Specifications
Weapon type:
Machine pistol
Weight:
1.03 kg (2.27 lb)
Calibre & Cartridge:
9×18mm Makarov / 9×19mm Parabellum
Effective range:
200 m
Rate of fire:
750 rounds/minute
Designed:
1948
Designer:
Igor Stechkin
Manufacturer:
Vytatsky Polyany Machine-Building Plant
Action:
blowback
In service:
1951–present
Muzzle velocity:
340 m/s (9×18mm Makarov)
The Stechkin or APS is a Soviet selective fire machine pistol chambered in 9×18mm Makarov and 9×19mm Parabellum introduced into service in 1951 for use with artillery and mortar crews, tank crews and aircraft personnel, where a cumbersome assault rifle was deemed unnecessary. Seeing service in a number of wars such as the Vietnam War, War in Donbas and Syrian Civil War.
