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 MP-9 with foregrip and telescoping stock - 9x19mm

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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. In 1984, Kelgren sold his share of Interdynamic to Garcia, who renamed the company Intratec.

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			2016

Interdynamic KG-99

Interdynamic KG-9 - 9x19mm

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Interdynamic KG-9 - 9x19mm

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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. To say nothing of the fact that having an almost one pound bolt slam forward every time the weapon was fired greatly compromising any accuracy. Thus the closed bolt KG-99 was born. It was around 1984 that Interdynamic ownership changed and the name was also changed to Intratec giving a new name of TEC-9 to the KG-99 gun, along with some minor alterations to the sights and recoil buffer.

Eventually the 1980s progressed and 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 and gang members		1984-1989

Intratec TEC-9

Intratec TEC-9 - 9x19mm. The stamped, spot-welded front sight on this gun dates it in the period from mid-1987 to 1994. This redesign was a result of Intratec's 1987 bankruptcy after spending huge amounts successfully defending 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. The much better 1984 to mid-1987 TEC-9s have a "button" front sight.

Intratec TEC-9 Mini - 9x19mm

The design is identical to the KG-99 except for a few manufacturing changes mainly in the sight design and placement: the TEC-9 also replaces the KG-99's internal recoil buffer 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. This is the most common version of the gun to appear in movies. 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.

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		Available in both semi-auto and full-auto forms	2016

Intratec TEC-DC9

Intratec TEC-DC9 - California Legal variant built after 1990 - 9x19mm

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, we sometimes see DC-9 barreled upper receivers 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

Intratec AB-10 pistol in factory Black Finish - 9x19mm. Note the absence of barrel threads.

Intratec AB-10 pistol in factory Nickel Finish - 9x19mm

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.

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