The Knight's Armament Company 6×35mm PDW is an experimental personal defense weapon designed by Knight's Armament Company (KAC), firing a 6mm cartridge optimized for short barrel weapons.

Oct 21, 2007 · The KAC PDW utilizes a dual-gas-piston/op-rod setup with AK-style bolt, which makes it’s piston/op-rod design different from an HK416 or LWRC M6A2 CQB rifle, which both utilize single gas pistons/op rods and AR-15/M16 style round bolt/bolt carrier groups.

Jul 11, 2017 · A personal defense weapon (PDW) is a compact semi-or fully-automatic firearm comparable to a submachine gun. A forerunner to the modern PDW was the 1942 M1 Carbine issued to American airborne troops and had a unit price of $45 with a low muzzle velocity of 1,950fps while using a pistol cartridge.

Jun 30, 2011 · The PDW with the 6x35mm has as much Kinetic energy as a 10 inch M4 carbine but has 50% less recoil than a standard M4 carbine. The KAC muzzle device is designed for weapon control, it eliminates muzzle climb and recoil, but not muzzle flash.

Mar 29, 2009 · The KAC PDW fires a 6x35 mm cartridge, a full centimeter shorter than the western military standard 5.56x45mm NATO round. The 6 mm cartridge has a slightly wider bullet, and the standard 6x35mm bullet is slightly heavier than the standard 5.56 mm bullet (65 grains (4.2 g) versus 62 grains (4.0 g)).

May 19, 2006 · Knight’s Armament Company (KAC) has just (formally) introduced a 6x35mm PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) with AR-15/M16 controls for the Mil/LE market (tentatively) called the "CQB" that looks like it would be ideal for CQB/CQC (Close Quarters Battle/Close Quarters Combat) and military PSD (Personal Security Detail/Personal Security Detachment ...

The KAC PDW was a prototype PDW designed by KAC, that was first presented on the NDIA Small Arms Symposium in 2006. [1] The rifle used a dual-piston system with the recoil spring is between both of the pistons, which is really similar to the AK family rifles system. [1]

The KAC PDW looks and feels similar to the competitive M4 carbine and is designed to make the transition to PDW as easy as possible. By keeping the same trigger mechanism and pistol grip as the M4, the PDW feels the same to operate, only the weapon will be …

May 19, 2006 · Last week, DefenseReview broke the story on the previously secret 6x35mm KAC CQB PDW (Personal Defense Weapon). Well, KAC has just released a fact sheet / spec sheet on the new weapon that we highly advise our readers to download and view.

The Knight's Armament Company 6×35mm PDW is an experimental personal defense weapon designed by KAC, firing a new 6mm cartridge optimized for short barrel weapons.