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BBC Monitoring International Reports
May 12, 2003
LENGTH: 353 words
HEADLINE: RUSSIA OFFERS NEW PISTOL FOR SALE, WHILE USA DENIES ENTRY TO ITS DESIGNERS
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Presenter Some Russian gunsmiths are not allowed to visit the United States over suspicions of having contacts with Arab terrorists. Vasiliy Gryazev and Arkadiy Shipunov, weapon design engineers from Tula, have been banned from entering the USA.
Correspondent Roman Osin Before the new GSh-18 pistol was invented, the famous Makarov pistol had been the main weapon of the Russian army and police. It has been manufactured in Tula for a long time and viewed as the best handgun in the world. However, good old Makarov is helpless against modern means of individual protection. Gryazev, captioned as design engineer and Hero of Socialist Labour The Russian criminal world is using foreign pistols that are more powerful than Makarov. This was giving them an advantage over our relevant structures.
Correspondent This inspired Vasiliy Gryazev and Arkadiy Shipunov, famous weapon design engineers from Tula, to develop a new generation pistol, GSh-18. The letters are their initials, and 18 is the number of cartridges for which pistol's magazine is intended.
A pistol with an empty magazine weighs just 570 g, almost twice less than other handguns of this class. Virtually all bullet-proof vests are useless against it.
The 9-mm pistol has been tested by police and Justice Ministry units prison guards . This is a target hit by Deputy Justice Minister Gen Lvov.
It is especially important for police detectives that one can carry a GSh-18 in his pocket without being worried by accidental fire, as the pistol has an automatic safety device.
Gryazev We dare to say that this pistol is the most powerful and at the same time the lightest and simplest in the world.
Correspondent The GSh-18 pistol will be also issued to all army officers. Meanwhile, it has been highly evaluated abroad. Some Arab countries have already ordered small batches. For this very reason, the creators of the pistol have become unwanted persons in America.
May 12, 2003
LENGTH: 353 words
HEADLINE: RUSSIA OFFERS NEW PISTOL FOR SALE, WHILE USA DENIES ENTRY TO ITS DESIGNERS
BODY:
Presenter Some Russian gunsmiths are not allowed to visit the United States over suspicions of having contacts with Arab terrorists. Vasiliy Gryazev and Arkadiy Shipunov, weapon design engineers from Tula, have been banned from entering the USA.
Correspondent Roman Osin Before the new GSh-18 pistol was invented, the famous Makarov pistol had been the main weapon of the Russian army and police. It has been manufactured in Tula for a long time and viewed as the best handgun in the world. However, good old Makarov is helpless against modern means of individual protection. Gryazev, captioned as design engineer and Hero of Socialist Labour The Russian criminal world is using foreign pistols that are more powerful than Makarov. This was giving them an advantage over our relevant structures.
Correspondent This inspired Vasiliy Gryazev and Arkadiy Shipunov, famous weapon design engineers from Tula, to develop a new generation pistol, GSh-18. The letters are their initials, and 18 is the number of cartridges for which pistol's magazine is intended.
A pistol with an empty magazine weighs just 570 g, almost twice less than other handguns of this class. Virtually all bullet-proof vests are useless against it.
The 9-mm pistol has been tested by police and Justice Ministry units prison guards . This is a target hit by Deputy Justice Minister Gen Lvov.
It is especially important for police detectives that one can carry a GSh-18 in his pocket without being worried by accidental fire, as the pistol has an automatic safety device.
Gryazev We dare to say that this pistol is the most powerful and at the same time the lightest and simplest in the world.
Correspondent The GSh-18 pistol will be also issued to all army officers. Meanwhile, it has been highly evaluated abroad. Some Arab countries have already ordered small batches. For this very reason, the creators of the pistol have become unwanted persons in America.
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