Arsenal Shipka
| Shipka | |
|---|---|
| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | Bulgaria |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1999–present |
| Used by | Bulgaria |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 1996 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2 to 2.2 kg without magazine |
| Length | 338 mm (stock folded) 625 mm (stock extended) |
| Barrel length | 150 mm |
| Cartridge | 9×18mm Makarov 9×19mm Parabellum |
| Caliber | 9 mm |
| Action | blowback |
| Rate of fire | 600–650 rpm (9×18mm) 700 rpm (9×19mm) |
| Muzzle velocity | 320 m/s (9×18mm) 360 m/s (9×19mm) |
| Effective firing range | 150 m |
| Feed system | Detachable box magazine: 32 rounds (9×18mm) 25 rounds (9×19mm) |
| Sights | Iron sights |
The Shipka is a 9mm Bulgarian submachine gun produced in 1996 by the Bulgarian arms company Arsenal. The name is a reference to the Shipka Pass, near Arsenal's Kazanlak headquarters, in the Balkans where Bulgarian volunteers and Russian troops defeated the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, thereby liberating Bulgaria. The Shipka was developed for the Bulgarian police and military.