Weapons

Russia to Issue PB Pistols to ALL Special Forces and Recon Officers

PB Pistol (Pistolet Besshumniy (Пистолет Бесшумный) – means silent or noiseless pistol) was developed in the ’60s and adopted by the Soviet Union in 1967. It was issued to special forces units. By the late ‘80s, they started replacing it with the PSS pistol. Now the Russian Ministry of Defense wants the PB pistol back!

According to Russian Izvestia newspaper, the Russian military plans to issue PB pistols to all special forces and reconnaissance officers. At the same time, they’ll retain the current issue Yarygin pistol (a.k.a MP-443 Grach). So each officer of the mentioned units will have two handguns and will be armed with the one that is more suitable for any particular mission.