although the old bolt actions have a rather... "repetitive silhouette", i find them pretty endearing over modern rifles (well, 21st century ones). probably because they have the wood and the curves lol
I love integral suppressors and how they're design. They just blend into the given 'style' (for lack of a better word) of certain guns like the MP5SD and the Makarov PB. They just work.
@@paulketchupwitheverything767 Not well. And it wasn't required to. For an intelligence service replacing (a very limited number of) plastic grips due to practice wear is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of injecting an agent in a position where this weapon would be used.
@@andersjjensen But again imagine this very costly agent is doing his very costly wet field work overseas and his gun fails mid operation because its mainspring is housed in what i assume thin textolite grip. Big international yikes.
@@paleoph6168 Don't worry we're 63 peoples to understand the intent of your comment, just that there is always that one guy that takes everything literally.
I think you're wrong. I have never heard of anyone pressing this button thinking it was the magazine release button. if you are stupid then you don’t have to think that everyone around you is stupid
I've been waiting for this video since forever. I really love that gun. Something very interesting you forgot to mention is that even though it's integrally suppressed, it can still fire and function perfectly without the suppressor part (unlike several integrally suppressed guns). They even made holsters that would store the suppressor part separately so that it was less bulky. Love to finally see it!
Firearms are really incredible when you consider the engineering behind them. Sure some are total junk, but most are fully serviceable. I’m so grateful for this channel and the history that is being preserved.
Ian, it's the first time I have to write that your data needs serious corrections right from the cover of the clip 😢 1. It's not a KGB wetwork tool. It was designed for Army, for field reconnaissance as a low-report weapon. Think of Val and Vintorez as its conceptual grandchildren. KGB had its own separate line of development, led by, among others, Stechkin. 2. Makarov has nothing to do with it except the magazine and some parts in the trigger mechanism, that was Army's requirements. Designer's name is Anatoly Deryagin. It's just PB (pistolet beschumny - silenced pistol) or 6П9 by army code. Despite it's rather weird look it's a well-balanced weapon, precise and very pleasant to shoot. Sits nice in the hand, points instinctively, notch and bead are quite readable. Those I held in my hands were very well made, much cleaner and precise than Mak.
Thank you very much, Ian! I'm always delighted whenever Soviet or late Cold-War era weaponry pops up here, because it's an area I find rather fascinating. Cheers!
A really cool take on an integrally suppressed handgun. What got my attention was the vertical recoil spring in the grip and the pivoting lever. Never put much thought into where the recoil spring would go in such a compact unit.
The German Luger pistols did something similar but worked in the opposite direction with an angle lever and an extension spring. The Toggle opens on firing which pulls a link connected to the angle lever....the angle lever then pulls on the spring until the action stops recoiling. The spring then pulls down the angle lever and the lever pulls the link on the toggle...Pushing the bolt forward and chambering a round ready to fire. This all happens in the grip.
The "Le Français" pocket pistols had the same system (way before the Makarov). It's the gun Beretta copied to make their line of tip up pocket pistols.
I remember first seeing this gun in mgs Peace Walker. It was my go-to weapon as it had a suppressor that would never wear down. Not to mention, I really liked the design of it.
@@Chastity_Belt Silenced PM would've been named PMB, and so if it's not - it's not. But I suppose you can't demand much from people who call Mosin a Mosin-Nagant
I discovered this in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl back then but in Modern Warfare 2019 and COD Mobile, the barrel of Sykov a fictional name of Makarov (or Dobvra respectively) can be swapped with the PB type barrel, sort of conversion kit in fiction.
Ah! I thought I knew it from an old game! Haven't played STALKER in a looooong time. I have gotten to know it veeeeery well from spending a lot of time in World Of Guns: Gun Disassembly though
@@heffatheanimal2200 Ah, yes, WOG is a great app. Though they occasionally name various parts (especially suppressor parts) with odd/bizarre terms. Eg: calling the rear separation system on the VSS a "Gas Camera". I also love the app, but it's a weird little quirk.
watching this made me think of the military case atop two wooden crates in a mobile cabin near a dying rookie in cordon. damnit here we go again strelok..
Soviet engineers thought that baffles are needed to reduce the amount of wave reflections inside the silencer, so they just made simple partitions with angles between them
The wire mesh can be impregnated with white lithium grease to further help with noise reduction. According to the old video of that guy in a hotel room shooting into his homemade bullet catch.
I have tried Makarov PB in the Toman division traning site 10 years ago. It is much more silent than common pistol with attached silencer. Recoil is soft and operation is easy. Still my favorite pistol for all times.
The Makarov PB is a very exquisite variant of the regular Makarov, a classic Cold War-era pistol. The National Gendarmerie must have gone on quite the treasure hunt to increase their collection.
I remember when TFBtv visited Brügger and Thomet HQ in Swiss, and Karl Brügger in person made him test his Makarov PB. I was, and still am, astonished how the thing is silent for a 55 ish years old pistol. Even modern stuff isn't that silent.
“This is the silenced version of the Makarov…” “Virtually there are no parts that are interchange with Makarov” 🥸 Because it has nothing to do with Makarov other than the ammo and the hammer/safety lever! It was designed by another guy named Anatoly Deryagin.
Like the PM (Pistolet Makarova), the PB (Pistolet Besshumnyy) or "Silent Pistol" is still in production in small made-for-order numbers at Izhevsk until this day. Also, just like the PM, the PB was designed at Tula, but was never produced anywhere else besides Izhevsk. The entire trigger system, safety/decocker, and magazine are identical to that of the PM. Otherwise, it is a completely unique design.
It is similar to a car muffler. It's just a matter of slowing the gas expansion and keeping most of it in the gun. The biggest problem is that the government will give you a long vacation if you try it. Some get an eternal nap.
I would imagine it was at some point exported to Jugoslavia, Iraq or Afghanistan and then some French troops picked it and whoever was tasked with destruction of captured weapons thought "this is interesting"
Glad to see you're back in Europe! You should get in touch with Alain Daubresse, he's the head of the Belgian gun collectors association and maintains the Littlegun website.
Like many weapons, I presume spies in the past. Or could be being captured by French troops in Ukraine. We know 2200 or so are operating out there, so it wouldn't surprise me they'd be where the enemy elite are. Wouldn't surprise me it's how the new stuff in their collection came around.
Is the forward suppressor tube made from a different metal? I noticed the finish is a little different and wondered if it might be aluminum or the like. (Also enjoyed the thoughtfully provided knurl, to help comrade assassins unscrew it without taking off their gloves. :)
Contrary to common myths and a huge chunk of comments here, pb was designed for recon troops and spec ops units to silently take down guards and patrols. Basically, it fits the same role as vss/val, but it's 30 years older. Of course, it saw service in some spy operations, but the main user were the army special units
This pistol is not called "Mакаров ПБ". Just "ПБ". The muffler can be easily upgraded using modern technologies, further reducing the noise level (Google translation).
a PB redesigned with a modern suppressor for the second stage would probably be nearly as quiet as a captive piston gun, that'd be something truly special. same with VSS and AS VAL - some real potential for modernization that would only require replacement of the modular components that are already detachable
@@Samael.. Most Cyrillic keyboards have Latin characters as well, however Latin keyboards rarely have other alphabets built-in so the best you can really hope for is PB unfortunately - which does end up confusing a lot of people when ППШ gets transliterated as PPSh and vice versa lol.
@@EmptyMag I have nothing against transliteration of abbreviations! But calling it "PB" - "Silensed Pistol" is wrong. "Silensed pistol" is the general name for all such pistols. If we are going to anglicize it to convey the meaning, then the words must be rearranged and written “PS” (Pistol Silensed), no matter how strange or incorrect it may seem to anyone. (Google translation)😆
I know most police/gendarmerie forces would likely be unwilling to comment, but I'd sometimes like to know how some of these exotics came into their possession. Some of them must have some cool stories behind them.
Best guess it was exported to Jugoslavia/Iraq/Afghanistan and then captured by French army who, recognisjbg this is interesting added it to referende colection
The baffles are just hardware store round washers, but it works. Royal Armouries, you wear gloves to handle the weapons. Gendarmerie, nah, it's fine. Let's get dirty.
The PB pistol was not developed at the Tula Arsenal. It was created by designers Deryagin (pistol) and Neugodov (suppresor) at TsNIITochmash (rus: ЦНИИТочМаш - Central Scientific - Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering)
3:15 Oh, I say! That's very clever. Reading the description I was like "How do they move a barrel wrapping recoil spring to the grip?" And now you know....and knowing is half the battle!😎
Say what you will but there is something appealing about older Pistol designs regardless of where they came from.
although the old bolt actions have a rather... "repetitive silhouette", i find them pretty endearing over modern rifles (well, 21st century ones). probably because they have the wood and the curves lol
All kind of older guns are appealing, modern guns just seem kinda copy and paste
Tell that to the Linda
What’s interesting is that in 50 years the guns of now will be considered old designs, and people will say the same thing about our new stuff
@@clarkedawe3464 with how cars are evolving (I really hate the modern design some cars are going for) im scared of what modern guns will look like
I'm glad I found someone that understand suppressors and it's technology. Most people find the subject...baffling.
Oh how Droll!! 😊
...Silence fool!
Ba dum bum
You said it so quietly,may you say it louder?
Ba Dum Tss
Stalker classic along with vss vintorez
Cheeki Breeki Van Damke…😂
Hell yeaaah
MASLEEENOOO POIMAL
PB from the trailer cart in Kordon next to Tolik
@@sportyv1k1ng Cheeki Breeki Ee V Damki
I got to see one of these demonstrated when I was in Marine Corps Intelligence School in 1988, I was amazed at how quiet it was
I love integral suppressors and how they're design. They just blend into the given 'style' (for lack of a better word) of certain guns like the MP5SD and the Makarov PB.
They just work.
Yeah, they have a smooth transition from the body of the gun to the tube.
Though both suppressors you mentioned are actually a semi-integral designs.
@@vladcrow4225 Not integral, but derivative suppressors.
As val
@@romaliop Proportional i think
The recoil spring setup is actually wild
I'm wondering how well the plastic housing for the spring within the grip holds up.
@@paulketchupwitheverything767 Not well. And it wasn't required to. For an intelligence service replacing (a very limited number of) plastic grips due to practice wear is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of injecting an agent in a position where this weapon would be used.
Same system as in the "Le Français" pocket pistol. The gun that Beretta copied for their line of tip up barrel pocket pistols.
@@andersjjensen But again imagine this very costly agent is doing his very costly wet field work overseas and his gun fails mid operation because its mainspring is housed in what i assume thin textolite grip. Big international yikes.
@@paulketchupwitheverything767 Yes. Very stupid idea. With so many aluminum based alloys they decided to employ plastic. Socialism in action...
I wonder how the gendarmerie ended up this gun… probably a good story there.
just bought it from a weapons supplier that was based in Ukraine or Russia like Viktor Bout
Something related to Marseilles' underworld.
I would guess after the fall of communism that a KGB armory officer got light fingers and wanted some expensive nights out in Paris.
I was hoping for that story, oh well.
@@topcatcoast2coast579 You would be suprized how often that happens today.
Love the old silencer stuff
what? I didn't see/hear anything
Suppressor
@@hellsinggaming1603no
@@hellsinggaming1603lol
@@hellsinggaming1603 Silencer
2:40
Many have been duped by that button. Not only is it deceptive, it also gives access to the recoil spring.
Truly advanced technology.
Hardly advanced . maybe for the 1960s
@@NotU-i9qI was being hyperbolic on that last bit but TBF, I really suck at conveying it. :(
@@paleoph6168 Don't worry we're 63 peoples to understand the intent of your comment, just that there is always that one guy that takes everything literally.
He did mention it was very like some of the Webley automatics, so rehashed old tech.
I think you're wrong. I have never heard of anyone pressing this button thinking it was the magazine release button. if you are stupid then you don’t have to think that everyone around you is stupid
I've been waiting for this video since forever. I really love that gun. Something very interesting you forgot to mention is that even though it's integrally suppressed, it can still fire and function perfectly without the suppressor part (unlike several integrally suppressed guns). They even made holsters that would store the suppressor part separately so that it was less bulky.
Love to finally see it!
I love the use of wire mesh in these older suppressors.
"Take Makarov comrade, is now quieter than Soviet citizens at Billy Joel concert."
"Let me do my show for Christ's sake" lol
@@ZachHighwind It's not a true Russian concert unless someone kicks a piano over and someone is arrested for having too much fun.
"STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE!"
Only when the spotlight is on them.
Is there a story behind this?
😆
I can't wait for the silencer book to come out from headstamp.
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
Firearms are really incredible when you consider the engineering behind them. Sure some are total junk, but most are fully serviceable.
I’m so grateful for this channel and the history that is being preserved.
Ever since 2008 when i played far cry 2 this pistol has been close to my heart!
@nomad_boreal Cheeki breeki !
@@njones420 No, szto rozkazesh.
I just beat the game yesterday! That pistol is so satisfying to shoot, even when you get the suppressed MP5
@@garryghibli5993 I go back and play through it every few years.... I hope you were playing the latest Stalker:complete mod, makes it so much better.
@@njones420 Oh sorry, I was talking about Far Cry 2! Stalker is still a game I have to beat
Ian, it's the first time I have to write that your data needs serious corrections right from the cover of the clip 😢
1. It's not a KGB wetwork tool. It was designed for Army, for field reconnaissance as a low-report weapon. Think of Val and Vintorez as its conceptual grandchildren. KGB had its own separate line of development, led by, among others, Stechkin.
2. Makarov has nothing to do with it except the magazine and some parts in the trigger mechanism, that was Army's requirements. Designer's name is Anatoly Deryagin. It's just PB (pistolet beschumny - silenced pistol) or 6П9 by army code.
Despite it's rather weird look it's a well-balanced weapon, precise and very pleasant to shoot. Sits nice in the hand, points instinctively, notch and bead are quite readable. Those I held in my hands were very well made, much cleaner and precise than Mak.
Всё верно сказал! Это пистолет для армейский спецназ старой школы
ruclips.net/user/shorts0pmQTRWzXf4?si=kX7qier3S2hlgHQ9
his video on RPG-7 was equally misinformed
Ian said 'covert', not 'KGB'.
@@klasodeth Title: 'Makarov PB: Silenced KGB "Wet Work" Pistol'
That may be true - but I bet Soviet intelligence agencies used this far more than any Soviet Army personnel. So, technically wrong but probably not.
I'm a big fan of that sight picture. Really clean and functional.
I love how his thumbnail and intro has never changed a bit for 7 whole years
Thank you very much, Ian! I'm always delighted whenever Soviet or late Cold-War era weaponry pops up here, because it's an area I find rather fascinating. Cheers!
Alright, admit it. This is the actual gun that inspired your logo, isn't it? Look at the proportions!
Lol. Good comparison indeed.
I think the gun that actually inspired the logo was the OSS dart gun
@@lennyjay8390 It was the oss dart gun
A really cool take on an integrally suppressed handgun. What got my attention was the vertical recoil spring in the grip and the pivoting lever. Never put much thought into where the recoil spring would go in such a compact unit.
The German Luger pistols did something similar but worked in the opposite direction with an angle lever and an extension spring. The Toggle opens on firing which pulls a link connected to the angle lever....the angle lever then pulls on the spring until the action stops recoiling. The spring then pulls down the angle lever and the lever pulls the link on the toggle...Pushing the bolt forward and chambering a round ready to fire. This all happens in the grip.
The "Le Français" pocket pistols had the same system (way before the Makarov). It's the gun Beretta copied to make their line of tip up pocket pistols.
I don't know why, but that thing is just beautiful.
Me To
It looks like it belongs in Star Wars.
It really is a beauty in it's own way!
putting the recoil spring in the grip is so clever, i love it
Oh hey, it's my favorite pistol from S.T.A.L.K.E.R! Finally a FW video on it!
this would go hard as a star wars blaster
Maybe with a comically large scope on top
Defender Pistol MK 2. And it's just this thing.
Even without the suppressor it looks like it could make a mean hold out blaster.
@@cabnbeeschurgrand some greeble covered plastic grips
I have been waiting forever for a video on the PB. Easily one of the best looking silenced pistols.
I remember first seeing this gun in mgs Peace Walker. It was my go-to weapon as it had a suppressor that would never wear down. Not to mention, I really liked the design of it.
Your videos are awsome, it's really unique to find the unknown guns of history
PM was designed by Makarov in 1948 in Tula - PB was designed by Deryagin in 1965 in Izhevsk
PB is as much a "silenced PM" as SVD is a "marksman AK"
But it is a silenced PM
It's based on PM design and shares some parts and ammo with it.
SVD literally have zero parts shared with AK
@@Chastity_Belt Silenced PM would've been named PMB, and so if it's not - it's not. But I suppose you can't demand much from people who call Mosin a Mosin-Nagant
@@Chastity_Belt modern vehicles are still based on a cart, but we don't call'em carts.
I discovered this in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl back then but in Modern Warfare 2019 and COD Mobile, the barrel of Sykov a fictional name of Makarov (or Dobvra respectively) can be swapped with the PB type barrel, sort of conversion kit in fiction.
Ah! I thought I knew it from an old game! Haven't played STALKER in a looooong time.
I have gotten to know it veeeeery well from spending a lot of time in World Of Guns: Gun Disassembly though
@@heffatheanimal2200 Ah, yes, WOG is a great app. Though they occasionally name various parts (especially suppressor parts) with odd/bizarre terms. Eg: calling the rear separation system on the VSS a "Gas Camera". I also love the app, but it's a weird little quirk.
@@dark2023-1lovesoni lol yeah, I've seen a few of those and had a "dafuq??" moment. A tiny part in the FG42 (I think?) titled "Up boppin' down tab" 🤣
Эта пушка есть в Escape From Tarkov
watching this made me think of the military case atop two wooden crates in a mobile cabin near a dying rookie in cordon. damnit here we go again strelok..
my favorite channel talking about my favorite firearm!
thank you!
Amazing that it manages to do so well with all of three flimsy baffles in the front supressor.
Soviet engineers thought that baffles are needed to reduce the amount of wave reflections inside the silencer, so they just made simple partitions with angles between them
here is the recipe: a weak cartridge and a rubber gasket seal
Finally PB
Do never stop to make content about makarovs please 🙏
It is a nice gun isn't it
it really isn't worth any more content, because it has been beaten to death countless times
@@Elatenl hell yes
The wire mesh can be impregnated with white lithium grease to further help with noise reduction. According to the old video of that guy in a hotel room shooting into his homemade bullet catch.
I have tried Makarov PB in the Toman division traning site 10 years ago. It is much more silent than common pistol with attached silencer. Recoil is soft and operation is easy. Still my favorite pistol for all times.
Really fascinating piece of engineering there, nothing overly complicated (as I expect from Soviet era designs) but effective.
Im embarresses to admit this, but, you just showed me how to take apart my polish p-64 "makorov". Thank you
Hope you know that p64 has little to do with PM, and trigger guard takedown is actually derived from walther PP
@@romannowak8830 ......okay
Interesting and very simplistic set up. Love the recoil spring placement.
The Makarov PB is a very exquisite variant of the regular Makarov, a classic Cold War-era pistol. The National Gendarmerie must have gone on quite the treasure hunt to increase their collection.
I remember when TFBtv visited Brügger and Thomet HQ in Swiss, and Karl Brügger in person made him test his Makarov PB. I was, and still am, astonished how the thing is silent for a 55 ish years old pistol. Even modern stuff isn't that silent.
😮 ...very nice..
Mom will love it.!!
Thanks, Ian.!!
🎉 Another great gift idea...
It’s pretty brilliant. They built a gun throws ppl out of windows.
Hi, Ian. That design is one of my new "Favorites". Lots of clever ideas and a beautiful design. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!
It's definitely cool.
The recoil system is a direct copy of the "Le Français" pocket pistols though.
if it works very well and they can't really improve a whole ton on it, they probably still make it! The PSS pistol is also very fascinating.
I thought I had a version of every Makarov there was. Now THIS! Sell me one Comrade.
Fricking early gang coming in quietly
Early gang ftw. Also hail clan meth weasel
What you think this channel is aimed at Americans?......it's 13.46 in the UK .You know the afternoon!
Shhhhhh
@@nickjohnson710 yep
Shhhhhh
Far Cry 2 flashbacks...
I had to mention this rare gem, great and very informative video as always
Thank you for not plugging your other platforms, i appreciate it. I know you can, and should, but that was tasteful.
“This is the silenced version of the Makarov…”
“Virtually there are no parts that are interchange with Makarov” 🥸
Because it has nothing to do with Makarov other than the ammo and the hammer/safety lever!
It was designed by another guy named Anatoly Deryagin.
I'm also a sucker for integral suppressors. Great video Ian!
That was very cool. Thanks mate. Yet another, "I didn't know I wanted it until Ian showed me the gun," video.
With the subsonic rounds, do they have enough power to cycle the slide? Or does it need to be hand cycled for each round? Good show by the way!
Dude this is amazing
Like the PM (Pistolet Makarova), the PB (Pistolet Besshumnyy) or "Silent Pistol" is still in production in small made-for-order numbers at Izhevsk until this day. Also, just like the PM, the PB was designed at Tula, but was never produced anywhere else besides Izhevsk. The entire trigger system, safety/decocker, and magazine are identical to that of the PM. Otherwise, it is a completely unique design.
This is the Real Original!!
The only Makarov I have seen with a suppresor, had a .380ACP bbl swapped in place of the 9x18 bbl.
When the makarov pm liked the vss vintorez really much
Awesome
I didn't know supressors were so easy to make! They are just hardware store parts
It is similar to a car muffler. It's just a matter of slowing the gas expansion and keeping most of it in the gun. The biggest problem is that the government will give you a long vacation if you try it. Some get an eternal nap.
It's easier than you think
You can take regular car oil filter, attach it to the gun using custom adapter, and it would work just fine
It’s an elegant design and looks well made
I really appreciate how gun Jesus goes over all these weapons very informative
this and the hush puppy have gotta be my favorite pistols
Love to know how the Gendarmerie came by that...
I would imagine it was at some point exported to Jugoslavia, Iraq or Afghanistan and then some French troops picked it and whoever was tasked with destruction of captured weapons thought "this is interesting"
@@michalsoukup1021 That's unlikely that tool condition is too good.
That's just neat! Probably my favorite take on a wet work pistol.👍🏼👍🏼
I love Makarovs. There's something cool about this gun, and those variants only made it cooler.
Can always date a 50s-70s pistol by that purple bluing such a cool change to the pistol
Glad to see you're back in Europe!
You should get in touch with Alain Daubresse, he's the head of the Belgian gun collectors association and maintains the Littlegun website.
Any more videos in collaboration with the Gendarmerie?
It's so interesting to see what they had/have in their arsenal.
When Ian drops a Makarov video, you stop what you’re doing and listen.
What a cool piece! That thing is pretty much a Mak in name alone. I'd love a piece of cold war awesomeness like that!
Well this is cool! Definitely a educational channel ! Keep it up
Now that is an interesting weapon! Thanks Ian.
Welp, we're definitely on a watch list now.
Talk them into letting you shoot it a couple times in exchange for museum publicity and a cleaning of the fouled up mesh lol. Great vid as always👍🏻
Awesome design 👌
One of my all time favourite guns, awesome, 😎👍👍
"This is the suppressed version of the Makarov. It's a completely different gun in no way related to the Makarov other than the magazine."
If I ever get my hands on this, then years of muscle memory will leave me with a bakelite grip in one hand and an empty pistol on the floor...
Excellent video and fascinating weapon, but now I want to know how the French Gendarmes got their hands on a small-run KGB pistol.
Like many weapons, I presume spies in the past. Or could be being captured by French troops in Ukraine. We know 2200 or so are operating out there, so it wouldn't surprise me they'd be where the enemy elite are. Wouldn't surprise me it's how the new stuff in their collection came around.
Quite a nifty design
looks really cool with just the rear suppresser section alone
Is the forward suppressor tube made from a different metal? I noticed the finish is a little different and wondered if it might be aluminum or the like. (Also enjoyed the thoughtfully provided knurl, to help comrade assassins unscrew it without taking off their gloves. :)
interesting to see the surpressor baffle design is basically 1:1 to what the ASVAL uses
Agreed
We have the APS, here's the PB. Now we only need the APB
Phil "Doc" Dater is a cool guy who knows many things...
Thank you, Ian! 👍
Im kinda surprised there isnt more integral suppressed pistols. I'd think they'd be rather popular.
They are a pain to design and to clean
I would think that occupational health would demand all duty weapons be suppressed but that argument falls on deaf ears.
Contrary to common myths and a huge chunk of comments here, pb was designed for recon troops and spec ops units to silently take down guards and patrols. Basically, it fits the same role as vss/val, but it's 30 years older. Of course, it saw service in some spy operations, but the main user were the army special units
finally a video on my favorite pistol
This pistol is not called "Mакаров ПБ". Just "ПБ". The muffler can be easily upgraded using modern technologies, further reducing the noise level (Google translation).
To further this ПБ basically translates to an abbreviation for Silenced Pistol. Nothing like the Russians when it comes to naming stuff.
@@w4rlord117 There is also nothing good in not knowing the original source. I call your aurcraft "F16", and I write "F16", not "Ф16".
a PB redesigned with a modern suppressor for the second stage would probably be nearly as quiet as a captive piston gun, that'd be something truly special. same with VSS and AS VAL - some real potential for modernization that would only require replacement of the modular components that are already detachable
@@Samael.. Most Cyrillic keyboards have Latin characters as well, however Latin keyboards rarely have other alphabets built-in so the best you can really hope for is PB unfortunately - which does end up confusing a lot of people when ППШ gets transliterated as PPSh and vice versa lol.
@@EmptyMag I have nothing against transliteration of abbreviations! But calling it "PB" - "Silensed Pistol" is wrong. "Silensed pistol" is the general name for all such pistols. If we are going to anglicize it to convey the meaning, then the words must be rearranged and written “PS” (Pistol Silensed), no matter how strange or incorrect it may seem to anyone. (Google translation)😆
I wonder how the gendarmerie national got such a piece, must have a really good story behind it
Well. I'm looking forward to Brandon Herrera showing his new suppressed makarov late this year.
I know most police/gendarmerie forces would likely be unwilling to comment, but I'd sometimes like to know how some of these exotics came into their possession. Some of them must have some cool stories behind them.
Best guess it was exported to Jugoslavia/Iraq/Afghanistan and then captured by French army who, recognisjbg this is interesting added it to referende colection
It's interesting to me that the later iterations, such as the post-2000 model don't integrate the enlarged magazines of the PMM.
That would require making something new: Something they haven't done in a while
I think he said that they started making these in 1967, so that is why this one still has the single stack magazine.
I hade Heines Straight 8 sights on my old 1911 - I liked them 🙂
Integrally suppressed anythings just look neat
The baffles are just hardware store round washers, but it works. Royal Armouries, you wear gloves to handle the weapons. Gendarmerie, nah, it's fine. Let's get dirty.
6П28 ПСС is now in production.
The PB pistol was not developed at the Tula Arsenal. It was created by designers Deryagin (pistol) and Neugodov (suppresor) at TsNIITochmash (rus: ЦНИИТочМаш - Central Scientific - Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering)
3:15 Oh, I say! That's very clever. Reading the description I was like "How do they move a barrel wrapping recoil spring to the grip?" And now you know....and knowing is half the battle!😎
Cool system. A direct copy of what's inside the "Le Français" pocket pistol though.