GSh-18 (ГШ-18) | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 2000–present |
Used by | Russia |
Wars | Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War |
Production history | |
Designer | V.P. Gryazev[1] A.G. Shipunov[1] |
Designed | 1998–2000[2] |
Manufacturer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
Unit cost | 14,810 roubles (2008) 23,314.44 roubles (2012)[3] |
Produced | 2001[1]– |
Variants | various civilian versions |
Specifications | |
Mass | 590 g (21 oz) |
Length | 184 mm (7.2 in) |
Barrel length | 103 mm (4.1 in) |
Width | 34 mm (1.3 in) |
Height | 136 mm (5.4 in) |
Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum 9×19mm 7N21 +P+ 9×19mm 7N31 +P+ |
Action | Short recoil, rotating barrel striker fired |
Muzzle velocity | 535 m/s (1,755 ft/s)–570 m/s (1,870.1 ft/s) |
Feed system | 18-round detachable box magazine |
Sights | Fixed; front blade and rear notch |
The GSh-18 (Cyrillic: ГШ-18) is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s. The pistol's name is derived from its designers—Gryazev and Shipunov—and its magazine capacity of 18 rounds.[1][2]