[3] The Borz was initially a clone of the Armenian K6-92,[4] which itself was loosely based on the Soviet PPS submachine gun.

Some of the Borz models from the late 1990s don't follow the original design and have an Uzi-like telescoping bolt and magazine in the pistol grip.

The trigger mechanism has features in common with the Madsen M-50, and enables both fully automatic and single fire.

[5] The barrel would generally wear out after firing about three magazines worth of ammunition, with the result of increasingly poor accuracy.

[5] Like many improvised firearms (such as the FP-45 Liberator), the Borz submachine gun was intended for use by guerillas as a crude semi-disposable weapon to ambush police and military forces in urban settings, after which they could obtain higher-quality factory-produced arms from the dead and wounded.