Stechkin 9mm makarov12/31/2023 ![]() The mission of the APS was similar to that of today’s PDW (Personal Defense Weapon). Like the PM, the APS is chambered for the 9x18mm Makarov cartridge. The slide rails, extractor and take down procedure also owe a debt to the PM. After initial trials of the prototype APS machine pistol, it was redesigned to incorporate many features of the Makarov, including the silhouette, which makes it appear to be a PM on steroids. ![]() It was designed by Igor Yakovlevich Stechkin, an engineer at the Tula arsenal. Development of the APS took place at approximately the same time as the 9x18mm Makarov PM service pistol. There had actually been an experimental Soviet machine pistol designed by Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev during the 1920s, but it had proven a dead end. The APS is fairly large double-action design which feeds from a 20-round detachable box magazine. I’ll discuss my reasons for preferring the APS later, but first let me give a bit of its history. I will grant, however, that the Russian Avtomatichekiy Pistolet Stechkina (APS or simply Stetchkin) is better than the other machine pistols I’ve used. I’ve had occasion to fire most of the machine pistols that have seen use during the 20 th and 21 st Century and have concluded that many are interesting, but few are especially effective. Even with the stock attached, most machine pistols are hard to control on full auto.Ĭonventional wisdom is that in most situations either a good combat handgun or a true submachine gun would be more effective. The pistol is larger than a typical combat autoloader, perhaps with a greater magazine capacity. The holster stock is usually designed to be more effective as a shoulder stock than as a holster, normally being longer than a typical holster and fabricated of polymer or, in cases such as the Mauser 712 “Schnellfeuer”, in wood. Generally, it has a holster that also functions as a stock. In appearance it resembles a large pistol, but one capable of full-auto fire, though sometimes only in 3-shot bursts. It isn’t really a handgun and it isn’t really a submachine gun. The machine pistol is a platypus among weapons. All deactivated weapons sold by D and B Militaria are deactivated in the United Kingdom and hold London or Birmingham proof marks and a certificate stating that the weapon has been deactivated correctly and is legal within the U.K.OctoBy Leroy Thompson, Machine Guns & Tactics Editor Like almost all Soviet design and manufactured weapons, they are simple to operate and extremely reliable. They fire the 9mm Makarov cartridge, have a 20 round magazine and can fire at 650 RPM at ranges out to 200 metres. ![]() This was one of the few weapons that were not allowed to be copied by other communist countries. They were all made at the famous Tula plant in Siberia and were made to very high standards. The Stechkin, or APS (Avtomaticheski Pistolyet Stechkina, or Автоматический Пистолет Стечкина, in Russian) first appeared in 1951 and were a military issue item until 1975, though they are used for covert role and special purposes to this day. Unlike earlier examples, the full auto mechanism remains intact and the selector goes to the auto position. Complete with the Rare Plastic Removable Holster Stock. ![]() Deactivated Old Spec Soviet Stechkin 9mm Machine Pistol in excellent condition. ![]()
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