Notes: This Brazilian weapon was influenced by the M-1911A1. It uses an advanced breech locking system, and a decocking lever. It is in use with Brazilian armed forces alongside the Pistol 45. It is basically an M-1911A1 redesigned on a computer.

Notes: This is the heavier caliber pistol used by Brazilian forces, alongside the Pistol-9. It has a greatly increased magazine capacity over its base, the M-1911A1.

Notes: This is the compact version of the Pistol-9, used by clandestine forces and police forces. It can be easily equipped with a silencer. Unlike the Pistol-9, the Pistol-380 is a straight blowback weapon, but is otherwise the same as the Pistol-9, in a smaller caliber.

Notes: This is a compact version of the Pistol-45. They have ports cut in the front of the weapon to reduce recoil from the shortened weapon, and use a recoil reduction system. This weapon is carried by many Brazilian officers.

Real World Story: These are well-finished polymer pistols in a variety of calibers. They come in blued or stainless steel finish for the metal parts, and have composite frames, except for the PT-111Ti, which has a titanium frame. The sights are luminous for night use.

Twilight/Merc 2000 Story: They are otherwise basic pistols that might have sold better throughout the world if it has not been introduced during the war. The PT-157 does not exist.

Notes: The smaller brother of the PT-24/7, the PT-745C (for Compact) is a polymer-frame compact pistol firing the heavy .45 ACP cartridge. The trigger of the weapon has a very long pull (it has to be pulled almost all the way to the frame for the weapon to fire), but the trigger pull is smooth (though slightly heavy at 7.8 pounds). The PT-745C also requires a lot of maintenance in dirty environments, since there are a lot of ways for dirt to enter the mechanism. There are, however, no sharp edges anywhere on the weapon, making it ideal for concealed carry. The safety blocks the trigger and the striker, and there is also an automatic firing pin safety. The grip is short, but the magazines have an extension for the little finger. The sights are of the three-dot type, white in color; tritium inserts can also be easily installed (but do not come with the PT-745C).

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: These are small-caliber automatic pistols produced by Brazil. They were quite popular on the US and Western European market and thousands were exported before the Twilight War. They are small and easy to use and maintain. There are, amazingly, 28 combinations of finish, grip materials, engraving, inlays, etc., available for these pistols, more than any other Taurus pistol. The action is DAO, and the magazine comes with a grip extension to allow the pistol to fit better in larger hands. There is no sort of texturing on the front or back straps, but the grip panels are in most cases checkered, and are also quite wide in order to allow the pistol to fill the hand a bit more (though they do feel a fit squarish). The magazine release is large, and the magazine simply falls out of the weapon when it it is pushed – unless the magazine is empty, in which case it simply protrudes slightly from the pistol and must be pulled out. (In my mind, the opposite should be true, but anyway…) Sights are very low profile and quite simple, consisting of a low front ramp and a simple square notch in the rear of the slide. Trigger pull is noted for its smooth, precise control.

The "24/7" in the name indicates the role of this pistol – it is meant to be a pistol for duty or self defense, and to be light and handy enough to be carried at all times. To this end, the frame is polymer with light alloy reinforcement, though the other parts are made from steel. The grip features soft "memory rubber" (Ribber) that allows a sure and comfortable grip. The lower receiver includes an accessory rail to allow the mounting of laser aiming modules or small flashlights. The PT-24/7 uses DAO (double-action only) operation, along with several passive safety mechanisms including a firing pin safety, magazine safety, and a "drop" safety that prevents the weapon from firing if it is dropped or bumped hard. It does, however, still have a manual safety, as the casual punk/criminal on the streets does not know enough about firearms to quickly release the safety of an unfamiliar weapon, even a manual safety as easy to use as that of the PT-24/7. The dust cover has a MIL-STD-1913 rail, and simple "three-dot" sights with optional tritium inlays. The PT-24/7 also has a chamber-loaded indicator and a mechanism to lock the firing mechanism of the PT-24/7 with a key.

The PT-24/7-45 is a new model of this pistol; it comes in two versions, one with a slide of stainless steel, and one with a blued carbon steel slide. The two versions have slightly different weights, and shoot slightly different for game purposes. Both have a polymer frame. A further development of the 24/7-45 is the 24/7 SOCOM (designed, of course, for the US competition for the replacement of the M-9); this model uses a full 5-inch barrel, and the polymer frame has a dark earth color. (The steel slide, operating parts, and barrel are blued-black.) The key-type safety lock has been eliminated, and operation has been changed from DAO to DA/SA. Finally, the thumb manual safety has been made ambidextrous, and the 24/7 SOCOM can feed from standard M-1911A1 magazines in addition to its normal magazines.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The PT-24/7-45 was not available until 2005, and is thus not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline in any iteration.

Notes: Basically similar to other PT-series pistols except for the chambering, the PT-38S is made largely out of blued or stainless steel, with a light alloy frame. The grip panels are of checkered rubber. The PT-38S has several safety mechanisms, including an ambidextrous safety (a special "Tri-Action" safety which allows the pistol to be carried in three different safe positions), a slide lock, and a firing pin safety. The PT-38S may also have the entire mechanism locked by use of a key inserted in the backstrap. The PT-38S has few sharp edges, and is unlikely to snag in a fast draw. The magazines are proprietary and made from polymer. The PT-38S is known as an utterly reliable, though not particularly accurate pistol.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This pistol is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: This is a rimfire pistol introduced in 1995. It is very reminiscent of the Ruger Buck Mark series, particularly the Mark 22/45, and it is rumored that a patent dispute over the PT-52 is the reason it was withdrawn from Taurus’ line in 1996. The frame is of Zytel polymers, and there were basically two different versions: the PT-52S standard version and the PT-52T target version with a longer barrel and micrometer rear sight. The PT-52 was designed for the novice shooter and so was easy to shoot and take care of.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This pistol was never pulled off the market until supplies of Zytel ran out.

Notes: This Taurus pistol was designed for backup, but found a niche in ladies' self-defense. It is easily concealable in a purse or under a coat and has low recoil. The sights are adjustable.

Notes: These are popular Taurus pistols both in Brazil and overseas, and have been widely exported. The PT-92 is basically a version of the Beretta M-92 which has been modified enough to allow Taurus to sell them; they are in fact produced in a former Beretta facility in Brazil which was bought by Taurus. They are (originally) DA action pistols, have a chamber-loaded indicator, and an ambidextrous safety. The Beretta safety system has been modified so that the manual safety/decocker are on the frame instead of the slide, within range of the shooter’s thumb; a later version (the PT-92AF) makes this switch ambidextrous. On a still-later model (The PT-92AF-D), the same switch may also be used to select double-action or single-action modes of operation. The PT-92AFC is the compact version of the PT-92AF, with a shorter "Commander-length" 4.25-inch barrel and a shorter butt containing a smaller magazine. The PT-92B, introduced in the late 1990s, is the only version of the PT-92 itself still in production. It is basically an AF-D version with 3-dot-type sights (with tritium inlays optional) and a slightly different weight. Other than the above, the PT-92, PT-92AF, and PT-92AF-D are identical for game purposes.

The PT-100 is the same weapon, but chambered for .40 Smith & Wesson. Its sights, though not adjustable, are dovetailed in. The PT-99 is a version of the PT-92 with adjustable sights and optional tritium sight inlays; the PT-101 is the PT-100 with the same sight options as the PT-99. Both AF and AF-D models of the PT-99 and PT-101 were made, though AFC compact models are not, and AF versions were not built after 1991. PT-100 and 101 production stopped in 1997, but picked up again in 2001 by popular demand. For game purposes, the PT-99 and its variants are identical to the PT-92, while the PT-100’s variants and the PT-101 are identical to the standard PT-100 for game purposes.

Notes: This is a compact Taurus pistol, for backup, but it primarily found use in home self-defense and in places where concealed carry was allowed. The weapon has adjustable sights.

Notes: This is a long-barreled small-caliber sporting pistol for competition shooting and plinking. It has micrometer-adjustable rear sights and is very light for its size due to its polymer and alloy construction. It can be fired in double or single-action modes.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Notes: This is a "Commander-sized" Taurus pistol. It has fixed sights, a decocking lever, a firing pin safety, and an indicator that lets the firer know whether the chamber has a round in it, even if the slide is closed and there is no magazine in the weapon. The finish may be blued or stainless steel and the grips are checkered rubber. Production of the PT-911 ceased in 2001, but the other members of the PT-900 series are still being built. The PT-940 and PT-945 are especially popular among this series; they are in fact still acquiring modifications according to customer demand. The PT-940 picked up 3-dot-type combat sights along the way; the PT-945 has a number of variants, including the PT-945C, with compensator ports near the muzzle to reduce muzzle flip, and PT-945S, which chambers the more powerful .45 Super cartridge. The PT-400 is a rather rare variant of this series; it is chambered for the .400 Cor-Bon cartridge, has a muzzle compensator as standard, and uses 3-dot type combat sights. The PT-400SS is identical except for its stainless steel construction and bright metal finish.

Most of the PT-900 series was originally exported to the US only with 10-round magazines, but with the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban, larger magazines have been designed for most of this series. Most of this series have 4-inch barrels, but the three PT-945s and the PT-400 use 4.25-inch barrels, and the PT-938 uses a 3.7-inch barrel.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The PT-945C, PT-945S, and PT-957 do not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline. The PT-945 is rather rare, and with the exception of the PT-911, the rest of the members of this family are very rare.