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 MP-9/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 Kellgren (who later ran Grendel, Inc. before founding Kel-Tec) and Cuban-American designer Carlos Garcia.
As the 1980s progressed, shows like Miami Vice popularized the KG-9/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 	Date
Burn Notice 	Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones	Felix Cole 	MP-9, "Hot Spot" (S2E11) 	2008
My Name is Earl	Faizon Love 	Reverend Green	replica, "Gospel" (S4E24)	2009
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears As 	Mods	Notation 	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. This was a somewhat welcome change anyway, as the one-pound bolt slamming forward on firing greatly compromised the accuracy of the open-bolt variants.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair	Tom Mason	Ben Kowalski	 	-
=== Television ===
Show Title	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The A-Team	George Peppard	Hannibal 	KG-99 Mini, Recipe for Heavy Bread" (S2E2)	1983
Miami Vice	 	Drug dealers and gang members	Converted to full auto; forward grip 	1984-1989
==Intratec TEC-9==
In 1984, Interdynamic USA's co-founder, George Kellgren, 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. It also became a frequently-mentioned weapon in hip-hop culture starting in the early-1990s, with at least one rapper taking the stage name "Tech N9ne."
The first TEC-9s had blade front sights and were built from KG-99 upper receivers, most 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. 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 shroud / heat shield and sporting a slightly shorter barrel. These are known as the TEC-9 Minis. The TEC-9 series of pistols was built from 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 	1984-1987 version 	1986
Eye of the Tiger 	 	A biker 	 	1986
Avenging Force 	Michael Dudikoff 	Matt Hunter 	TEC-9 Mini 	1986
Avenging Force 	Steve James 	Larry Richards 	TEC-9 Mini 	1986
Avenging Force 	 	Various henchmen 	TEC-9 Mini 	1986
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	Post-1987 version 	1993
Martial Outlaw 	 	A robber 	 	1993
Cyborg 2 	 	corporate soldiers 	 	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
Bad Boys II 	 	Tapia's man 	Post-1987 version 	2003
Sin City 	 	A prostitute 	 	2005
Missionary Man 	 	Smugglers and bikers 	 	2007
Taking of Pelham 123, The (2009)	Ramón Rodríguez 	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
Red Dawn 	Josh Hutcherson 	Robert Kitner 	 	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
Triple 9 	 	 	seen in armory 	2016
Bright 	 	gang member 	 	2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice 	 	member of Prince's gang	suppressed Mini 	2017
The Hunt 	Sturgill Simpson 	Vanilla Nice 	 	2020
Bullet Train 	 	Yakuza members 	 	2022
Bullet Train 	Brian Tyree Henry	Lemon 	 	2022
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
The A-Team 	 	 	 	1983-1987
Strapped 	Bokeem Woodbine 	Diquan Mitchell 	 	1993
The Stand 	 	Flagg's Enforcers	 	1994
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei	 	Thugs 	 	1996-
Tremors: The Series 	Michael Rooker 	Kinney 	 	2003
CSI: Miami - Season 1 	 	Assassin 	"Dispo Day" (S1E18) 	2003
Zero Hour (2004) 	Josh Young 	Dylan Klebold 	"Massacre at Columbine High" (S1E03) 	2004
Smallville - Season 9 	Michael Adamthwaite	Rick 	"Crossfire" (S9E06) 	2009
Breaking Bad - Season 3 	 	 	"One Minute" (S3E07) 	2010
Longmire - Season 1 	Terry Dale Parks 	"Agent Daxner" 	"A Damn Shame" (S01E03) 	2012
True Detective - Season 1 	 	drughouse guard 	 	2014
The Walking Dead - Season 7 	Melvin John Harvill	Savior 	"The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (S7E01)	2016
The Walking Dead - Season 7 	 	Savior 	"Sing Me A Song" (S7E07) 	2016
Training Day 	 	 	 	2017
Cloak & Dagger - Season 2 	Emma Lahana 	Brigid O'Reilly 	"Shadow Selves" (S2E03) 	2019
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 	 	 	Mini; "Power Broker" (S1E03) 	2021
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears As 	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 	 	 	Mockup mini version with barrel extension 	2002
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 	 	 	Mockup mini version with barrel extension 	2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	 	 	Mockup mini version with barrel extension 	2005
Resonance of Fate 	 	 	Only seen in prerendered video sequence and made of riveted metal 	2010
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
Warface 	TEC-9 	 	 	2013
Far Cry 4 	 	 	 	2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 	Intratec Tec-9	 	Stainless; w/10, 32 and 50-round mags,suppressor and barrel extension	2014
Payday 2 	Blaster 9mm 	 	Hotline Miami DLC 	2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	Tec9 	 	 	2016
Far Cry 5 	A-99 	 	Select-fire 	2018
Krunker 	Tehchy-9 	 	Incorrectly holds 14 rounds and fires in a 3-round burst 	2019
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 	 	 	Mixed with KG-9, partly anachronistic 	2020
Far Cry 6 	 	 	Post-1987 version 	2021
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)	 	 	Mixed with KG-9 	2022
==Intratec TEC-DC9==
The TEC-DC9 pistol first appeared in 1990. It was a slight redesign 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 Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, which banned a number of "named guns", Intratec complied with the law more or less just by renaming the gun. Thus the "DC" nomenclature meant "Designed for California" because the DC9 was able to be sold in California.
The most noticeable external difference between the original TEC-9 and the TEC-DC9 is the sling mount was changed from a D-shaped projection on the left side of the barrel shroud, to a removable stamped metal clip on the back of the gun. Since the TEC-9 and the DC9 can swap parts, sometimes live-action works will feature DC9 barreled upper receivers mated to TEC-9 lower receivers. This is typically the case for full-auto weapons that appear to be DC9s in films. The TEC-DC9 series of pistols was built from 1990-1994.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Bad Boys 	Frank John Hughes	Casper 	 	1995
Hannibal 	 	Gangsters 	 	2001
S.W.A.T. 	 	Bad Guys 	 	2003
Bad Boys II 	 	Bad Guys 	 	2003
No Country for Old Men	Javier Bardem 	Anton Chigurh	 	2007
No Country for Old Men	Josh Brolin 	Llewelyn Moss	 	2007
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
Sanctuary 	Tora Hylands	Nicholls 	"Monsoon" (S04E04) 	2011
Better Call Saul - Season 4	 	Espinosa Gang Member	"Talk" (S4E04) 	2018
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears As	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Phantom Forces	"TEC-9" 	Extended barrel, TEC-9 Mini short barrel, 32-round extended magazine, MP-9 wire stock	Full-auto only 	2015
Phantom Forces	"KG-99" 	Standard length barrel, 32-round extended magazine, MP-9 wire stock 	Semi-automatic, TEC-9 Mini barrel, added in July 2021 (update 5.6.0)	2015
==Intratec AB-10==
thumb|right|300px|Intratec AB-10 in factory Black Finish - 9x19mm. Note the short barrel with no threaded portion: this distinguishes an AB-10 from a TEC-9 Mini or any other TEC-9 with the barrel shroud removed.
thumb|right|300px|Intratec AB-10 in factory Nickel Finish - 9x19mm
In the wake of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 (part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and often referred to as the "Clinton Ban"), Intratec had to further alter their guns. This time there was not only a name ban on previous TEC-9 variants (this time nationwide), but also a list of banned features any two of which would render a semi-automatic firearm with a detachable magazine an illegal "assault weapon." The TEC series had two of the "bad" features, namely a threaded barrel and a barrel shroud. Despite much hyperbole, no one could truly explain how these cosmetic features made a firearm either more or less dangerous. Intratec duly removed the barrel shroud and threaded barrel, dubbing the new variant AB-10 ("After Ban"). Due to the magazine capacity limit imposed by the same law, AB-10s were only sold with 10-round magazines, though they were compatible with "grandfathered" pre-ban magazines of higher capacity.
Redesigning and renaming the TEC-9 series didn't help Intratec much. In 1999 media sources claimed the killers at Columbine used the "post ban" AB-10 (sometimes also misidentifying the weapon used as a TEC-DC9). According to the Jefferson County Sheriff Department, the pistol was actually a pre-ban TEC-9 Mini, a gun that had already ceased to be manufactured by Intratec. Despite reports in the press, 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 last model of this series of firearm fully complied with all legislative restrictions, but it was still vilified primarily due to misinformation by the media and law enforcement, and Intratec's reputation took another hit. Intratec was approaching its second bankruptcy by the end of 2000 and the company voluntarily dissolved in 2001.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
The Long Kiss Goodnight	Geena Davis 	Charly Baltimore	 	1996
End Game 	Peter Greene	Jack Baldwin 	 	2006
===Video Games===
Game Title	Appears As 	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Payday 2 	Blaster 9mm (with Short Barrel modification)	 	Hotline Miami DLC	2014
==See Also==
* Kimel AP-9
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