MP-446 Viking

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MP-446 Viking
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MP-446 Viking with 2 magazines and Pachmayr grip
Type Semi-automatic pistol
Place of originRussia
Production history
Designer Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Designed1998 - 2000 [1]
Manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (2001-2013) / Kalashnikov Concern (2013-present)
Producedsince 2001 [1]
Specifications
Mass830 g (29 oz)
Length196 mm (7.7 in)
Barrel  length112.8 mm (4.4 in)
Width38 mm (1.5 in)
Height142 mm (5.6 in)
Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
Action Short recoil operated, locked breech
Muzzle velocity 335 m/s (1,100 ft/s) [2]
Feed system10 or 18-round [3] detachable box magazine
SightsFixed iron sights, 3-dot with notch and front blade

The MP-446 Viking is an internal hammer firing 9mm semi-automatic handgun originating from Russia. [4]

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Overview

It was created by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant.

It weighs at around 830 grams (29 oz) when unloaded, and has a magazine capacity of 18 [3] rounds. The pistol is a sport/civilian version of Yarygin PYa (MP-443) pistol which has been used by Russian military since 2003. MP-446 is short recoil-operated, locked breech pistol. The key differences between MP-446 and MP-443 are the frame material (polyamide rather than steel) and barrel construction: the barrel of the MP-446 was intentionally weakened to prevent safe use of high-powered armour-piercing military rounds (i.e. Russian 9x19mm 7N21 type, 9x19mm NATO) or civilian "+P" or "+P+" cartridges.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Дмитрий Беляев. "Шаги к успеху". Экспериментальные и опытные разработки ижевских оружейников на выставке в Музейно-выставочном комплексе стрелкового оружия им. М. Т. Калашникова в Ижевске // журнал «Калашников. Оружие, боеприпасы, снаряжение». № 5, 2012. стр.62-66
  2. ↑ "Yarygin PYa".
  3. 1 2 Pistols made before the year 2004 have 17-round magazine capacity
  4. ↑ MP-446 Viking at World Guns (archived from the original).
  5. 1 2 3 4 Галина Валеева. Ещё раз о пистолете Ярыгина // журнал «Калашников. Оружие, боеприпасы, снаряжение», № 1, 2013. стр.52-54
  6. ↑ Концерн «Калашников» представил новый пистолет // "Звезда" от 24 октября 2016
  7. ↑ Указ президента Республики Беларусь № 183 от 30 апреля 2015 г. "О вопросах республиканского государственно-общественного объединения «Белорусское физкультурно-спортивное общество «Динамо»"
  8. ↑ "Регистрационный номер: 2.2.1/002 Пистолет спортивно-тренировочный МР 446 ВИКИНГ"
    Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 1367 от 25 декабря 2002 года "Об утверждении Государственного кадастра гражданского и служебного оружия и патронов к нему"
  9. ↑ "2.2.1/002 Пистолет спортивно-тренировочный МР 446 ВИКИНГ"
    Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 1305 от 28 декабря 2006 года "Об утверждении Государственного кадастра гражданского и служебного оружия и патронов к нему на 2007 год"

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