SPSh-44


The SPSh-44 is a Soviet signal pistol.

History

The gun was designed by G. S. Shpagin as a replacement for the previous models of the Red Army signal pistol.
In 1943 he made first version of the gun - 26mm SPSh-43 flare pistol. In January 1944, The second version of this pistol was made - SPSh-2.
After tests and trials, in 1944 SPSh-2 flare gun was officially adopted as the new standard Red Army signal pistol. In May 1944 it began mass production as SPSh-44 signal pistol.
Later it became the standard flare gun in all Warsaw Pact countries.
In the mid-1970s, experimental cartridges for immobilization of wild animals for SPSh-44 signal pistol were made and tested.

Design

The SPSh-44 is a single-shot break-action smoothbore flare gun.

Variants

OSSh-42 - the first test prototype with 140mm barrel Pistolet sygnałowy wz. 1944 - copy of SPSh-44, made since 1948 by Zakłady Metalowe im. gen. "Waltera" in Polish People's RepublicType 57 - copy of SPSh-44, made in the People's Republic of ChinaSPSh-26M KZ - copy of SPSh-44, made by Uralsk machine-building plant "Metallist".Keserű Muvek Rubber Protector - is a single-shot traumatic pistol manufactured by the Hungarian company " Keserű " by reworking the SPSh. It has separate loading with a 28-mm rubber bullet and a blank cartridge.380 Knall, and can be owned without license in Hungary

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