The 9x18mm caliber Makarov PM semi-automatic pistol sports several innovative solutions, spawned from an important engineering effort that only preserves a part of the field-stripping procedure out of the original Walther PP/PPK model
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nikolaj Fedorovich Makarov (22/05/1914 – 13/05/1988), famous Soviet designer of small arms and aircraft guns, whose name is forever tied to the invention of the legendary 9x18mm service pistol