GSh-18
Sign in to saveThe GSh-18 () is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- GSh-18 (ГШ-18)
- Weapon.image
- GSh-18 pistol at Celebration of 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad in TSNIITOCHMASH.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Gryazev and Shipunov 9mm GSh-18 pistol
- Weapon.origin
- Russia
- Weapon.type
- Semi-automatic pistol
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 2000–present
- Weapon.wars
- Second Chechen WarRusso-Georgian WarSyrian Civil WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.designer
- V.P. GryazevA.G. Shipunov
- Weapon.design_date
- 1998–2000
- Weapon.manufacturer
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau
- Weapon.unit_cost
- 14,810 roubles (2008)23,314.44 roubles (2012)
- Weapon.production_date
- 2001–present
- Weapon.variants
- various civilian versions
- Weapon.cartridge
- 9×19mm Parabellum 9×19mm 7N21 +P+ 9×19mm 7N31 +P+
- Weapon.action
- Short recoil, rotating barrel striker fired
- Weapon.velocity
- –
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Design details
- Operation
- Ammunition
- Variants
- GSh-18
- GSh-18 Tactical
- GSh-18S «Sport»
- GSh-18 «Sport 2»
- GSh-18T
- Users
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
The GSh-18 () is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s.
==History== The GSh-18 entered service in 2000 with the Russian Ministry of Justice. It was only in 2003 that the pistol was widely adopted under Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 166.
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