Stechkin APS: The Soviet Machine Pistol

Sorry, slight mistake on my part - the arsenal mark on this is Molot, not Tula! Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! The APS is a machine pistol developed by Igor Stechkin in the late 1940s and adopted by the Soviet Union in 1951, basically at the same time as the Makarov pistol. The Stechkin and Makarov share many characteristics - both are double action, both fire the 9x18mm cartridge, both have decocking mechanisms, bo