Invented by Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov for contest for a pistol to replace TT, which was announced in 1945.
The pistol aced the field test in 1951, and became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm till 1991, when Soviet Union was no more.
Length: 161.5 mm,
Barrel length: 93.5 mm,
Width: 29.4 mm.
It weights 810 g fully loaded, and 760 g empty. It contains 8 9mm rounds, but I need only one.
BrazilianNinja
Smexy.
My favorite Russian guns are the PP-19 SMG and the VSS Vintorez.