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To differentiate between both the Corto and the Largo variations, images of both from STAR Firearms can be seen below. The Spanish STAR model Z-84: top face birds-eye view (Source: Khyber Armoury Database) The Spanish STAR model Z-84: left face (Source: Khyber Armoury Database)įig.1.4. The Spanish STAR model Z-84: right face (Source: Khyber Armoury Database)įig.1.3. Two different Military and Law-Enforcement forces the UEBC and Ertzaintza, have been known and documented to have used this submachine gun in some numbers also.įig.1.2. The closest nation to Pakistan that is known to have used these in some numbers is Iran, so this may be where the submachine gun made its way from, that is if it’s not a more dated import into Pakistan from elsewhere. Due to the rarity of the firearm and lack of proper documentation, the details available are minimal. The STAR model Z-84 in the Corto set-up seems to be the one we have pictured. There are two variations or configurations which were produced, one being the Largo with a longer barrel length of 270mm and the other being the Corto with a shorter barrel length of 215mm. The submachine gun was manufactured from around 1984 up until the closure of the company in 1997. It has been said that it was also available in the Spanish 9mm Largo cartidge also. Star Super B 9mm Semi-Auto 1911 Style Pistol Good to Very Good Surplus Condition with 1-8 Round Magazines.
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This is a select-fire, gas-blowback operated, open-bolt submachine gun with a magazine holding 25 or 30 rounds and is chambered in the widely used 9×19mm cartridge. This firearm, or shall we more accurately say piece of moon dust, is the STAR model Z-84. The Spanish STAR model Z-84: left face (Source: Khyber Armoury Database) This low production count makes it at least in the top-five rare firearms to be found in KPK or Pakistan in general, and possibly among the top-ten worldwide.įig.1.1. However, the firearm in question isn’t your run of the mill rarity, this is a now out-of-production submachine gun, which according to some sources is thought to be an example of less than one thousand examples ever produced. That being said, a small more unknown gem of theirs happened to end up in an arms dealership located in the infamous town of Darra Adam Khel in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, of all places.Īs we know, the Khyber region has many more rare or antique firearms still lying-in various dealerships, now unwanted by the majority of buyers. The various firearm designs and platforms they manufactured, apart from some pistol designs, aren’t too common and don’t typically pop up in more out-of-the-way regions of the world. STAR, short for Star Bonifacio Echeverria, is a well known Spanish company which manufactured firearms for around 116 years, from about 1905 to 1997 when they closed up shop.