SPSh-44
The SPSh-44 ("26-мм сигнальный пистолет СПШ-44") is a Soviet signal pistol. History. The gun was designed by G. S. Shpagin as a replacement for the previous models of the Red Army signal pistol. In 1943 he made first version of the gun - "26mm SPSh-43 flare (signal) pistol" ("26-мм осветительный (сигнальный) пистолет СПШ-43"). In January 1944, The second version of this pistol was made - "SPSh-2" ("СПШ-2"). After tests and trials, in 1944 SPSh-2 flare gun was officially adopted as the new standard Red Army signal pistol. In May 1944 it began mass production as "SPSh-44 signal pistol . Later it became the standard flare gun in all Warsaw Pact countries. In the mid-1970s, experimental cartridges for immobilization of wild animals for SPSh-44 signal pistol were made and tested. Design. The SPSh-44 is a single-shot break-action smoothbore flare gun.