SPSh Flare Pistol

The SPSh (Signalnyi Pistolet Shpagina, "Signal Pistol of Shpagin") is a Soviet flare pistol designed in 1944 by Georgiy Semyonovich Shpagin (best known for his PPSh-41 submachine gun), and replaced the previous OSSh-42 Flare Pistol (known as SPSh-43 in service). It is commonly referred to as the SPSh-44 (also occasionally as SPSh-2), in order to distinguish it from its predecessor. From 1981, the SPSh-44 was replaced by more compact SP81, although the previously produced pistols continue to be used to this day.
There were also copies of the Polish (wz. 1944, produced in 1944-1978), Czech (produced in 1952-1983 intermittently, under the designations tgf, SiPi 44/67, and SiPI 44/81) and Chinese (Type 57, produced in 1957 - cca. mid-1970s) prodcution.
In Western countries, the SPSh is also known as the Kovrov Arsenal flare pistol.
==Specifications==
(1944 - 1981)
* Type: Flare pistol
* Country of Origin: USSR
* Caliber: 26.5mm
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel Length: 
* Feed System: Single shot
* Fire Modes: Single action
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== Film ==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
At Map Grid 45 (V kvadrate 45) 	 	Chief of flights 	 	1956
The Secret of Two Oceans (Tayna dvukh okeanov) 	 	Circus ringmaster 	 	1957
Two Lives (Dve zhizni) 	Lev Polyakov 	Nikolay Ignatyev 	 	1961
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) 	Andrzej Herder 	Pvt. Macienga 	 	1966
At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) 	 	Soviet officer 	 	1968
The Marathon (Maratón) 	 	Soviet officer 	 	1968
Liberation: The Fire Bulge 	Boris Zajdenberg 	Capt. Orlov 	 	1969
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) 	Lyudmila Gladunko 	Tatyana 	 	1970
Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) 	 	Japanese officer 	 	1971
Sokolovo 	 	Czechoslovak soldier 	 	1975
Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) 	Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 	Walter Holz 	 	1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) 	Vladimir Zamansky 	Nikolai Sergeyevich 	 	1975
The Lost Expedition (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya) 	 	White Army officer 	 	1975
In the Zone of Special Attention (V zone osobogo vnimaniya) 	 	Helicopter pilot 	 	1977
Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka) 	Viktor Gordeev 	Yura Mikosha 	 	1979
Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka) 	Pavel Remezov 	Doctor 	 	1979
Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka) 	Georgiy Martirosyan 	Klyuev 	 	1979
Who Will Pay for the Fortune? (Kto zaplatit za udachu?) 	 	White Army officer 	 	1980
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni)	uncredited 	Kislenko 	 	1981
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni)	Vladimir Ivashov 	Maj. Matveev 	 	1981
In Flight are the Night Witches (V nebe 'Nochnye vedmy') 	 	Soviet female pilots 	 	1981
The Right to Shoot (Pravo na vystrel) 	 	A Soviet Border Guard sailor	 	1981
Battle for Moscow 	 	Soviet Army officer 	 	1985
Who's That Soldier? (Copak je to za vojáka?) 	 	Czechoslovak Army officer 	Early Czech copy 	1988
The Beast of War 	George Dzundza 	Commander Daskal 	 	1988
Living Target (Zhivaja mishen) 	Aleksandr Fatyushin 	Maj. Goryunov 	 	1990
Zdraviya zhelayu! ili Beshenyy dembel 	Mikhail Kononov 	Capt. Bodrov 	 	1990
Zdraviya zhelayu! ili Beshenyy dembel 	Aleksandr Olkov 	Sr. Lieutenant 	 	1990
Joker 	Vyacheslav Molokov 	Khrushch 	 	1991
The Warrior's Heart 	 	Soviet soldier 	 	1992
An Unforgettable Summer (O vara de neuitat) 	Claudiu Bleont 	Capt. Petre Dumitriu 	 	1994
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - film 	Manfred Stücklschwaiger	Pilot Thomas Wächter 	 	1998
The Big Empty 	Sean Bean 	Cowboy 	 	2003
Alien vs. Predator 	Sanaa Lathan 	Alexa Woods 	 	2004
Mercenary for Justice 	Langley Kirkwood 	Kruger 	AL-1 line thrower	2006
Mercenary for Justice 	 	A mercenary 	AL-1 line thrower	2006
Hannibal Rising 	 	Soviet border guard 	 	2007
Flu Birds 	Jonathon Trent 	Johnson 	 	2008
Flu Birds 	Bill Posley 	Derrick 	 	2008
Dnieper Line: Love and War 	Evgeni Ivkovitch 	NKVD officer 	 	2009
Pillbox (Dot) 	David Zimmerschied 	Hauptmann von Wuttke 	 	2009
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night 	Brandon Routh 	Dylan Dog 	 	2011
Devil's Pass 	Matt Stokoe 	Jensen Day 	 	2013
Devil's Pass 	Luke Albright 	JP 	 	2013
Devil's Pass 	Ryan Hawley 	Andy Thatcher 	 	2013
Black Sea 	Jude Law 	Robinson 	 	2014
Black Sea 	David Threlfall 	Peters 	 	2014
The Last Witch Hunter 	 	seen in the Kaulder's armory	 	2015
Territory 	Vladislav Abashin 	Zhora Apryatin 	 	2015
Territory 	 	A driver, a guest on wedding	 	2015
The Axe. 1943 (Topor. 1943) 	 	A Soviet officer 	 	2021
== Television ==
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) 	Uldis Vazdiks 	Martins 	Ep.7 	1982
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) 	Paul Butkevich 	Heinrihs Strautnieks	Ep.7 	1982
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 2 	 	A Soviet officer 	 	1983
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) 	Joachim Schönitz 	A Wehrmacht Lt. 	Ep.10 	1984
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 1 	Wolfgang Krewe 	Ralf Staller 	eighth episode 	1998
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 2 	Manfred Stücklschwaiger	Thomas Wächter 	tenth episode 	1999
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 3 	Manfred Stücklschwaiger	Thomas Wächter 	thirteenth episode 	2000
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 4 	Manfred Stücklschwaiger	Thomas Wächter 	thirdth episode 	2001
Brigada 	Dmitri Dyuzhev 	Kosmos Kholmogorov 	 	2002
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 6 	Hans Heller 	Jens Köster 	first episode 	2003
That 70's Show 	Ashton Kutcher 	Michael Kelso 	"Baby Don't You Do It" 	2004
Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom)	Aleksandr Ustyugov 	Capt. Subbotin 	 	2013
Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) 	 	Polish insurgent 	 	2014
Territory 	Aleksey Rozin 	Murzin 	(Ep. 04) 	2020
Fortunate Son 	Roger LeBlanc 	Dennis 	"White Rabbit" (S01E06)	2020
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