The MP-443 [Grach / PYa] in Ukraine
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- There have been a considerable number of sightings of the MP-443 pistols in Ukraine over the past two months, unsurprising as it is the Russian armed forces issue sidearm. In this video we look at the pistol's history, design and use in Ukraine.
Thanks to Cold War Collectables for letting us film his MP-446, check out his site here: www.cold-war-collectables.co.uk
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That civilian barrel intentionally being made weaker is absolutely cringe; it just reinforces the stereotype of Russian designs damning user safety at all levels.
not sure if this was done by baikal for the british market blank firing pistols, to prevent from converting them to proper firearms again.
We don't call it a non gun but yes it is deactivated to UK specs, around 2011 according to the owner.
@@TheArmourersBench What is involved in the deactivation process? Plugged and welded barrel and firing pin channel?
@@krockpotbroccoli65 yeah you can see that they pulled the barrel and also cut into the under side of the barrel and chamber too.
Looks like a sig 226
This is the first in depth footage of the Grach I've ever seen in English; brilliant!
Thank you!
@TheArmourersBench keep in mind you have the "sport" version of the pistol. You can tell by the "C" at the end - the "C" stands for "Sport" in Russian. The build quality of the metal army variant is different
The Yarigin pistol enjoys a hate/love relationship within the Russian law enforcement. Its quality can be all over the place. In fact many batches don't have interchangeable parts with other batches. Plus the machining is not top notch, so it's easy to cut your hand.
That is why they modernized it recently. Meant to fix all the above issues.
That's interesting. Were the pistols hand-fitted?
@josedorsaith5261 many of the quality issues that were reported where with earlier models of the pistols made on old factory machining. Since the machining has been replaced the new batches have been far more reliable
I've wanted one of these ever since Battlefield 3. Honestly all the unobtainium Russian sidearms are friggin cool like the MP412 Rex, OTs-38, Udar, etc.
I'm sure they suck in practical use, but western manufacturers would never make things that look that bonkers
Well, Western manufacturing has a lot of striker fired stuff, so that tells you the value of using Western corporations as a gauge.
@@greggstrasser5791 I'm sure to someone in Russia who can't get them, the M&P pistols probably look pretty cool lol. To me they're like the Toyota Corolla of guns
@@bungoboy5718
Ya... muh Glok!
@@bungoboy5718
I do want to get a Hi Point C9 if they ever get it out though. 👁
Story of my life, I fell in love with all those guns because of battlefield lol. Along with with the CZ75 (which I'm really tempted to pick up).
I have one of the MP-446 Vikings with the steel frame, these were imported to Australia a while back and you can still find them floating around. I hate the sights mine came with, it's like a "target" style but really it's just non-serrated blades which just disappear. I have been trying to find a set of the 3 dot for years just to replace them. The double action feels odd with a sort of hump? Like it's not a consistent weight but feels like it gets heavier towards the end. The single action wasn't too bad but again the worst part is the target sights. It does have an odd feel to it, like it is comfortable in the hand but it feels lighter than it should be, with a fully loaded mag it feels like there is a bunch of weight missing from the slide. I reckon with the thicker original barrel it would balance well, but nothing short of a Ukranian capture would solve that. To me it feels a little like a drastically simple P226. The double feed mag is a noveltly, it's kinda fun to use a MP5 speed loader and just ram the rounds in, then you can laugh at the people loading one at a time.
I like the 226 and have a legion p226 . I think in Australia is it hard to get guns or am I wrong?
@@ladykiller4832 I wouldn't say hard, just long and arduous. If you're committed to it and want to shoot competitions then yeah you can, but expect a 6 month wait at least before even being able to buy a handgun.
@John Kale copy is probably a strong word, having both they don't really have any functional similarities. Anymore so than all DA/SA double stack 9mms do. I just think it balances somewhat like a P226.
IIRC this pistol was developed at a time when the Russian military was doing really badly financially, in the late 1990's to early 2000's, so I'm not surprised.
@@Waldemarvonanhalt yeah there is some Russian videos about and from what I gathered on the auto translation they didn't like it much. The first versions had pretty bad quality control
would be interesting if one of these end up with Ian from forgotten weapons, even more interesting to see tests with 7N21 +P+ ammo
Problem is, Ian isn't going to Russia anytime soon and we were never allowed to import modern Russian military pistols into the USA due to certain import restrictions made in the 80's. Maybe if he took a trip to Armenia? Or a UA armed forces member was willing to export one to the US, but that would be a fairly tedious and expensive process to do it legally.
@@colbunkmust im not saying him going to Russia but the weapons somehow end up in other country by the hands of a company which he is invited to
@@the7observer I think he will take a trip to either UA or Russia once the war is over and things reach a state of normalcy but who knows how long that will be. But I do agree there are a ton of weird, interesting Soviet and post Soviet guns that would be cool to see a FW video on including the Grach.
Thanks for watching.
He said Ukraine is top of the list once its all done
That's very similar to a Ruger P95, but the P95 has a way better trigger.
Its far more like the Browning BDM and BDA. The trigger angle is almost identical.
My first thought to, looks like a they adopted one of the wonder 9’s from the 90’s.
Man....now you got me thinking about how much I miss my old P-95.
@@zoiders that's a good pistol. Pity I can't get mags for my BDM
There is some footage of Glocks as well before this current invasion, by Russian sniper teams in Crimea and such.
I've seen some Russian operators running Western kit, including Glocks. Seen one or two holstered in Ukraine but not many! Thanks for watching.
@@TheArmourersBench quite a few of the spetnaz infiltration units where armed with western rifles.
There isn’t a country on earth where there isn’t at least one Glock. Maybe there is: but that’s a country without electricity or running water.
@@FreedomsLife1776 Glock finds a way
Glocks are licence produced in Russia. They are licence produced in a few places, Mexico being another country of note.
You are knocking it out of the park, well done.
Thank you David! Thanks for watching.
I was trying to place where the Russians copied this from, the angle of the DA/SA trigger gives it away as being lifted from the Browning BDM or BDA. Its very very similar to the BDM, the grip angle and proportions are almost identical.
I like how both sides in this war are also trying to have the most drip
Facts
It would be very cool to see parts kits of these appear in the United States, though that’s obviously highly unlikely. Printing the plastic framed variant would be a really interesting project.
Great video. I'd be interested to know more about that issue ammunition. If it's particularly hot, are there aspects of the pistols that are reinforced?
It's basiclg +p that's not as hot as people on TH-cam make it out Tobe lol.
A pistol holding a total of 19 rounds of armour piercing ammunition seems like a good thing to have as a backup gun intended to be used against an enemy equipped with body armour and ballistic resistant helmets.
I love your channel! Keep up the good work.
Thank you, really appreciate it. Lots more to come. Lots on the channel already in the back catalogue!
Never seen one of these before.
Nice 🔫
The stetschkin is an amazing gun by the way. The accuracy is close to that of a match pistol
Would love to shoot one!
I seriously doubt a Select Fire pistol is as accurate as a match pistol.
@@MrSniperdude01 its a fixed barrel. Full auto does not mean weaker mechanical accuracy and it has a semi mode. Its big, beefy, and well built. I can only imagine high accuracy.
@@MrSniperdude01 not as accurate but really god damn impressive good. Better then all the hk, Walthers, Makarovs, Colts and some other that I have Shot
@@putinisgod6814 I say you don’t have shoot god pistol’s from this brands than😂😅
I love the look of the sights, the lines look very defined
It’s only truly distinguishing feature is the full double-stacked magazine. This must make for some girth near the trigger. The only advantage I can see to this arrangement is that it may mean a higher magazine capacity, which translates into fewer reloads when shooting bound hostages in the back of the head.
That's basically all a sidearm is good for in war anyway.
@@travistucker1033 OUCH!!!
Nah the Russians just use gas for killing hostages.
@@travistucker1033 not true. Pistols are essential for front line infantry but not the guys you immediately think of- machine gunners, mortar crewmen; essentially anyone who has his hands full with a crew served.
@@ericmckinley7985 the crews would be much better off with a short carbine or PDW.
Interesting. Looks like 1970's tech to me. I like the double-stack magazine like the HK VP-70. Makes the gun chunky, but maybe more reliable? More capacity, but they chose the same capacity as with the Glock with a double-stack, single-feed system? Curious.
Loved this pistol in bf3
I wish alternating feed magazines like this one were more common in pistols, way easier to load
Same, also they hold a couple more
I used to own an MP446 Viking. It was a great gun... Heavy, VERY heavily reinforced chamber for shooting +P. The double stack, double feed mags were cool. Wish I never sold it. Looking at The chamber I would've feel comfortable shooting +P+ rounds thru it, but everyone's risk tolerance is decent. It has a surprisingly decent trigger, both in DA & SA.
mp-446 (civilian version) has a barrel that was intentionally weakened to prevent the safe use of +p ammo. Did you even bother looking at the barrel of mp-446?
You have no idea what you're talking about
I don’t know why they say they have weekend the barrel mine works absolutely fine with Nato +p ammo so far
First used the MP-443 in 2013.
Battlefield 3
BF3 was 2011, BF4 was 2013.
Looks like any modern service pistol people carry now capacity is good looking well made like the double feed mags alot
They have one at our local range, I shot it it's nothing remarkable but seems decent enough. After seeing this video I shall give it another try.
That gun looks really nice
Just Found you! Well Done!
If these pistols are DA/SA with frame mounted safeties but *no decocker* , does that mean the pistols are able to be carried in Single Action with the safety on (AKA "cocked and locked")?
It looked like it had a magazine disconnect during the quick look inside. Does it have a magazine disconnect? It'd be a shame as with a hammer fired poly firearms, there's decent trigger possibilities.
Looks like a good design, much like the Makarov it replaced. Say what you want about the original Makarov, but it was simple, accurate, and with a smooth trigger pull.
The Mak was a perfect weapon for people who weren't expecting to actually use it.
@@travistucker1033 It's simply a proper recognition of what a military pistol is: a last-ditch weapon intended for very close range. You don't need a very large, heavy, hard-hitting pistol for this. You need something that is rugged, reliable, and easy to shoot well.
@@WardenWolf glock 17/19 hk p8 etc 😂😅
@@ladykiller4832 Lack of a manual safety makes them unsuitable for general military use. The requirements for a military pistol are different than a police pistol. The wearer may crawl through mud, gravel, or anything else, and this can get into the holster. They need a barrier to activation beyond just the trigger.
@@WardenWolf you know that Germany has the p8 as official sidearm? And Austria has the Glock . Also sf guy’s in the USA have glocks etc as official sidearms.
Reminds me a lot of the Ruger P89.
The way you speak is polite and calm ,it is impressive.
Can you plz tell , If we compare MP 446 c with Beretta 92 fs
Q 1: with respect to Accuracy and durability
Q 2 : in dust and mud jam probability.
Plz answer
These were imported into Canada around 2010. Nobody wanted it XD
pistols are not the russians strengths, still even in the usa people prefer import italian, german or chezch pistols
@@Armored_Ariete i never had issue with their older stuff. Nagant, tokarev or makarov.
1:43 that's so sad.
Reminds me of the old Ruger P89 in some ways.
Bruh imagine having to “deactivate” a pistol just so u can get your hands on it
That's the mainland UK for you
@@wonderloaf not only UK. Deactivated guns are a big market in Europe as you don't need a license or it's not added to your license. Useful if there are limited slots on a license or for guns you could not own otherwise
I like the gun, looks nice to be a concealed carry.
Quite heavy too, but looks real sexy
what video is the picture at 4:36 from?
Wasn't able to track the video down, just been circulated as a still sadly.
I handled a deactivated version in the UK about 10 years ago and as this model was supplied by Cold War Collectables, I almost know 100% who supplied them this particular piece and that it was THIS one I handled.
In short - it's a wonderful piece. The shrouded hammer and double stack SMG type feed is 100% reliable. It would serve the USA market very well if this could be manufactured here in the USA.
I do actually say in the video it's a pistol owned by Cold War Collectables so you're correct haha! Thanks for watching.
On what planet is your mind if you think that this thing would be any kind of "success" here in the US? And I'm talking about BEFORE Russia invaded a sovereign neighbor country and started the mass rapes and murders of unarmed Ukrainian women and girls and ruined whatever teeny, tiny shred of public goodwill that third world sh!thole of a country had here in the US? Even most of the totally brain dead MAGA Trump nut-huggers have stopped supporting Putin.
Even if we are traveling back in time to August of 2021 when nobody even CONSIDERED Russia invading Ukraine, the first point to make about this gun is that this thing is UGLY AF!!! It looks like a cheap Chinese knockoff of an old Ruger P89. Second, the gun has been DELIBERATELY WEAKENED by the factory to "prevent the use of high pressure ammo". So the Russians have quite literally made this POS dangerous for civilians to shoot. And third, why would ANYONE buy this thing over ANY of the actually GOOD tupperware 9mm Glock copies that are out there on the market today?
This gun would exclusively sell in small numbers to "collectors". Either gun collectors in general or to people who specifically collect Soviet/Russian-made firearms. Your average gun owner wouldn't even CONSIDER one of these things. It's not like we are talking about an AK or an SVD. Those are both legendary Soviet firearms. This POS is an ugly, Chinese-looking knockoff of a Ruger pistol that has ALSO already been discontinued because nobody really even liked those things either! I am most certainly NOT seeing what you are seeing in this turd.
@William Tell
Yeah, buying civilian arms hardly starts the war machine.
@Tom Thumb It was likely acquired before the main war, as was the one at the local range. Have you shot one before?
Good report and video. Having carried one in harm's way, if I'm going to carry a John Browning designed pistol, it's going to be a 1911 in 45acp. It works as does the 45acp. Semper Fi🇺🇸
Cringe
Oh, Americans using inferior munitions, unsurprisingly.
@@JohnSmith-fd5un not all Americans. On the other hand, most europeans, asians, & australians dont even have munitions, so im not sure what youre proud of here. An absolutely godless ultimatum no doubt but id rather carry a .45ACP than a screwdriver
@@1nfamyX
Slow moving, heavy projectile with low range.
Sounds like an American, inefficient and useless.
@@JohnSmith-fd5un & you sound like a salty defenseless european. Maybe thats why yall bark so much, big daddy government took away your bite so thats all you can do. Pitiful.
I could buy a CAD model for 300 dollar, but i didnt do it. I dont know if they would still sell it to me now.... Maybe we can get a model in, and draw it up ourselves. But i doubt it can be pulled of by me alone, bcuz im not going to Ukraine. :P
So you have the gun. Well, if you could lend it to me. ;)
I am actually looking for a pistol with a roller delayed blowback, so you can fit a really big suppressor on and still have it function right.
I would still love to get some detailed CAD model so it can be made. :)
How much would it take to reactivate the gun? Or to put it in another perspective; what did they do to deactivate the pistol/gun?
Greetings,
Jeff
The steel core does not make it armor piercing -especially out of a handgun. I'd be curious as to hardness of the steel. The US uses 5.56x45 62 grain 'green tips' which have a steel tip and core and the reason is primarily barrier penetration as modern body armor stops it easily. I think, since hollow point ammo (ok to use for civilian personal defense and by law enforcement) is verboten for armed conflicts. It makes so much sense, right? Just guessing the 7N21 9 x 19 is very high pressure for a handgun and the steel core will work like the old 5.45 x 39mm surplus we used to get. It looked like standard FMJ ammo except right behind the tip was a pocket of air followed by a steel core. This was good for barriers and would often tumble causing rather nice wound channels.
Is there a footage of the new pistol,the lebedev pl14/15?
I've been looking out for it but nothing at all yet. Thought I'd saw one the other day but it was a Glock at an odd angle.
@@TheArmourersBench fuck i wish one day to get into my hands one.
@@TheArmourersBench PLK and MPL (Lebedev pistols) se police and air force and i don't know why and how.
Now let's hope some of those MP412s show up
i was expecting something different, striker fired -not a browning like pistol. very cool
What do you know about Fort pistole (ukrainian replacement for PM)?
Not too much, there have been a few of the various RPC Fort pistols seen in photos from the field but not too many. I'm keeping a look out for them.
Gotta love dude putting his sidearm in his shoulder how the hell is he gonna get a cheek well on his rifle lol?
Got me looking for 7N31 9×19 9mm ammo now. .
A TT33 and a Glock had a baby?
I'll stick to my CZ75B ;)
What part of this is Glock? What part is TT33? No polymer frame, no barrel bushing. Its neither.
I think if I was Russian I'd rather one of the PL-15 pistols that the Grach. They do have some interesting pistols in Russia. The GSh-18 is pretty interesting with its rotating barrel locking. I'm pretty sure the military Grach pistols actually had a steel frame and only the 446 Viking civilian ones had the polymer frames. It was supposedly also due to firing the 7N21 and 7N31 AP rounds.
That thing looks like the hi points cousin.
What exactly has to be done to it in order to be deactivated?
Barrel plugged and cut basically.
Is it hammer fired or striker fired? I can’t tell
Hammer fired, you can see the hammer best when I disassemble one. Thanks for watching!
@@TheArmourersBench yeah. I can see the hammer sorta but can’t tell if it was what I thought it was or if it’s just part of the gun itself
There was a picture posted a while back of an A-545 on a bed, I don't think it was taken in Ukraine thougb but by border guard or something. First time I have actually seen one in the hands of a user though.
Yes, I saw that! There was so that photo of the butt of a potential AN-94 too.
@@TheArmourersBench There must have been potential there for the A-545 considering they have adopted it alongside the AK-12, I would like to think that it was the rifle the army really wanted but the budget wasn't there to adopt the rifle wide scale. Granted though I still think it would need some improvements over time to fix out the little problems similar to the AK-12. Some problems have likely already been fixed with the A-545, I know the AK-12 has some corrosion problems with corrosive primers but once stocks of those primers have been used up it's non-corrosive from then on. No idea on how well the rail on the A-545 keeps zero though?
As a Russian, i can to correct, it isn't MP, it is MR, P - Russian R
Ahh is it. Every source, even Russian ones render it as a P for pistol.
Похоже на миф уровня 7,62х54(R) где R, якобы, значит “russian”
@@LynxErgo R stands for rimmed lol and anyone that thinks it stands for Russian is a complete idiot and should never be allowed around a firearm again
@@LynxErgo пхпахаха, да что-то типо того)
@@ynndebi720 сами представители КоКа всегда говорят "эмпи", механикал плэнт. Так что не вводи людей в заблуждение. Эмэрка пошла от Кузьмичей.
MP-446 is one of my favorite pistols however there's a certain 'kick' to it which I dislike, it's not a striking kick but rather a soft but strong one like with 12 gauge, it's nothing lethal but it certainly drives the gun away from the target. Maybe 443 has it smoother.
It is so sad that the uk has such bad laws and that’s me a German saying this . I wish you the best and hope you can get a permit to collect this firearms in a functional version so you can testfire them etc. Best wishes 👌🏻💪
I enjoy shooting but very happy with our laws, especially after Dunblane. Anybody who really wants to shoot who isnt an idiot can do.
Who remembers this pistol from COD: Ghosts?🙋🏾♂️... Or is it just me?
Idk maybe I played too much battlefield as a kid, but I've always thought these were neat as hell. Would love to be able to handle one. If things keep going the way they are though imo this is going to become the luger or p38 of the 21st century..
The looks to be a slightly mutated Steyr GB pistol right down to the magazine.
Except not gas-delayed blowback. So now more like apples and oranges
That is a crime that the barrel is weakened so substantially. I always wanted one of these civilian models: now I wouldn’t give you $200 for it.
The military model id LOVe
It sounds like something Remington would have done...
VDV operator you showed seems to be rocking a German Gortex Flecktarn jacket. Interesting.
I'm pretty sure that was ukr, look at the yellow arm band, russians wear white
The guy at 5:20 is Ukrainian.
The UA guy was in Fleck but the other Russian dude is too
@@TheArmourersBench well I guess that proves why the colored arm bands are needed.
@@TheArmourersBench yeah the VDV guy is rocking one very similar to one I own. The UKR guy appears to have a slightly different color scheme. That's normal though since the colors have varied a bit on different production runs over the years.
It sounds like it was made with a file and lubricated with 600grit grinding paste.
Ngl i kinda want one
@4:44 just wanted to point out that dude is wearing the shoulder pads of an American IOTV as a groin protector lol
I hope we get some shipments of some quality firearms to U.K.
Many Russian armed forces have also the CZ 82, they like it very much !
Do they, haven't seem those, will have to keep an eye out for them.
What's even rarer is seeing videos of handguns actually being used in combat
I have seen only 1 video, where a Ukrainian soldier clears out rooms with a makarov
That’s because they’re not meant for being used in combat. That’s what your rifle is for. These are meant more for last ditch self defense.
@@baneofbanes or executing prisoners of war in some cases *cough* *cough*
why does the guide rod look like that?
Only reason I can think of is weight saving.
3:15 You say double feed is to increase feed reliability. This is unlikely. Double feed is notably more difficult to engineer for consistent feeding with different ammunition types, hence the reason that virtually all semi auto handguns and even many traditional pistol caliber SMGs are double stack, single feed.
This is very much true, and actually feeding issues was the reason why the troops hated the earlier version of the gun. They fixed it in the later models (I believe precisely switching to double stack, single feed), but the bad reputation stuck.
That was the intention but it failed and they have since moved to a single feed (which I mentioned) and a reprofiled feed ramp.
Most smg's are double feed not single feed. MP5, UMP, CZ Scorpion, Colt SMG and dozen of others. Single feed smg's are much less common and are more prone to have feeding issues if the mags are not perfect. The Sten is a good example of that problem.
@@richardcontinijr9661 I think Primer Pocket is referring to all the commercial PCC's that take glock magazines due to near-ubiquity in the civilian world and because the average civilian shooter doesn't want to have so many different magazines.
@@themastermason1 well that's not what he typed. He specifically said at the end that he was referring to SMG's. But ignoring that little bit and focusing on the other stuff he said he's still incorrect about a lot of things. His claim that double feed systems are unreliable is inaccurate. Yes they do take more effort to get them feed correctly as he said, but once that engineering work is done they are more reliable than single feed systems. He assumption about why they are not commonly used for handguns is also incorrect. The reason why double stack single feed mags are used in most handguns comes down to packaging. Most handguns don't have the room for a double stack double feed magazine. The few that do use them like the Steyr GB are larger than comparable handguns. The only reason why most civilian PCC's use double stack single feed mags is to reduce development costs by not creating a new magazine and to use existing pistol mags.
Anything about the gsh18?
I haven't seen any yet!
@@TheArmourersBenchnow going in police forces in Caucasus
I wish I could get one of these or it’s mp446 brother. Damn those Russian weapon import bans.
Looks like a Ruger P95
About the weakened barrel, this is common practice even with military grade weapons the former USSR gave to their allies back in the day.
The export versions of soviet weapon systems were almost always inferior to what was produced domestically. That was one reason why Russian backed proxies lost conflicts to western backed ones.
Tanks and the like were exported minus the very latest items such as night vision equipment or classified electronics but none of that applies to small arms.
You are wrong about small arms
I absolutely hate the idea of such a heavy D/A pistol. The Sig 226/229, Browning high power, 1911 and M9 are usually all steel frames but have great SA/DA triggers, ergonomics and handling
1911 is double action?
The Grach was in a call of duty, believe a treyarch
Gun looks fucking ancient
how does it qualify as being an inactive weapon again I'm certain it's not something you couldn't just reactivate it by aquiring the necessary component's not included with it to make it a non firing replica I've seen certain ones that would give it a plugged barrel and weld's certain parts of the actions main piece's together to remove the ability to achieve it's proper functionality again and allows only partial use of the trigger and permits only the ability to give u demonstrationial capabilities of the cocking mechanism an it's only
- it's hammer, firing pin gas piston missing .
And has several areas grounded away to render that part permanently incapable of it's being reactivated again in theory....
.. and all this being fine and good but aren't they just assuming someone wouldn't know how to aquire the necessary pieces and have the proper understanding of firearms to make what was incapable be once more made capable of operational use do they think there isn't such a thing as spare parts or retrofitting and fabricating the piece's from scratch or having them milled by a CNC metal 3D
milling machine/3D metal printer isn't it just a fluke to call them
non firing replicas at all..
.. I'm just saying what someone else's also had to of thought about at least once by now I can't be the only person to think this somebody else has had to of thought that other than just myself I can't be the be the only person I refuse to believe that's possible not with all mechanically minded people that exist
@William Tell that's true I'd have to agree with u there but even most lawfully minded people will purchase totally legal parts kits and use just that alone to assemble and build there rifle's here in the states they were able to build a complete Glock pistol from entirely just parts and using the polymer 80% lower receivers that they could buy from eBay they've only barely just enacted the ATF guidelines to counter it and that's after 7yrs and the untold millions of cheaply made unregistered Glock clones that they were able to make being loosed out into the pipeline of legitimately made serial numbered firearms not mention the equally unknown number of the millions AR lower receivers that they have made in that time
Browning would recognize it.
How would you explain something that is built to look exactly like a gun, with similar mechanics, but is deliberately in capable of actually firing a live round? A dummy gun? Simulated gun? Prop gun?
Well this was built as a working firearm and then deactivated for export. For factory built inert replicas they have a number of names like inert, inert replica, dummy gun, non firing pistol etc etc.
3:13 why do you say that double feed mag was chosen to increase feed reliability? I thought that the mag spring of this double feed mags was made extremely stiff because it was unreliable otherwise. The slide is moving too fast, and the bolt face in its rearmost position is very close to the case head of the next cartridge, so the spring has too little time to push the cartridge up and make it stop bouncing off the feed lips before the bolt pushes it forward. Regular single feed lips are acting as guides for the cartridge, so its ok if its bouncing a little, but with the double feed mag this bouncing is a problem, cartridge doesnt always go where it should.
I thought that this was the reason for creation single feed mags (with normal spring force) for this pistol, and the feed ramp now has 3 cuts, so both types of mags can be used.
So… functionally it’s a 1911 with a double stack magazine and a DA/SA trigger…
Not sure how this pistol will do in civilian market especially for America. Perhaps mixed review of hating the thing or equivalent of shooting Beretta 92FS.
Russia's logistics are messed up.
This is confusing as there are
Several different models of Pistols claiming to be the "Official Sidearm" of Russian forces. Such as the latest Udav Pistol.
Can one buy such Deactivated pistols in UK?
This was one of seven which were imported into the UK via Germany before the 2014 ban on Russian firearms products.
Damn! Armor piercing 9mm? We are lackin!
Unlike the Russians we actually give most of our troops working body armor.
Not a huge deal in the grand scheme, but its conceptually more interesting than the PDW cartridges the West came up with.
@@ericmckinley7985 AP pistol rounds came to life from combined late 80s fashion for PDWs and huge trauma from 90s in Russia when a lot of non-military good body armour appeared in hands of criminals. Today they are not in HUGE favour, but still being issued.
Well guess I've gotta go get me a viking
That thumbnail made me cringe... great content though!
Sir, what is the reputation of this weapon in the Russian Armed Forces among civilians?
They don’t know. Nearly all exported
Ah. Browning forever.
The Russian ammo is interesting ?
Это Ярыгин 433.
In typical Russian fashion, take the well evolved Browning design and make it funky.
You can own this in UK?
There’s no way to tell it’s been deactivated!
@William Tell you can’t have a lot of cool guns an handguns whit long barrel etc is also not really nice but hey man I’m German so we have a ltbof bs also in the law
*BF2 FLASHBACKS*
Only TT!!!!
Never ever buy mp-446 which is a civilian version of this pistol.
The barrel is intentionally made weakened, to prevent the safe use of +p ammo.
Interesting how the Russians have stayed with (gone back to?) tried and true mechanisms; this pistol would have been cutting edge in the '70s.
You know the MP-443 is from the '90s, right? In the same years as the USP.
I imagine the APS is from the '20s. . .
What way to think about yours, you are 12 years old.