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The JSDF uses the PM9 as its official submachine gun, although some of its special forces units now use other weapons. The [[1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)|1st Airborne Brigade]] and the [[Western Army Infantry Regiment]] are the only [[special forces]] units in the [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force]] (JGSDF) known to be armed with the PM-9 as the brigade's main submachine gun.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~gunblazesix/moe_9mmsmg.htm|script-title=ja:ミネベア ９ミリ機関けん銃|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://militaryroom.chips.jp/newpage65.html |script-title=ja:９㎜機関拳銃 |accessdate=2009-01-13 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021013400/http://militaryroom.chips.jp/newpage65.html |archivedate=2009-10-21 }}</ref> The PM-9 is reported to be in use in the JGSDF's Special Forces Group.<ref name="Report">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6CWqH9jnF?url=http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu.html |url=http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu.html |script-title=ja:陸上自衛隊唯一の特殊部隊 特殊作戦群の解説 |language=Japanese |accessdate=2012-11-28 |archivedate=2012-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Japan Air Self-Defense Force]] (JASDF) uses it when conducting base security.{{Clarify|date=November 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avis.ne.jp/~hide-y/guntrue/guntruemain.html|script-title=ja:９ｍｍ機関拳銃|language=Japanese|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>
It is to be noted that while PM-9 nomenclature is widely used among non-Japanese firearms communities, there had been no known public records or confirmations of its official use. As such, the firearm is mostly referred to in its full name or its shorthands, and rarely in the supposed alphanumeric nomenclature in Japanese texts.
==History==
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