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| type               = [[Engineering:Bolt action|Bolt action]] suppressed [[Engineering:Pistol|pistol]]
| origin             = {{wipe|Switzerland}}
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| production_date    = 2014-<ref name="ARES" />
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| weight             = {{cvt|.900|kg}}
| length             = {{cvt|285|mm}}
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| ref                = <ref name="ARES">{{cite web |last1=Ferguson |first1=Jonathan |title=Swiss VP9 integrally-suppressed pistol – Armament Research Services |url=http://armamentresearch.com/swiss-vp9-suppressed-pistol/ |website=Armament Research |publisher=Armament Research Services |accessdate=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427004420/http://armamentresearch.com/swiss-vp9-suppressed-pistol/ |archive-date=27 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SAR">{{cite web |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Mark |title=VP9 Suppressed Pistol from B&T: The Silent Helper |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2761 |website=Small Arms Review |publisher=Small Arms Review |accessdate=16 December 2018 |date=19 September 2014}}</ref>
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The '''Brügger & Thomet VP9''' ('''V'''eterinary '''P'''istol '''9'''mm) is a [[Engineering:Bolt action|bolt action]], magazine fed, integrally-suppressed pistol created by Brügger & Thomet (now B&T) for use as a veterinary pistol for putting down sick and wounded animals, with B&T creating a manual with diagrams as to where to aim.  The design is based on the [[Engineering:Welrod|Welrod]] pistol.

==Design==
The design is heavily based on the Welrod pistol designed by the SOE for use in [[Social:World War II|World War II]] and is mechanically almost identical with only the grip safety being needed to be depressed before the bolt can by cycled (a feature not on the Welrod).<ref name="FW">{{cite web |last1=McCollum |first1=Ian |title=B&T VP9 Silenced Pistol: A Modern Welrod |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7tP9s4mm5I |website=Youtube |publisher=Forgotten Weapons |accessdate=16 December 2018 |date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Engineering:Welrod|Welrod]]

==References==
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[[Category:Silenced firearms]]

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