GSh-18

• Replace the Glock 18

• The GSh-18 (Cyrillic: ??-18) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol developed in 1990s at the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula. The pistol's name is derived from its designers — Gryazev and Shipunov, and the number 18 denotes the magazine capacity

• The GSh-18 is a short recoil-operated, locked breech pistol. The weapon has an unusual cam-rotated barrel with 10 locking lugs. The GSh-18 is striker-fired and features a pre-set trigger that pre-cocks the pistol when the slide recoils after firing a shot. The striker firing pin is then fully cocked by pulling the trigger back to the rear. GSh-18 contains only 17 parts (for example the Glock 17 contains 34 parts).

• GSh-18 fed by 18 rounds of standard 9x19mm Parabellum ammo.