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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Jericho 941
| image              = Jericho 941F.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = Jericho 941F
| origin             = Israel
| type               = [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = 
| design_date        = 
| manufacturer       = [[Israel Weapon Industries]]
| production_date    = 1990–present
| used_by            = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| number             = 
| variants           = See [[#Variants|Variants]]
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = 
| length             = 
| part_length        = 
| crew               = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = * [[9×19mm Parabellum]]
* [[.41 AE]] (discontinued)
* [[.40 S&W]]
* [[.45 ACP]]
| action             = [[Recoil operation#Short recoil operation|Short recoil]]
| rate               = 
| velocity           = 
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = Detachable [[Magazine (firearms)#Box|box magazine]]
Capacities:
*16 (9mm) 
*12 (.40 S&W) 
*10 (.45 ACP)
| sights             = Fixed (combat), or optional fully adjustable, or optional illuminated night sights.
}}

The '''Jericho 941''' is a [[trigger (firearms)#Double-action.2Fsingle-action|double-action/single-action]] semi-automatic pistol developed by [[Israel Weapon Industries]]  (prior to 2005, [[Israel Military Industries]]) that was introduced in 1990.

==Design==
The original Jericho 941 was modeled on the [[CZ-75]] pistol and built using parts supplied by the Italian arms house [[Tanfoglio]], which had been making their own CZ-75 clones. 

The design allowed IMI to avoid the teething problems most new pistol designs experience, and subcontracting much of the basic fabrication work to Tanfoglio allowed IMI to quickly put into production a pistol that would have enough Israeli content to satisfy government contract requirements.<ref name="LewisCampbell2007">{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Jack|author-link1=Jack Lewis (screenwriter)|last2=Campbell|first2=Robert K.|last3=Steele|first3=David|title=The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P75lJjon9yoC&pg=PA242|date=26 September 2007|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-89689-498-3|pages=242–243|chapter=From uzi to Cornershot}}</ref>

===Features===
While the R-versions of the Jericho 941 feature a combined safety/decocker (the decocking lever also acts as a safety and remains on "safe" when actuated), the decocker version of the CZ-75 (CZ-75BD) features a simple decocker (the pistol is always ready to fire in double-action mode when decocked). 

The barrel of the CZ-75 is traditionally rifled, while the Jericho 941 features a [[polygonal rifling|polygonal]] barrel, furthermore the Jericho 941 is substantially heavier. 

These differences translate into substantial differences in the condition in which the gun is carried. Magazines for the CZ-75 and [[Tanfoglio T95]] will function in the Jericho 941.

The Jericho 941 design has been modified to include [[picatinny rail|accessory rail]]s on the frame for mounting lasers or flashlights, a feature found on many modern semi-automatic handguns.

Initially Jericho pistols used barrels with [[polygonal rifling]], which sometimes produces slightly higher velocity due to better bullet to barrel fit. IWI switched to conventional land and groove rifling from 2005 to 2007.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

===Ammunition===
{{Main|.41 Action Express}}
One innovation by IMI was a new, much "hotter" cartridge, the [[.41 AE|.41 Action Express]]  to go along with the Jericho 941.<ref name="LewisCampbell2007" /> 

The .41 AE was a rebated rim cartridge designed to use .410-inch (10.25&nbsp;mm) bullets and duplicate a reduced power police loading of the [[.41 Magnum]].<ref name="Barnes2012">{{cite book |last=Barnes |first=Frank C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjhy8uv196IC&pg=PA353 |title=Cartridges of the World: A Complete Illustrated Reference for More Than 1,500 Cartridges |date=5 October 2012 |publisher=Gun Digest Books |isbn=978-1-4402-3059-2 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |page=353}}</ref> 

Since the .41 AE was designed with a rebated rim the same dimensions as that of the 9&nbsp;mm, the extractor and ejector worked equally well for either cartridge.<ref name="LewisCampbell2007" />

Experience with heavily loaded rounds gave IMI a considerable lead, in chambering for the soon-to-be successful [[.40 S&W]] and also allowed the Jericho to be designed for the popular [[.45 ACP]].<ref name="LewisCampbell2007" />

==Variants==
[[Image:Jehrico 941 F.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jericho 941 F with magazine removed]]
[[Image:Be01.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Semi-Compact Polymer BE]]
The introduction of the Jericho 941 also introduced a new caliber to the market, the [[.41 Action Express]] (or .41 AE), which was developed in 1986. 

The Jericho originally shipped with two barrels, one for [[9×19mm Parabellum]] and the other for .41 AE. A later compact version, the Jericho 941, was chambered in [[.45 ACP]] or 9 mm.

===Foreign clones ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variant
!Manufacturer
!References
|-
|Pistol model 2000
|{{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Cugir Arms Factory]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cum arată "Pandurul", pistolul produs la Cugir, după ce a fost modernizat |url=https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/cum-arata-zpandurul-pistolul-produs-la-cugir-dupa-ce-a-fost-modernizat.html |access-date=2021-09-30 |website=Stirileprotv.ro |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2021 |title=De la pistoale Carpați la "Soldatul Viitorului". Noile sisteme ar revoluționa echipamentele Armatei României |url=https://www.defenseromania.ro/de-la-pistoale-carpati-la-soldatul-viitorului-noile-sisteme-ar-revolutiona-echipamentele-armatei-romaniei_610481.html |access-date=2021-09-30 |website=Defense Romania |language=ro}}</ref> 
|-
|Fort-21.03
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[RPC Fort]]
|<ref name=":0">"''на выставке НПО «Форт» показало и еще одну новинку израильского происхождения – '''пистолет «Форт-21», являющийся лицензионной копией израильского пистолета «Jericho»'''''"<br />Петр Черных. [https://economics.unian.net/industry/272116-i-v-boyu-i-na-ohote-i-po-bankam-postrelyat-chem-orujeyniki-poradovali-ukrainskuyu-publiku.html И в бою, и на охоте, и по банкам пострелять: чем оружейники порадовали украинскую публику…] // УНИАН от 2 октября 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pistol "Fort-21.03" |url=http://www.fort.vn.ua/en/products/pistols/pistol-fort2103.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427120732/http://fort.vn.ua/en/products/pistols/pistol-fort2103.html |archive-date=2015-04-27 |access-date=2015-05-01}}</ref>
|-
|Unknown
|{{Flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Z111 Factory]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-13 |title=Ngạc nhiên vũ khí tối tân đến không ngờ của Đặc công VN |url=https://kienthuc.net.vn/quan-su/ngac-nhien-vu-khi-toi-tan-den-khong-ngo-cua-dac-cong-vn-1157940.html |access-date=2021-01-31 |website=Kienthuc.net.vn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Việt Nam sản xuất súng ngắn Jericho 941 |url=https://datviet.trithuccuocsong.vn/quoc-phong/quoc-phong-viet-nam/viet-nam-san-xuat-sung-ngan-jericho-941-3420298/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205134649/https://datviet.trithuccuocsong.vn/quoc-phong/quoc-phong-viet-nam/viet-nam-san-xuat-sung-ngan-jericho-941-3420298/ |archive-date=2021-02-05 |access-date=2021-01-31 |website=datviet.trithuccuocsong.vn}}</ref>
|}
[[File:IWI Jericho 941 mine.jpg|thumb|Jericho 941 with picatinny rail and frame mounted safety]]

== Importation ==
It was first imported into the [[United States]] in 1990 by K.B.I., Inc. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

It was later imported by [[O.F. Mossberg & Sons]] and named the '''Uzi Eagle''' and by [[Magnum Research]], Inc. as the '''Baby Eagle''' until the end of 2008. 

Some pistols from Magnum Research are marked '''Desert Eagle Pistol'''. 

Despite these names being used in the American market, the [[short recoil]] Jericho 941 is not related to the [[gas-operated]] [[IMI Desert Eagle]] other than its manufacture by IMI and being affiliated with MRI, and bears only a slight cosmetic resemblance to the larger pistol. 

From January 2009 until they ceased business in January 2010,  K.B.I., Inc. (which also imported [[Charles Daly firearms]]) imported the handgun as the '''Jericho'''. Magnum Research, now a division of [[Kahr Arms]], announced a renewed importation of the Jericho.

In December 2014, IWI US, Inc. announced they would begin importing both the steel and polymer versions of the Jericho 941 in early 2015.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 2014 |title=IWI US Announces the Return of Jericho 941 - The Firearm Blog |url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/12/18/iwi-us-announces-return-jericho-941/}}</ref>

==Users==
[[File:IWI Jericho 941 Users.png|thumb|A map with users of the IWI Jericho 941 in blue]]<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->
[[File:Pistol Md. 2000 BSDA 2010.jpg|thumb|The Pistol Model 2000 on display at the 2010 Black Sea Defense and Aerospace convention]]
*{{flag|Chile}}
**Jericho 941 RPSL
**[[Chilean Marine Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3126097/armada-chile-compra-accesorios-amomax-e-imi-defense-pistolas-jericho-941 |title=The Chilean Navy buys Amomax and IMI Defense accessories for Jericho 941 pistols |last=García |first=Nicolás |date=30 September 2020 |website=Infodefensa.com |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3125679/willforce-protactical-entregaran-infanteria-marina-chile-equipo-tactico-individual |title=Willforce and Protactical will deliver individual tactical equipment to the Chilean Marine Corps |last=García |first=Nicolás |date=29 October 2020 |website=Infodefensa.com |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
*{{flag|Colombia}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wsJAQAAMAAJ|volume=17|year=1992|page=29|isbn = 9780710606730}}</ref>
*{{flag|Costa Rica}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Central America Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmezAAAAIAAJ|volume=24|year=1997|publisher=Inforpress Centroamericana|page=33}}</ref>
* {{flag|El Salvador}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Infantry Weapons of the Salvadoran Forces|magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=3|issue=8 |date=May 2000|first=Julio A. |last=Montes|url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006}}</ref>
*{{flag|Georgia}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Miles|last=Vining|title=ISAF armament of BLS|date=22 April 2016|url=https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=3523|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820203444/https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=3523|archive-date=20 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flag|Greece}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/30/israel-gifts-jericho-941-pistols-to-hellenic-coast-guard/|title=Israel Gifts Jericho 941 pistols to Hellenic Coast Guard - The Firearm Blog|date=30 August 2012}}</ref>
*{{flag|India}}
**Special Forces<ref>{{cite web |url= http://thestrategictimes.com/special-group-4-vikas-indias-clandestine-unit |title= Special Group (4 VIKAS) - Indian Clandestine Unit}}</ref>
*{{flag|Israel}}
**Used by various police and security forces<ref name="Cutshaw2011">{{cite book|author=Charles Q. Cutshaw|title=Tactical Small Arms of the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Small Arms From Around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npHP9aV5rBgC&pg=PA88|date=28 February 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-2482-9|page=88}}</ref>
*{{flag|Nicaragua}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://havanatimes.org/features/the-deadly-arsenal-used-by-the-paramilitary-in-nicaragua/| title = The Deadly Arsenal Used by the Paramilitary in Nicaragua - Havana Times| date = 14 February 2019}} </ref>
*{{flag|Peru}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-29 |title=wiw_sa_peru - worldinventory |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_peru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529045615/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_peru |archive-date=2016-05-29  |access-date=2022-10-27 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Philippines}} 
**.45 Jericho 941 FS
**[[Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency]] 
*{{flag|Romania}}
*{{flag|Serbia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://militaryworld.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/specijalna-brigada-vojske-srbije/|title=Specijalna brigada Vojske Srbije|last=Nenad|date=3 October 2009}}</ref>
*{{flag|Republic of Korea}}
**[[Military Police (Republic of Korea)|Military Police Special Duty Team]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id%3D10028%26num%3D10877 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121232830/http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10028&num=10877 |archive-date=2016-11-21 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Ukraine}}
*{{flag|Vietnam}}
**Limited use in the army and police.

==Cultural references==
The 1998 [[anime]] [[Cowboy Bebop]] predominately featured the Jericho 941 R model as [[Spike Spiegel|Spike Spiegel's]] weapon of choice.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pewpewtactical.com/guns-pop-culture-cowboy-bebop-jericho-941r/ | title=Guns of Pop Culture: "Cowboy Bebop" & the Jericho 941 R | date=6 July 2022 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161212015518/http://iwi.net/jericho-pistols/ IWI official webpage]
* [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/isr/jericho-941-e.html Modern Firearms: Jericho 941]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110407115144/http://50ae.net/collection/jericho941/ Jericho 941 Pictorial]
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