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APS
In 1951 the l.Ya. Stechkin 9 mm auto¬matic pistol developed at the TsKB-14 Central Design Bureau was adopted for service simultaneously with the Makarov 9 mm PM automatic pistol. The APS auto¬matic pistol was put on the production line at the Viatsko-Poliansky Machine-Building Plant «Molot» (Hammer).
The pistol is blowback operated. It fea¬tures the firing mechanism [...]
SPP-1
NRS-2
The NRS («scout’s firing knife», Index 6P25») was developed in Tula by R.D. Khlinin with a strong resemblance to the convention¬al knife NR (6P25U) and adopted for service in the Soviet Army. Any knife per se, in the first place, is a working tool and then it is a weapon. The firing device is assembled [...]
SV-99
The SV-99 magazine sniper rifle cham¬bered for the 5.6mm cartridge with a ring blast¬ing cap type .22 LR developed by V.F. Susloparov derived from the BI-7-2 biathlon («Biathlon-7-2») and «Sobol» hunting carbines was offered by Izh designers intended for skilled sharpshooters at short ranges of up to 50-70 m.
The weapon is complete with the PBS [...]
VSK-94
In 1995s the Tula-based KB Instrument Design Bureau had developed, in the framework of its family weapons, on the basis of its assault rifle 9A-91 the «silent» automatic sniper rifle VSK-94 featuring the sighting range of up to 400 meters. This weapon is chambered for cartridges like the SP.5, SP.6, and, if needed, the more [...]
AS
The silent submachine gun complex comprising the AS (Index 6P30) special pur¬pose submachine gun and the SP6 car¬tridge constitutes the whole “family weapons with the BSK silent sniper com¬plex. The 70% of parts and units of the VSS and the AS are unified.
This submachine gun features the unfolding to the left skeleton metallic stock, plastic [...]
VSS
The silent sniper complex was developed at the TsNII (Central Research Institute) TOCHMASH byRI. SerdukovandV.F Krasnikov and was adopted for service in 1987. The BSK complex comprises the sniper special purpose rifle (VSS «Vintorez», Index 6P29) and the SP5 (7N8) 9 mm special cartridge.
The SP5 sniper cartridge was developed by N.V. Zabelin and L.S. Dvoryaninov [...]
OTs-38
The OTs-38 (Index SVI368) .silent spe¬cial” revolver has been developed by I.Ya. Slechkin at the TsKIB SOO chambered tor the same 7.62mm SP.4 cartridge with the cut-off exhaused powder gases similar to the PSS self-loading pistol. This revolver is intended for special operations and rated for engagement of manpower at ranges of up to 50 [...]
PSS
The 7.62 mm PSS (special-purpose, self-loading, Index 6P28, code name «Val» pistol) was developed at the TsNII (Cenlral Research Institute) TOCHMASH by V.N. Levchenko and Yu.M. Krilov chambered for the SP-4 car¬tridge developed by V. A. Petrov. This complex was adopted for service in 1983.
The SP-4 bottle-shaped rimless cartridge case completely hides the bullet. The [...]
APB
The «aulomatic silent pistol» (APB, Index 6P13) developed by A. S. Neugodov derived from the Stechkin automatic pistol was adopted for service in 1972. Traditionally, the pistol is the barrel-slide blowback operated weapon with the iner-tial retarder of the rate of fire, hammer type firing mechanism, safety lever and the curve-slide sight.
The elongated barrel is [...]