The new version will
be adjusted to the requirements of professional athletes, the manufacturer
stressed.
MOSCOW, January 24.
/TASS/. Russian firearms manufacturer TsNIITochMash (an affiliate of the public
corporation Rostec) will issue a civilian version of Russia’s newest handgun
Udav for professional athletes.
The weapons’
parameters will be competitive with those of Colt, Glock and other foreign
counterparts, Rostec’s press-service said on Thursday.
"The civil
version will be adjusted to the requirements of professional athletes. Its
parameters will be competitive to those of such renowned firearms brands as
Colt, Walther, Heckler&Koch, Glock, Browning, CZ and others," Rostec
said.
The corporation has
plans for creating an export version of the civilian Udav. The press-service
said "it will retain the firepower, accuracy, ergonomic design and small
weight."
"Modern
composite materials guarantee the weapon’s stable performance at air
temperatures ranging from 50 degrees below freezing to 70 degrees above zero
Celsius. It is equally convenient for left-handed an right-handed users. The
design allows the shooter to actually see and feel the presence of cartridge in
the chamber," the press-service quotes Rostec’s industrial director,
Sergei Abramov, as saying.
The magazine’s
capacity is 18 cartridges, ten more than that of the Makarov handgun.
Udav can fire 9 mm by
21 mm tracer, armor-piercing and expanding ammunition. Two special cartridges
of sub-sonic and enhanced penetrability have been designed especially for it.
The self-loading
handgun Udav from TsNIITochMash is an entirely Russian-designed and
manufactured product. It has passed government certification tests and been
authorized for official use. Three versions of it are being readied for mass
production for the army, commando and crack forces and the civilian market.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-01-2019
