Hello Stalkers!
With the launch of Chernobylite’s Season 3, you received a surprise from us in the form of a new weapon - the legendary Soviet-made pistol - Makarov. It looks inconspicuous, but with some modifications it can become a deadly piece of equipment. And we wouldn't be ourselves if we didn't add some magic to it ;)
Makarov, apart from the fact that it has universal design and is still produced today, also has an interesting history. In July 1945, shortly after World War II, a competition for a new service pistol was announced in the Soviet Union to replace the Tokarev TT-33 pistol and Nagant M1895 revolver used so far. The new pistol was intended primarily for self-defense, which meant that it had to be lighter and more handy. The above-mentioned pistols did not meet these conditions.
Several engineers took part in the competition. Among them was a novice constructor Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov. Instead of building a pistol for an existing cartridge in Soviet inventory, Makarov was inspired by the WWII design of the German Walther PP. The Luftwaffe had rejected this pistol design a few years earlier due to its poor accuracy.
The Makarov pistol, unveiled in April 1948, experienced 20 times less malfunctions than competing pistol designs from Baryshev and Sevryugin. After many major design changes and corrections, in December 1951 the pistol was formally adopted under the name "9mm Makarov Pistol" or "PM". There were numerous arguments behind his choice in the competition, incl. simplicity in use (it had few moving parts), economy and ease of production. Mass production started a year later and has been continuously improved since then.
The Makarov pistol remained in service with the Soviet army and police until the end of the USSR in 1991. Although in 2003 it was formally replaced in the service by Yarygin PYa, until 2016 a large number of Makarov pistols were still used in the Russian military and police. To this day, Makarov is a popular service pistol of many Eastern European republics and former Soviet countries.
That's it for today!
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