5.45×18mm
5.45×18mm MPTs (7N7) is a Soviet pistol cartridge. It is chambered in the PSM pistol, OTs-23 Drotik machine pistol, and OTs-26 pistol.
5.45×18mm
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5.45×18mm MPTs (7N7) is a Soviet pistol cartridge. It is chambered in the PSM pistol, OTs-23 Drotik machine pistol, and OTs-26 pistol.
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History and design
History and design
It was designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s by Antonina D. Denisova at the Precision Mechanical Engineering Central Research Institute (TsNIITochmash). The development was done in concert with that of the PSM. The cartridge is designed to use light spitzer-pointed jacketed bullets.
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5.45×18mm 7N7 (7Н7): spitzer-pointed full metal jacket bullet with steel conical core. The bullet energy is stated to be up to 1.5 times that of.25 ACP in a similar sized cartridge. It is stated to be capable of penetrating 45 layers of Kevlar soft body armor at close distances. 5.45×18mm PSO (ПСО): spitzer-pointed full metal jacket bullet with lead core. 5.45×18mm 7H8 (холостой патрон 7Х8): blank cartridge
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- 1."5,45-мм пистолетный патрон обр.1970 года (индекс 7Н7) для стрельбы из пистолета ПСМ ... был сконструирован в конце 1960-х годов инженерами ЦНИИТМ А. И. Бочиным, А. Д. Денисовой, Л. С. Николаевой и Г. П. Шаминой." Сергей Монетчиков. Оружейная мастерская: пистолетные патроны // журнал для спецназа "Братишка", август 2011
- 2.Modern Firearms – Special purpose small arms ammunition of USSR and Russia.
- 3.В.И. Молчанов, В.Л. Попов, К.Н. Калмыков. Огнестрельные повреждения и их судебно-медицинская экспертиза. Руководство для врачей. Л., "Медицина", 1990. стр.218
- 4."Применяемый для стрельбы патрон, имеющий одинаковые габариты с патроном Браунинга калибра 6,35 мм, в 1,5 раза превосходит его по дульной энергии. Малый калибр, остроконечность и твёрдость пули позволяют ей пробивать мягкие бронежилеты из 45-и слоёв кевларовой ткани... Пуля пистолета обладает весьма низким останавливающим действием" ПСМ // А. И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ: Справочник стрелкового оружия / ред. А. Е. Тарас. — Минск: «Харвест», 2000. стр.78-80
- 5.Патрон 5,45х18 мм // А. И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ: Справочник стрелкового оружия / ред. А. Е. Тарас. — Минск: «Харвест», 2000. стр.521
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