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{{Short description|Defunct Florida based US firearm company}}
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| fate             = Dissolved
| predecessor      = Interdynamic USA
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| defunct          = {{end date and age|2001}}
| location_city    = [[Miami, Florida]]
| location_country = U.S.
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| area_served      = Worldwide
| key_people       = [[George Kellgren]], Carlos Garcia, Mercedes Garcia
| industry         = [[Firearms]]
| products         = [[Rifle]]s, [[pistol]]s
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'''Intratec''' was a [[firearm]] company based in [[Miami, Florida]]. The company's most famous product was the [[Intratec TEC-DC9|TEC-9]].
== History ==
Intratec began as Interdynamic USA, an offshoot of Swedish firearms manufacturer Interdynamic AB.<ref name="HoggWalter2004">{{cite book|last1=Hogg|first1=Ian V.|authorlink1=Ian V. Hogg|last2=Walter|first2=John|title=Pistols of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okQH6zFgDtUC&pg=PA176|date=29 August 2004|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=0-87349-460-1|page=176}}</ref> As a result of the lack of a competitive firearms market in Sweden, Interdynamic AB set up a subsidiary in the United States to sell the KG-9. Called Interdynamic USA, this company eventually became Intratec when [[George Kellgren]] left the company and Carlos Garcia renamed it Intratec, and continued to sell variants of KG-99, later known as the model it would be known for, the Tec-9.  The company went out of business in 2001.<ref name="PerlineGoldschmidt2004">{{cite book|last1=Perline|first1=Irvin H.|last2=Goldschmidt|first2=Jona|title=The Psychology and Law of Workplace Violence: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Employers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaLo1jgAorMC&pg=PA198|year=2004|publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher|isbn=978-0-398-07432-6|page=198}}</ref>
== Products ==
Intratec was known for numerous handgun designs using polymer frames and steel stampings.<ref name="BrownAbel2010">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Peter Harry|last2=Abel|first2=Daniel G.|title=Outgunned: Up Against the NRA-- The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle Over Gun Control|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgXlZjWcKUUC&pg=PA92|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4516-0353-8|pages=92–98}}</ref>
=== CAT series ===
Designed by famed Israeli gun designer [[Nehemia Sirkis]], the CAT-9, CAT-380, CAT-40, and CAT-45 pistols are polymer-framed semi-automatic handguns chambered in [[9mm Parabellum]], [[.380 Auto]], [[.40 S&W]], and [[.45 ACP]], respectively. The design is a derivative of Sirkis' original all-steel Sardius [[SD-9]] pistol.<ref name="Company1999">{{cite book|last=Traister|first=John|title=Gun Trader's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90jC0DzSQOcC|edition=22|year=1999|publisher=Stoeger Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-88317-212-4|page=106}}</ref>
=== Protec series ===
The Protec-22 and Protec-25 are small semi-automatic handguns chambered in [[.22 Long Rifle]] and [[.25 ACP]], respectively.  The Protec-25 is a [[CZ 45]] clone.<ref name="Shideler2005">{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=Gun Digest Book of Semi-Auto Pistols|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDpWCcW9fswC&pg=PA119|year=2005|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89689-174-7|page=119}}</ref>
=== TEC-9 ===
[[File:Kg99.jpg|thumb|KG-99 Mini, a variant of the TEC-9]]
{{main|TEC-9}}
The TEC-9 is the third version of this gun, made and marketed by one of the original principal partners that produced this style of 9mm pistol, first as the open-bolt semi-automatic KG-9 and then as the closed-bolt semi-automatic KG-99.  The TEC-9 name was applied when the Kellgren and Garcia partnership ended and Carlos Garcia went solo as Intratec of Miami, FL.<ref name="Shideler2005"/>
=== TEC-22 ===
[[File:Intratec_tec-22_with_magazine.jpg|thumb|TEC-22]]
{{main|Intratec TEC-22}}
The TEC-22 is a handgun chambered in [[.22 Long Rifle]].<ref name="Shideler2005"/> It uses [[Ruger 10/22]] magazines.
=== TEC-38 ===
The TEC-38 is a polymer-framed two-shot [[derringer]] chambered in [[.38 Special]], made for a short period from 1986-1988.  The TEC-38 was also made in [[.22 WMR]], [[.32 H&R Magnum]], and [[.357 Magnum]].<ref name="Walker2013">{{cite book|last=Walker|first=Robert E.|title=Cartridges and Firearm Identification|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THQ1iG8fSG8C&pg=PT452|date=21 March 2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-8881-3|page=452}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluebookofgunvalues.com/Gun_Values/Manufacturers/INTRATEC_USA_INC/Categories/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS/Models/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER?id=INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER|title=INTRATEC U.S.A., INC. DERRINGERS TEC-38 DERRINGER|accessdate=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303050714/http://bluebookofgunvalues.com/Gun_Values/Manufacturers/INTRATEC_USA_INC/Categories/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS/Models/INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER?id=INTRATEC_USA_INC_DERRINGERS_TEC_38_DERRINGER|archive-date=March 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Kel-Tec]]
* [[Grendel Inc.]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Defunct firearms manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Miami]]
[[Category:2001 disestablishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2001]]
[[Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Florida]]