In 2003, the Makarov PM was formally replaced by the PYa pistol in Russian service, although as of 2016, large numbers of Makarov pistols are still in Russian military and police service. In the U.S., surplus Soviet and East German military Makarovs are listed as eligible curio and relic items by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, because the countries of manufacture, the USSR and the GDR, no longer exist. Variants of the pistol remain in production in Russia, China, and Bulgaria.
It remained in wide front-line service with Soviet military and police until and beyond the end of the USSR in 1991. After many major design changes and tweaks, the gun was formally adopted as the "9mm Pistolet Makarova", or "PM" in December 1951.Īs the new standard issue sidearm of the USSR, the PM was issued to NCOs, police, special forces, and tank and air crews. Tooling was set up in the Izhevsk plant for production.
The pistol was therefore selected in 1949 for further development and optimization for mass production. During April 1948, Makarov's pistol experienced 20 times fewer malfunctions than the competing Baryshev and Sevryugin counterparts, and had fewer parts. After stringent handling, reliability, and other tests, Makarov's design, influenced by the German Walther PP, stood out from the others through its sheer simplicity, excellent reliability, quick disassembly, and robustness. Special emphasis was placed on safety, user-friendliness, accuracy, weight, and dimensions. Several engineers took part in the contest, including Korovin, Baryshev, Vojvodin, Simonov, Rakov, Klimov, Lobanov, Sevryugin, and Makarov. The lower pressures of the cartridge allowed practical straight blowback operation (reducing the cost and complexity of the weapon), while retaining low recoil and good stopping power. Semin, was the best round suited for the intended role. It was later judged that the new 9.2×18mm cartridge, designed by B. As a result, in December 1945, two separate contests for a new service pistol were created, respectively for a 7.62mm and 9mm pistol. Also, the Tokarev pistols omitted a safety and magazines were deemed too easy to lose. The TT was unsuited for such a role, as it was heavy and bulky. The adoption of the future AK assault rifle relegated the pistol to a light, handy self-defense weapon. Shortly after the Second World War, the Soviet Union reactivated its plans to replace the TT pistols and Nagant M1895 revolvers. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military and Militsya side arm in 1951. 'Makarov's Pistol') is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. He is an investigator and principal investigator in a number of European and UK funded projects, member of organising committee of International Conference on Hydrogen Safety and co-chair of "Hydrogen Bridge 2016: Safety of high-pressure hydrogen storage" conference (China, April 2016), contributor to IEA HIA Task 37 "Hydrogen safety", member of the Combustion Institute (British Section) and International Association for Fire Safety Science.Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (1949–2013) / Kalashnikov Concern (2013–present) (USSR/Russia), Ernst Thaelmann (Germany), Arsenal AD (Bulgaria), Norinco (China), Factory 626 (China)Ĩ-round detachable box magazine (10- and 12-round available on the PMM)īlade front, notch rear (drift adjustable) He contributed to the establishment of Hydrogen Safety Engineering and Research Centre (HySAFER) as an internationally leading provider of hydrogen safety research and education, building the centre's expertise in computational fluid dynamics, fundamentally based safety engineering strategies and fostering new generation of safety specialists. He joined Ulster University in 2000, where he worked as a Research Fellow, Lecturer (2005), and Reader in Safety of Hydrogen Production and Storage (2009). In 1997-2000 he is a senior researcher at the All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection specialising in modelling of enclosure fire dynamics. Since then he has been working in the area of computational fluid dynamics specializing in modelling of turbulent and reacting systems. Dr Dmitriy Makarov obtained his mechanical engineer degree from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1991, and PhD in computational fluid dynamics from the same university in 1995.