SPSh-44

SPSh-44
SPSh-44
Type	flare gun
Place of origin	USSR
Service history
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designed	1943-1944
Specifications
Mass	0.9 kg
Length	220mm
Caliber	26 mm (4 bore)
Barrels	1
Action	break action
Rate of fire	variable

The SPSh-44 (26-мм сигнальный пистолет СПШ-44) is a Soviet signal pistol.

History

The gun was designed by G. S. Shpagin as a replacement of previous standard model of Red Army signal pistol.

In 1943 he made first version of the gun - 26mm SPSh-43 flare (signal) pistol (26-мм осветительный (сигнальный) пистолет СПШ-43). In January 1944, second version of this pistol was made - SPSh-2 (СПШ-2).

After tests and trials, in 1944 SPSh-2 flare gun was officially adopted as new standard Red Army signal pistol. Since May 1944 began its mass production as SPSh-44 signal pistol.

Later it became the standard flare gun in all Warsaw Pact countries.

Design

The SPSh-44 is a single-shot break-action smoothbore flare gun.

Variants

Pistolet sygnałowy wz. 1944 - copy of SPSh-44, made since 1948 by Zakłady Metalowe im. gen. "Waltera" in Polish People's Republic^[1]
Type 57 - copy of SPSh-44, made in People's Republic of China

References

^ 26 mm pistolet sygnałowy wz. 1978 i wz. 1944. Opis i użytkowanie. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1985.

Bibliography

26-мм сигнальный пистолет (СПШ) обр. 1944 г. Руководство службы / Гл. артил. упр. Вооруж. Сил СССР. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1946 (тип. им. Тимошенко)
26-мм сигнальный пистолет (СПШ) обр. 1944 г. Руководство службы / Воен. м-во СССР. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1950 (тип. им. Тимошенко)
26-мм сигнальный пистолет (СПШ) обр. 1944 г. Руководство службы / Воен. м-во СССР. Mоscow: Voenizdat, 1952
Дополнение к руководству службы. 26-мм сигнальный пистолет (СПШ) обр. 1944 г. - 1979 г.

External links

SPSh Flare Pistol / Internet Movie Firearms Database

[1] 26 mm pistolet sygnałowy wz. 1978 i wz. 1944. Opis i użytkowanie. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1985.

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