.224 Boz

The .224 Boz cartridge was developed in the late 1990s, designed as a candidate replacement cartridge for adoption as the standardized NATO ("STANAG") Personal defense weapon PDW round, originally solicited to replace the longstanding NATO standard (STANAG) 9×19mm Parabellum. It was going to be the British entry, to be evaluated alongside the Belgian FN 5.7x28mm and the German HK 4.6×30mm armor-piercing cartridges. The solicitation would also seek to find, test and standardize a PDW cartridge capable of, at the minimum, defeating the Collaborative Research Into Small Arms Technology (CRISAT) body armour of the time.

.224 Boz
TypeHandgun
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Production history
Designedlate 1990s
ManufacturerCivil Defence Supply (United Kingdom)
Specifications
Parent case9×19mm Parabellum (originally 10mm Auto)
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
45 gr (3 g) 2,400 ft/s (730 m/s) 575.44 ft⋅lbf (780.19 J)
50 gr (3 g) 2,500 ft/s (760 m/s) 693.77 ft⋅lbf (940.63 J)
Test barrel length: 5 in (13 cm)
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