It remained in wide front-line service with Soviet military and police until and beyond the end of the USSR in 1991.

Tooling was set up in the Izhevsk plant for production.Īfter many major design changes and tweaks, the gun was formally adopted as the '9mm Pistolet Makarova', or 'PM' in December 1951.As the new standard issue sidearm of the USSR, the PM was issued to NCOs, police, special forces, and tank and air crews. 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 pistol, which was inspired from the German, stood out from other designs through its sheer simplicity, excellent reliability, quick disassembly, and robustness. Special emphasis was placed on safety, user-friendliness, accuracy, weight, and dimensions. 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.Several engineers took part in the contest, including Korovin, Baryshev, Vojvodin, Simonov, Rakov, Klimov, Lobanov, Sevryugin and Makarov. 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.

Therefore, the TT30/33 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-defence weapon. Contents.Development Shortly after the Second World War, the Soviet Union reactivated its plans to replace the self-loading pistols and revolvers.

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