Stechkin Automatic Pistol - APS
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- With some help from our good friends at Sellier & Bellot, Larry was able to get his hands on an incredibly rare Soviet machine pistol, the Stechkin APS.
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There's this story-legend, that when Stechkin himself was graduating from the Tula Mechanical Institute, his thesis was building a gun.When the commission was checking the blueprints one of them said literally "This gun won't shoot and it can't".Stechkin replied by pulling out a prototype of his gun and shooting three blank rounds in the air.He graduated.
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@@Sany595 😂😂😂
If he'd do, he'd went to GULAG (not COD one) 😅
There is, without a doubt, no other gun channel on RUclips with as cool a slow motion sequence as Vickers.
Agreed, just a shame the sounds are so bad.
@@PolyFPV the sounds are cringy.
just wish there was longer segments of full auto not edited to show the actual rof
How bout FullMag? ruclips.net/user/ratedrr
@Jones unfortunately yes, they don't record the original gun sounds and use sound effects. Not talking about the slow motion footage mind you, the normal footage itself uses sfx
Hey, I'm Russian. Born in 1968 in USSR. In my youth, i saw sailors armed with Stechkin pistols. These guys guarded the entrance to the naval base.
Yeah crazy how common they where during those times. Now they’re incredibly rare to find! 👍 but very cool story my freind
Made for tankist soldier's
interesting soviet gun.
it's like G18, but from 1954...
They had automatic Mausers in the 30s.
It's far cooler than a Glock 18. Larry completely wiffed by not mentioning the rate reducer mechanism. That gun would be uncontrollable and run 1200+ RPM without it. You can see in the slow motion footage that the hammer pauses for a considerable amount of time after the slide closes.
Im pretty sure Ian at Forgotten Weapons has video about APS, so if You want to know more about mechanism I'd check it.
@@Pest789
_"That gun would be uncontrollable and run 1200+ RPM without it."_
Machine pistols are called the "ultimate firearm to have for a gunfight in a phone booth" for a reason. That said, the Glock machine pistols seem... "controllable"... enough to work around without a stock/brace. If just barely. It's definitely one of those things are more cool than practical, however.
My buddy is an SOT and has an original Glock 18C and a stock for it. There's a video of me firing it on my channel. It's surprisingly controllable with a stock, but it's not anything like a real subgun. Without a stock, aim at their balls and you might get a few torso hits. It runs so fast, it's hard to get consistent triples with it. It needs burst mode or a rate reducer.
Russian pilot shot down in Syria last year used Stechkin to fight back the terrorists
@Senpo Maker funny how so many russia haters speak russian :D
Edit: not only speak but write too.
@@fofal They must be Ukrainian smart-asses...
Ошибочка ты не белый человек, ты бледное чмо :).
Ну так же у вас свобода? :). ТАк что согласно вашим правилам имею право говорить все что угодно, вы же говорите? Так что успокойся :)
Fucking awesome, didn't he take a few out with him after detonating a frag as well?
Dude, Larry was a part of a mission to capture Norriaga! That’s a cool factor of a million times a gazillion
As a Swede I have visited Panama. Many people treated me like shit because they thought I was American. Thanks Larry!
Lol not a mission. The Mission.
I know a former seal code named cobra who also was involved in the mission as an underwater demolition specialist
@@fredosinsemilla3896 maybe you blame the locals for being racist assholes.
He was in Delta
Beautiful and more informative than I expected. Soviet dark red-brown phenolic resin is just pure aesthetics to me :)
Have to agree that 1:46 looks pretty good.
@Jones That's probably where it started. It may be archaic now, but 'Bakelite' type polymer was a really great material at the time. And it does have that pattering that would be similar to wood grain.
This gun has a firing range of up to 200 meters.
**Interflug** Quick question: have you ever been in some kind of short time confrontational with someone who not welcoming you? Tell this to my guys, who fell down in Iraq and Afghan. Brain-washed dickhead.
Larry Vickers is a comlete badass.
“I got to inspect the Stechkin during a raid”
Thanks for remind me that you’re cooler than me again, Larry!
I had that while serving as a police officer in Europe . When we switched from that to Glock 19 it was such a letdown . We used to break car windows with the pistol butt and abuse the living out of them and those guns wouldn’t die . Very reliable and is not a Makarov . Is way better . He didn’t mention the iron sights , which is another interesting aspect . Jus’ saying....
Was it better then the glock?
The fact you had personal career experience in seeing it then actually finally get to shooting it is pretty awesome. Keep bringing it Vickers!
I'm a fan of the Makarov, and I admittedly didn't know this gun existed.
Thanks for the video LAV.
If I ever hit the big bucks this is number one on my list of almost unattainable weapons I want in my collection. The KGB used to use this for personnel defense jobs and its become a legendary weapon
classic Russian gun
This gun has a firing range of up to 200 meters.
Not Russian
Soviet gun
Cuz СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК
@@gagikdarbinyan4316 Это одно и тоже.
@@НиколайРедько-ф9н нет, не одно и тоже
@@gagikdarbinyan4316 У советов был какой-то свой другой язык? Или своя другая культура? Может у них хотя-бы народы и территории были свои, а не Российской империи? Почему это не одно и тоже?
I always take time to watch a Vickers video. They is just the right mix of shooting, and history, just long enough too. No pointless analysis of every detail of the gun, no 15 minutes of plinking. Just a brief this is the gun, here's how it works, let's light it up. Always classy
Один из моих любимых пистолетов) и Ларри как всегда рассказывает очень интересно)
LAV - sir you are the MAN. God bless you brother. Keep it coming ! 👍🏻🇺🇸
Cool story about Noriega and getting to handle one of the guns however many years ago..and now getting to shoot one. Would love to hear more stories from back then..that you could actually speak about! Great video as always LAV! ✌
If i'm not wrong, in USA was 6 Stechkin's pistols and one idiot broke stop-slide or other part. Now is 5 pistols available in all States.
Now that is one good looking pistol.
Larry, I saw your video "why I'm fat" and I want to say that you look amazing now and I truly hope you you feel the amazing as well!
Years ago I read an article about a former Russian sniper who served in Afghanistan. It mostly focused on his use and opinion of the SVD but he did touch on that he preferred carrying this (and used it to great effect) as opposed to a krinkov for his back up or when in an area where the SVD was too unwieldy.
I’ve been wanting to find that article again for YEARS now! Thanks for reminding me of it. I was starting to wonder if I had imagined it.
@@TylerLL2112 Good luck I remember reading that about 11-12 years ago.
Saw this on black lagoon, now i'm here
Mr. Vickers, you probably have the best job in the world.
Larry that working out is paying off. Keep at it brother! Always enjoy your videos.
It's no wonder why you should love Russian weaponry
In fact it's soviet, the fruit of the soviet industrial and engineering capability which is far from being the same in present bourgeois Russia alone.
@@MECHANISMUS Literally all firearm designers were russian, if you actually do your research. Stop trying to re-write history.
Мне тоже нравится
@@thermionicemission6355 all russians in soviet era is soviet but not all soviet are russian
It would be nice to have a semi auto version available, I used to have a makarov and it was the most reliable pistol I've ever shot. The only rounds that ever hung up in it were the aluminum hulled blazers, steel and brass functioned perfectly in fmj or hollow point.
Worth mentioning it also has adjustable sights for 25, 50, 100 and 200m.
Fuck yea! One of my favorite pistols of all time, a true Russian ganster classic.
Amazing gun. Way ahead of it'd time.
This automatic pistol saves a lot of lives as a backup gun.
Every time LAV uploads a video It makes my day. Always coming in hot with the unobtainium. Loves the videos LAV keep up with the great content!
It’s Sovet( Russian) pistol. Russian fight pilots in Syria 🇸🇾 have this pistols.
Коловрат РуСич really? That’s interesting.
Jones .Yes that's what he means Jones.
@@John1911 Pilots in Syria are armed with AKCУ-74M melee assault rifles and Stechkin APS pistol
ruclips.net/video/Q8roXDxiieE/видео.html
biXsenon that makes WAY more sense.
Thanks,
Marky
Yes and Russian pilot shot down in Syria 2018 used this pistol against jihadists before committed suicide not to be captured. Unfortaly his seat with AK 74 wasnt on his reach when he parashuted in the midle of jihadists
Last frames of this video look like a shot from Unforgiven.
GREAT as always!
This pistol was used by Lee Byung Hun in A bittersweet life(2005). He used this pistol to teach a lesson to his boss and his gangs.
Together with VSS Vintorez - this pistol is a Russian SF LEGEND!!!
The intense tone of his voice cracks me up for some reason
Wish someone would make a copy of the stechkin...I'd love to have one....doubt it would be a huge market for them but damnit I'll be on the list to buy one....the Russians make some really cool weapons....I'm a red blooded American but I grew up on AKs it's my 1st love and I thank the Russians for it.
My favorite machine pistol
People who plays Escape From Tarkov: We learn so much about Russian weapons
Only question, how on earth did scavs get Romanian AK-replicas?
@@alexsoklakov7454 tarkov is technically an alternative timeline.
ALEX Soklakov they didn’t????
@@alexsoklakov7454 uhhh no ?
@@alexsoklakov7454 Wouldn’t call them replicas when they are very common rifle.
Dont lie Larry. You took that Stechkin with you on all your delta raids following that day until hiding it in your wall the day you retired. Im on to you!
APS was also used by Soviet special forces with silencers.
One of my all time favorite machine pistols. Im surprised you didnt mention anything about the rate reducer mechanism. Very interesting design for a rate reducer on a machine pistol. For those of you that didnt notice....750rpm for a machine pistol...very low. Interestingly, these were and still are being used in Ukraine on both sides. Awesome work Mr. Vickers. Keep up the hard-to-find firearm reviews. We love them!
This pistol is used in all local conflicts on the territory of the former USSR - both Chechen wars, in Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the civil war in Tajikistan, and during the conflict in Donbass, both by pro-Russian militia forces and units loyal to Kiev.
In addition, this pistol is actively used by Russian special forces during the war in Syria.
You can guarantee that if LAV says he got a glance at it in Panama, that's how it went down. Probably very understated. Fucking O.G.
Larry my father was 1-10 and did some work down there with Noriega when I was little. Ever work with 1-10 special forces?
Gun has an interesting delay on hammer drop in full auto mode... Wonder how did they achieve that...! Thanks for sharing...
There is a plunger that sits behind the magazine. When the slide returns to battery it knocks this plunger down, it has go down and return to trip the sear. Same thing in the grip of the Skorpion. Makes for a big grip though.
These were VERY highly prized by SADF troops during the Border War in Angola/Namibia from 1975-1988; SWAPO used them occasionally, but a few East German, Cuban and Russian advisors were KIA'd as well during deep penetration strikes into Angola in 1980/1981/1983 and 1987-1988 and a few allegedly were armed with them
It's so rare that we have one semi-only conversion at the local gunshop for about 1400 USD, complete with the shoulder stock... It's not a hard to find pistol in the eastern EU, although most of these are pretty worn out with a malfunctioning ;) fire selector.
Great controllable ROF. I would love a semi auto version. I’m just a Mak fan.
Vickers Didn't mention how acurrate and controllable the Stechkin is in FA fire. It was my favorite gun to fire in Ukraine. The UA SF guys are still issued stechkins (I saw 1954 models as well) that were brand new never issued before the war in Donbass. The difference is theirs had removable suppressors and a metal T or L style removable rear stock.
lmao the added gun shot sounds...
Very Cool an thanks for showing it Mr. Vickers
You have the coolest job.
nothing else to say but god bless, your doing awesome things,
Damn! I love your videos!
Really makes me wanna travel USA Texas just for my little weapon fetish :P
Greetings and love from Switzerland!
Castro's bodyguards also used them,among other guns of course.
one of my favrt pistls
dat weight down you changed totaly, good job sir!
My recon platoon buddy has this. Made in 1954, APS.
I just wish S&B or some other major company would start making decent JHP options for the Makarov. Right now only have Silver Bear, Hornady Critical Defense which under penetrates, and Speer makes Gold Dots, but if you dont load them yourself you wont find them.
Man. You're looking great. Keep up the good work!
Really impressed with this channel!
The momentum of the reciprocating slide vs a small bolt and the movement of the sights seems to be a major detractor of the usefulness of machine pistols.
on the short range it's doesn't matter
on the short range it's doesn't matter.
Dual feed magazine, awesome.
What a cool shot sound of this gun
Perfect, thanks Larry !
Saw one of those at the NRA museum in Fairfax Virginia
Russian pilots love Stechkin. This is undeniable.
Neat machinepistol. really good angles on this video that I enjoyed, but I’ve never been a fan of the way some of these videos are edited with slow-motion variations. Speaking for myself, I want to see regular speed, slow speed and very slow speed. I don’t want to see speeds 10, 9, 7, 4, 3, 2, 1, in various orders.
Just my personal feedback.
And I’d love to hear maybe a minute on each one of these videos where Larry talks about the handling of the gun. Accurate on semi auto? Short bursts? Mag dump on multiple targets? I know you wanna keep the video short but I think this would add a lot to it without extending too much
Excellent slowmo
Larry you’ve got a great video format! Would it be possible to include the slow motion speeds in the videos to better illustrate order of operations during firing?
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
Thx bro
hell yeah get it Larry
Too bad the APS Stechkin is not widely used by the Russian military anymore, despite the weight is not that heavy and compared to other machine pistols the APS have more controllable rate of fire which is not too fast. This is my favourite Soviet weapon! It's like Glock 18C but looks more interesting.
There seems to have a ROF reducer, notice the lag of hammer falling after the slide has been completely recoiled.
It also has a silencer, a slit stream with which you can fall into the water ...
Thanks Larry, this is a great advertisement))
Super pistol.
Super fire power.
This thing is seen in Face Off.
this thing is seen in Ghost in the shell 2 innocence
Is it?
www.imfdb.org/wiki/Face/Off#Stechkin_APS
@@ra30r www.imfdb.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2:_Innocence#Stechkin_APS
Very cool. Thanks for sharing
Gorgeous looking russkie babe, way to go very controllable even rock and roll or discoing like Travolta's Saturday night.
I find the S&B 9x18 Makarov to be a little hotter than other brands. Good stuff.
I've seen quite a few of these in auctions/gun shows in New Zealand
Do u have website?
@@oggyoliver3651 nah I don't sorry man
I WAS ISSUED ONE THIS YEAR HAHA LOVE IT
Before the Skorpion, Mini Uzi, Mac 10, G18 Exist the Stechkin and the M712 Where the Early Iderations of Machine Pistol rather than a Traditional SMGs
Larry, good work! . . . However, as always. Thanks.
Excellent video as always. After watching the slow motion footage I’m left puzzled as to why there is such a significant time delay between chambering a cartridge and the hammer falling during fully automatic firing. Can you enlighten me?
Wow very impressive 👍🏻
So this is the sykov that we knew on the COD MW 2019, right?
This is it
Nope, the sykov is a makarov, when you put the attatchment you make the makarov to APS pistol
you can find and buy a blank firing conversion of original stechkin in Russia. but the price is around 3600-3800$
it is one of those front venting russian ones that strips like a real gun? I've heard they are easy to convert to live fire
@@TheAlexagius if you have extra 4000$ and are not afraid to go to jail. then yeah. its probably "easy" =)
Dang!
@@ra30r Russia is a freer country, in Russia there are not so many stupid laws as in the USA. A person can do anything that no one wants him to judge but within the law, but if the law does not see it, then everything is possible. Your channels do not tell the truth about Russia. Trump is right The Washington Post and the New York Times fake news.
@@vknfriendly what do you mean by "your channels"?
im from Russia btw.
Cool as hell.
Awesome video
Sick Gameplay
Eyy, that gun's in Tarkov.
Been playing that game nonstop lately, it’s become an addiction man. lol
Ah nu cheeki breeki iv damke. ;)
@@MongooseTacticool CHEEKI BREEKI PATCH DO EEKI!
@@nesano4735 I always hear that's as "pants are squeaky" lol
Holy fuck Larry has really slimmed down
Was it the same delta team that got Noriega that also went into the prison? From what i watched and remember you were part of the one that went into the prison
что то Ларри исхудал. Надеюсь с ним все хорошо
он на диете сидел
da ya eto tozhe zametil
@@MUTALISKUS больше похоже что у него был сердечный приступ или рак
Ну его тут тролли раньше называли "жирной свиньей" , он даже видео снял почему он потолстел и каким был раньше во время службы. B Америке если ты толстый - значит ведешь плохой образ жизни. Такой уж стереотип.
*contract wars first gun of the game*
Hey Larry, are you now permanently in Czech republic? Seems like that from all that videos :). Heck why not, nice country, great beer, nice women ;)
Still produced today in Russia. Is very widely used by all the special forces divisions. Russian weapon technology is commonly looked down upon due to lack of real information and actual understanding. Aps is a very excellent platform, it has earned its place as one of Alpha's top counter terrorism picks. Also with proper training, the stock holster isn't needed. Actually is typical never taken into the field. There are modern holsters for it now.
This guy is getting thinner from video to video lol 😁