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    Posted 10 years ago

    battlegear
    (69 items)

    East German Makarov dated 1962 with rain drop camo holster and original records of use from East German Police station where this pistol was once used.

    The Makarov is a straight blowback pistol that is essentially a simplification of the Walther PP pistol design. It has a fixed barrel, a traditional DA/SA trigger mechanism, an exposed hammer, and a slide-mounted decocker. The magazines hold 8 rounds of 9x18mm ammunition. The 9x18mm military cartridge fires a 93 gr FMJ bullet at about 1050 FPS.

    The Soviet Union licensed production to several countries, including East Germany, and the East Germans were producing pistols for their domestic use by the late 1950’s. These pistols served as police, border guard, and military sidearms throughout the life of the DDR.

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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      very nice!!!!
    2. battlegear battlegear, 10 years ago
      Thanks, this pistol is interesting piece of history from the former DDR, it has provenance!

      DDR is the German acronym for Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German) or German Democratic Republic (English), a former state in Europe, 1949–1990.

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