | ||
| Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball | Wald's bodyguard | 1997 | ||
| The Ultimate Weapon | Roarke's man | With barrel extention | 1998 | |
| Sin City | A prostitute | 2005 | ||
| Missionary Man | Smugglers and bikers | 2007 | ||
| Taking of Pelham 123, The (2009) | Ramon Rodriguez | Delgado | 2009 | |
| Crank: High Voltage | Bai Ling | Ria | 2009 | |
| The Keeper | Cross' henchmen | 2009 | ||
| The Town | Jeremy Renner | Jem | 2010 | |
| Red Dawn | Chris Hemsworth | Jed Eckert | 2012 | |
| Fire with Fire | Aryan | 2012 | ||
| Dead Man Down | Colin Farrell | Victor | 2013 | |
| The Power of Few | Anthony Anderson | Junkshow | 2013 | |
| Blue Ruin | Eve Plumb | Kris | 2013 | |
| Bright | gang member | 2017 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The A-Team | 1983-1987 | |||
| The Stand | Flagg's Enforcers | 1994 | ||
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | Thugs | 1996- | ||
| Tremors: The Series | Michael Rooker | Kinney | 2003 | |
| CSI: Miami | Assassin | "Dispo Day" (S1E18) | 2003 | |
| Smallville | Michael Adamthwaite | Rick | "Crossfire" (S9E06) | 2009 |
| Longmire | Terry Dale Parks | "Agent Daxner" | "A Damn Shame" (S01E03) | 2012 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 7 | Savior | "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (S7E01) | 2016 | |
| Savior | "Sing Me A Song" (S7E07) | |||
| Training Day | 2017 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 2002 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 2004 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | 2005 | ||
| Saints Row 2 | T3K Urban | 2011 | |
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | 2011 | ||
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2011 | ||
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Tec-9 | Semi-automatic | 2012 |
| Contagion | Intratec KG9 | 2013 | |
| Far Cry 4 | 2014 | ||
| Payday 2 | Blaster 9mm | Hotline Miami DLC | 2014 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Tec9 | Available in both semi-auto and full-auto forms | 2016 |
| Far Cry 5 | A-99 | Select-fire | 2018 |
Intratec TEC-DC9
The TEC-DC9 pistol first appeared in 1990. It was a renamed version of the original TEC-9 pistol. The TEC-DC9 was the first "assault pistol" designed to comply with a legislative ban after the TEC-9 was specifically named in the California state gun ban. Intratec had been manufacturing the TEC-9 for years, but after the 1989 Schoolyard shooting in Stockton and the subsequent Ban on "named guns", Intratec complied with the law, by simply renaming the gun. Thus the "DC" nomenclature meant "Designed for California" because the DC9 was able to be sold in California after the 1989 Roberti-Roos Assault Weapon Law banned the sale of the TEC-9.
The most noticeable external difference between the TEC-9 and the later TEC-DC9 is that rings to hold the sling was moved from the side of the gun with the cocking handle, to a removable stamped metal clip in the back of the gun. Though slight, it allows one to know which version of the gun they are looking at. Since the TEC-9 and the DC-9 can swap parts, sometimes DC-9 barreled upper receivers are seen mated to TEC-9 Lower receivers. Usually those are the full-auto versions of the DC-9 seen in films. The TEC-DC9 series of pistols was built between 1990-1994.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Boys | Frank John Hughes | Casper | 1995 | |
| Hannibal | Gangsters | 2001 | ||
| Outside the Law | Cynthia Rothrock | Julie Cosgrove | Without barrel shroud | 2002 |
| Outside the Law | Delgado's bodyguard | Without barrel shroud | 2002 | |
| S.W.A.T. | Bad Guys | 2003 | ||
| Bad Boys II | Bad Guys | 2003 | ||
| No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem | Anton Chigurh | 2007 | |
| Josh Brolin | Llewelyn Moss | |||
| New Kids Nitro | Huub Smit | Richard | 2011 | |
| Plan C | Ton Kas | Bram | 2012 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Numerous assailants | 1993-2001 | ||
| NCIS | Arms Dealer | "Deliverance" (S6E15) | 2009 | |
| Sanctuary | John Novak | Thug boss | "Monsoon" (S04E04) | 2011 |
| Tora Hylands | Nicholls |
Intratec AB-10
In the wake of the Clinton Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 (known as the Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994), Intratec had to alter their guns to eliminate the threaded barrels and heat shields, since such 'cosmetic features' were deemed dangerous by politicians. Despite much hyperbole, no one could truly explain how cosmetic features made a firearm either more or less dangerous. Intratec showed a sense of humor and a defiance of poorly written laws, by renaming even more cosmetically altered guns. AB ("After Ban") was the new name of the AB-10 which was the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban compliant version of the same gun.
Redesigning the TEC-9 series of guns to comply with restrictions and re-naming the guns didn't help Intratec weather the storm though, since the national media claimed the killers at Columbine in 1999 used the "post ban" version of their gun, the AB-10 (also misidentified by the national media as the full sized TEC-DC9 as well). According to the Jefferson County Sheriff Dept, the pistol was a pre-ban TEC-9 Mini (a gun that was no longer manufactured prior to the passing of the 1994 Crime Bill). Despite reports in the press, the handgun (the TEC-9 mini) and the Hi Point 9mm Carbine were supplied by private parties and not gun dealers and thus would not have been affected by any of the proposed gun control laws.
Intratec's latest model of this series of firearm, the AB-10 fully complied with all legislative restrictions, but it was still vilified primarily due to misinformation by the media and law enforcement. Intratec went out of business in 2000.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Geena Davis | Charly Baltimore | 1996 | |
| End Game | Peter Greene | Jack Baldwin | 2006 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payday 2 | Blaster 9mm (with Short Barrel modification) | Hotline Miami DLC | 2014 |
See Also
- KimmeL Industries AP-9 Firearm derived from the KG-9 series