OTH-619 All Pistols and Revolvers of Russia and Soviet Union. The Encyclopedia of Handguns hardcover book. 352 pages, format 264 x 206 x 28 , photographs, pictures, schemes, text in Russian. The most complete encyclopedia of pistols and revolvers of the Russian Empire, the USSR and the Russian Federation – from the XVII century to our days. Everything about their design, production and combat use. For the first time analyzed not only the combat characteristics of the weapons, but also firearms training methods practiced in Russian and Soviet army. Comprehensive information about 50 types of revolvers and pistols – combat, utility and special purposes, as in service and experimental, not only domestic production, but also foreign specimens used in Russia, and their ammunition. The CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. A FEW WORDS ON A PERSONAL WEAPON About the types of personal weapons About the meaning of certain terms The types of small arms Basic mechanisms, parts and components of small arms Small arms ammunition The main characteristics of the weapons CHAPTER 2. ESSAY ON THE HISTORY OF PERSONAL WEAPONS IN RUSSIA Pistols From Peter the Great to Alexander the First At the end of’silicon’ era Percussion cap lock Russia takes revolvers Guns of the Russian production To shoot faster, shoot more accurately New gunpowder, new weapons’Revolver’ on manufacturing and at the service Pistol boom The personal weapon of the revolution… Allowed’ guns’For the weapons of the army’ Personal weapons during the First World War New’the circulation of weapons in the people’ During the Civil war Weapons for the Red Army Famouse TT Attempts to replace Half a million TTs and’Nagans”Makarov’,’Stechkin’ and other Special purpose and special The new generation of army guns Again’foreigners’ Attempts to revive revolvers’Utility’ weapon Sporting pistols and revolvers Weapon’criminal’ and’civil’ CHAPTER 3. REVOLVERS Revolver GALAN Revolver’SMITH AND WESSON’ Revolver’NAGAN’ Turret complex’UDAR’ (the Kick) (TSNIITOCHMASH) Revolver R-92 and R-92 Revolvers’UDAR’ (the Kick) (KBP) Revolver RSA Revolver RSL-1 Revolver OTS-11’NICKEL’ Smooth-bore revolver OTS-20’GNOM’ (the Dwarf) Revolver the AEK 906’NOSOROG’ (the Rhino) Smoothbore revolver’DOG-1′ CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC COMBAT SERVICE PISTOLS Self-loading pistol TT Self-loading pistol TK Semi-automatic Makarov pistol and his’family’ Self-loading pistols Mr-448’SKIF’ and Mr-448’SKIF-Mini’ Stechkin automatic pistol APS The PSM self-loading pistol compact Self-loading pistols CP1’Vector’ and SPS Self-loading pistol Yarygin PYA Self-loading pistols’BAGIRA’,’VIKINGS’,’VIKING’ Self-loading pistol GSH-18 Semi-automatic pistol P-96 (official) Semi-automatic pistol OTS-27’Berdysh’ Automatic pistol OTS-23’DART’ and the OTS-33’MACE’ Semi-automatic pistol OTS-21’BABY’ Self-loading pistols’DRILL’ and’MARGO’ CHAPTER 5. DOMESTIC PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS SPECIAL PURPOSE’Silent’ guns Silent pistol PB Automatic silent pistol APB Spazmatron with the’cut-off’ of the powder gases A silenced pistol S-4M A silenced pistol SMEs PSS silent pistol Special revolver OTS-38 The frogmen pistol SPP-1 (SPP-1M) CHAPTER 6. SIGNAL AND LIGHTING GUNS (‘FLARES’) CHAPTER 7. PISTOLS OF FOREIGN PRODUCTION Self-loading pistols Browning Gun’Browning’ model 1900 (the’Browning’ I sample) Gun’Browning’ model 1903 (‘the Browning’ II sample) Gun’Browning’ model 1906 Gun’Browning’ model 1910’Browning’ III sample’Spanish Browning’ Gun’Browning Hi-Power’ Gun M1911 Pistol’Colt’ Self-loading pistol’revolver’ With a/96 the’revolver No. 2′ Self-loading pistol’revolver’ model 1910’Mauser No. 1′ Self-loading pistols’Parabellum’ Automatic pistol R. 38’Walter’ and his’descendants’, guns RR Self-loading pistol’Steyr’ model 1909 Self-loading pistol’Roth-Steyr’ model 1907 Self-loading pistol’Steyr’ model 1912 Self-loading pistol’Glock’-17 and his’family’ Self-loading pistols of the CZ Models 75 and 85 P99 self-loading pistol’Walther’ Self-loading pistol USP’Heckler und Koch’ Appendixes Appendix 1. Standards bulletproof armor protection Appendix 3. Chronological table of the evolution of personal and individual military small arms in Russia in the early XVIII to the early XXI century The list of references. Some illustrations on pages of the book. Basic dimensions of samples of personal weapons of different types. A-7.62-mm combat revolver “Nagan” model 1895 / 30. B-7.62-mm sports modification of the revolver Nagan`. G-9-mm combat automatic pistol APS model 1951. Classification of automation systems (diagram). Reloading cycle during automatic operation based on the recoil of the free shutter (diagram). A variety of combat pistol cartridges. Comparison of shapes and sizes of pistol cartridge cases – 7,62×25 and 9×18. Armor-piercing bullets of pistol cartridges: 1-9×18 (7H25), 2-9×19 (7H31), 3-9×21 (7H29). All bullets have an armor-piercing core protruding from the shell. Variants of an ordinary bullet to the cartridge 7,62×25 TT. 3 – non-hardened steel core. Add a map to your own listings. 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• Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
• Format: Hardcover
• Subjects: History & Military
• Publication Year: 2015
• Subject: Military & War
• Language: Russian
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition