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In October 2008 the Russian interior minister planned to equip more Russian police with PYa pistols. [6] But due to financial problems and the fact the Makarov pistol is so plentiful in Russia, the Makarov remains as primary police service pistol in Russia. Mass production started in 2011. [7]
In 2003, the Makarov PM was formally replaced by the PYa pistol in Russian service, [citation needed] although as of 2016, large numbers of Makarov pistols are still in Russian military and police service. [10] The PM is still the service pistol of many Eastern European and former Soviet republics.
Makarov pistol: 9×18mm Makarov: 1951–present still widely used by police, military and security forces IZh-70, IZh-71, MP-71 commercial variants: 9×18mm Makarov, .380 ACP; PB (pistol) (9×18mm Makarov) silent pistol with integral suppressor; PMM (9×18mm Makarov) modernized version; OTs-35 (9×18mm Makarov) attaching compensator (upgrade ...
The pistol has been designed for purpose as a military-issue sidearm to replace 9×18mm Makarov pistol. The pistol has successfully passed official trial in January 2019, getting approved for adoption by the Russian Army. [3] The 9x19mm variant of the pistol called Poloz is intended for use of law enforcement and its magazine can hold 15-rounds ...
The PB (Russian: Пистолет бесшумный, romanized: Pistolet besshumnyy, lit. 'Pistol Silent', English: Silent Pistol; GRAU index 6P9) is a Soviet integrally suppressed semi-automatic pistol developed and manufactured by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, based on the Makarov pistol; since the merger of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant and the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant to form the ...
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Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров; 22 May [O.S. 9 May] 1914 – 13 May 1988) was a Soviet firearms designer, most notable for his Makarov pistol. He was given the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1974.
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.