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The TT pistol was copied in China as the Type 51, Type 54, M20, and TU-90. [8] Norinco, the People's Liberation Army's state armaments manufacturer in China, manufactured a commercial variant of the Tokarev pistol chambered in the more common 9×19mm Parabellum round, known as the Tokarev Model 213, as well as in the original 7.62×25mm caliber.
The Makarov pistol or PM (Russian: Пистолет Макарова, romanized: Pistolet Makarova, IPA: [pʲɪstɐˈlʲet mɐˈkarəvə], lit. 'Makarov's Pistol') is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military and Militsiya side arm in 1951. [6]
The 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge (designated as the 7.62 × 25 Tokarev by the C.I.P. [5]) is a Soviet rimless bottleneck pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet states and in China, among other countries. The cartridge has since been replaced in most capacities by the 9×18mm Makarov in Russian service. [6]
Tokarev pistol: 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930–present in use in some reserve forces and carried by military officers TT-30. TT-33 1933 K54 (Vietnamese clone) M48 (Hungarian modification) PW wz. 33 (Polish clone) Type 54 (Chinese clone) Type 68 (North Korean clone) TTC (Romanian clone) Zastava M57 (Yugoslav clone) Soviet Union: Makarov pistol: 9× ...
In 1954, after approximately 250,000 pistols were manufactured, the designation was changed to Type 54 and the pistol used exclusively indigenous components. The Magazine is interchangeable with that of the Russian TT-33. The pistol is commonly available in 7.62×25mm caliber, although some variants have been made in 9×19mm Parabellum.
The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a pistol and submachine gun cartridge developed in the former USSR. During the latter half of the 20th century, it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, analogous to the 9×19mm Parabellum in NATO and Western Bloc military use.
Semi-automatic pistols TT-33 Soviet Union: Soviet supplied pistols [2]: A-73 Type 68 North Korea: Indigenous copy based on Tokarev TT-33 with elements of the Browning Hi-Power. [21] Former standard-issue pistol replaced in frontline service by the Baek-Du San pistol. [3] Sub-machine guns PPSh-41 Soviet Union: Soviet models in use.: A-79 [22 ...
Manufactured by the Czechoslovak firm Česká zbrojovka the vz. 82 replaced the 7.62×25mm Tokarev vz. 52 pistol in Czechoslovak military service in 1983. It is a compact, single/double-action, semi-automatic pistol with a conventional blowback action.