B&T Advanced Police Carbine

The B&T Advanced Police Carbine 9 (APC9) is a rather nice blend of existing, proven design and some truly unique engineering.  It is a clever and well thought out balance between time proven features, high tech production materials and manufacturing procedures to keep costs to a minimum.  It is a statement to the excellence of Swiss engineering and innovation.

The APC, not unlike the Glock pistol, was designed from the very beginning to be produced in quantities and at an economic price that will please any administrator or logistics officer.  It also possesses enough features that any operator will appreciate and be able to rely upon.  The flexibility built into the weapon from the beginning will enable the product to be sold to law enforcement, military and even to civilian customers where local legislation allows such carbines.

When most people see the APC the first time it appears to be familiar to them.  The stock is the same stock as B&T uses on the GL06 Less Lethal Launcher which has been sold literally by the thousands all over the world (outside of the U.S.).  The optic is the well known and popular Aimpoint TL1 Red Dot sight.  

The barrel lug is the same one finds on the MP5 and the magazine is the same as B&T uses in their MP9 PDW.  When one holds the weapon in the hand to test the trigger, the pull one feels is the same as the M16.  The polymer used in the APC is the same that B&T has used in the MP9 since 2003 with virtually no reported failures in the field.  What B&T has done is to incorporate proven, existing designs and technologies into a new weapon.

The entire idea of the APC is that the world still has demands for a state of the art 9mm police carbine or submachine gun that is larger than a PDW yet smaller than a 5.56mm rifle.  B&T has been producing the MP9 for some years now and has gained great experience and had much customer feedback about this subject.  Contrary to much modern thought, the 9x19mm cartridge is far from obsolete either in a handgun, submachine gun or carbine.  

Other competitive products in this category are either of an old design using stampings and metal machining which results in a heavy and expensive weapon, or are designed around an envelope that is in fact the same size as an assault rifle; while other products were originally produced for larger calibers that resulted in a SMG that is as large dimensionally as a 5.56 rifle.  The APC fits into a special niche that other manufacturers have not been willing to go to for many years.  They seem to have forgotten the art of the submachine gun.


The Advanced Police Carbine comes standard with a very nice selection of accessories. These include:

• 2 each thirty round magazines,
• 1 each fifteen round magazine,
• 1 each single point sling,
• 1 each BT-produced QD vertical handgrip,
• 1 each cleaning kit, a plastic transport case and operator’s manual.  This accessory package comes with all versions of the APC.

Operator Level Disassembly

• Remove the magazine; check the chamber to ensure the weapon is safe.
• Move the bolt forward either using the bolt release or the charging handle.
• Push the takedown pin as far as it will go and pivot the upper receiver from the lower receiver.
• Push the receiver pivot pin.
• Separate the upper lower receivers.
• Remove the buttstock assembly by slightly pushing in and down at the same time.  At this time you will observe the buffer assembly.  It is not necessary to remove the buffer from the stock.
• Pull back the charging handle as far as it will go in the receiver.
• Remove the recoil spring.
• At this time the operator can remove the charging handle from the bolt.  (If the operator wishes to change the side of the operating handle it can be done at this time)
• Tilt the receiver muzzle up and the bolt will slide from the upper receiver.
• As far as operator field stripping is required this is as far as necessary.