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IWI Jericho 941

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The IWI Jericho 941 is a semi-automatic, DA/SA, double-stack pistol designed by Israeli Military Industries.[1] The Jericho 941 is based on the CZ 75 design and accepts standard CZ magazines.[1] The "941" in the pistol's name indicates the two original chamberings: 9mm and.41 Auto Express.[1]

How it changed

Subcontracting basic fabrication to Tanfoglio let IMI quickly produce a pistol with enough Israeli content for government contracts.[2] The design avoided the teething problems most new pistol designs experience.[2] Later models included "semi-compact" and compact versions, and the "R" suffix denotes a combination safety and decocker.[1] IWI US announced in December 2014 that steel and polymer Jericho 941 models would be imported to the US starting in early 2015.[3][4]

Spike Spiegel, the protagonist of the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop, used a Jericho 941 R as his primary firearm.[5][1]

What the maker and period sources say

A 2014 press release from IWI US stated that Jericho 941 pistols are used by civilians and elite forces including the Israeli police.[4] The press release listed nine models for US import, with calibers including 9mm,.40 S&W, and.45 ACP.[4] The "Guns of Pop Culture" account notes that the Jericho 941 is a CZ 75 clone with slightly different aesthetics.[1] That same account states the original 941s came with two calibers in one box.[1]

References

  1. "Guns of Pop Culture: "Cowboy Bebop" & the Jericho 941 R", 6 July 2022. facts only, no text reused. pewpewtactical.com
  2. Wikipedia, "IWI Jericho 941" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis, "The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons", Gun Digest Books, 26 September 2007, p. 242–243 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "IWI Jericho 941" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "IWI US Announces the Return of Jericho 941 - The Firearm Blog", 18 December 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "IWI US Announces the Return of Jericho 941 - The Firearm Blog", 18 December 2014. facts only, no text reused. thefirearmblog.com
  5. Wikipedia, "IWI Jericho 941" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Guns of Pop Culture: "Cowboy Bebop" & the Jericho 941 R", 6 July 2022 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article IWI Jericho 941 (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In which country was the IWI Jericho 941 developed?

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