Posted: 3/30/2016 11:16:06 AM EDT
| Who in the Red Army was issued a Makarov? Was it only officers, NCOs, did any of the lower ranks carry them? |
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http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm100-2-3.pdf
soviet mtoe section 5 has what you seek |
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Originally Posted By hellmann9655:
http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm100-2-3.pdf soviet mtoe section 5 has what you seek I looked through the section which describes the Makarov, section 5-2, and I was not able to find any information about who was issued a pistol. It only had technical specs. I actually own that book, btw. Great read! |
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Originally Posted By Adriana:
Chapter 4  Thanks! I wasn't looking for a research project, but I got one nonetheless. Interestingly, it doesn't look like any foot soldiers carried them in addition to a Kalashnikov. Mostly just officers and political officers, RPG operators, tankers, drivers, and the like. |
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I served as private and Sargeant 1991-1993 in Internal affair ministry forces first USSR and later republic of Moldova. Unit responsible for transportation of inmates from jail to court or other jail.
We were never carrying any arms unless on active assignment while actually interacting with inmates. While on duty we were issued makarov with two mags and 16 rounds of ammo. In addition depending on amount of inmates one or two ak47 were issued to a designated support guards. Same applies to officers. Higher ranked officers were carrying either makarov or smaller PSM. |
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Originally Posted By Amundsen:
I served as private and Sargeant 1991-1993 in Internal affair ministry forces first USSR and later republic of Moldova. Unit responsible for transportation of inmates from jail to court or other jail. We were never carrying any arms unless on active assignment while actually interacting with inmates. While on duty we were issued makarov with two mags and 16 rounds of ammo. In addition depending on amount of inmates one or two ak47 were issued to a designated support guards. Same applies to officers. Higher ranked officers were carrying either makarov or smaller PSM. |
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Originally Posted By Amundsen:
I served as private and Sargeant 1991-1993 in Internal affair ministry forces first USSR and later republic of Moldova. Unit responsible for transportation of inmates from jail to court or other jail. We were never carrying any arms unless on active assignment while actually interacting with inmates. While on duty we were issued makarov with two mags and 16 rounds of ammo. In addition depending on amount of inmates one or two ak47 were issued to a designated support guards. Same applies to officers. Higher ranked officers were carrying either makarov or smaller PSM. |
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I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet
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Not exactly in the scope of your question, but I've seen officers in the Afghan National Police with Makarov pistols, and enlisted personnel on a Provincial governor's security detail with them. I assume they were all Russian guns and some looked to have a nicer finish than the old Maks that came in by the boatload back in the day.
They also had a bunch of S&W Smegmas too. |
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Interestingly, it doesn't look like any foot soldiers carried them in addition to a Kalashnikov. Mostly just officers and political officers, RPG operators, tankers, drivers, and the like. The exception(s) would be special forces, and those who scrounged battlefield pickups (which was fairly common among WWII combatants). Not issued of course. Does that document indicate who was issued Stechkin APS machinepistols? |
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Shotgun News has a series of pretty cool articles written by a Russian Afhgan vet (and Fortier? Can't remember) a few years back.
He mentioned that their squads usually had one or two pistols that got passed around depending on what was going down at the time. Even a few suppressed ones floating around between guys. So while they technically were issued to team leaders and such, the regular guys had pistols fairly regularly. |