OTs-23 Drotik
The OTs-23 Drotik (ОЦ-23 Дротик, Russian for "dart") is a blow-back operated machine pistol developed and used in Russia. The gun is also known as SBZ (Russian: СБЗ) from the initials of its designers — I. Stechkin, A.V. Baltser (А.В. Бальцер), and A.V. Zinchenko (А.В. Зинченко)[2][3][4]
| OTs-23 DROTIK | |
|---|---|
| Type | Machine pistol |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | Russian Federation Interior Ministry(MVD) |
| Used by | Russia |
| Production history | |
| Designer | I. Stechkin, A.V. Baltser, and A.V. Zinchenko |
| Designed | 1993[1] |
| Manufacturer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 960 g |
| Length | 195 mm |
| Barrel length | 125 mm |
| Width | 32 mm |
| Height | 135 mm |
| Cartridge | 5.45x18mm MPT |
| Action | Blowback |
| Rate of fire | 1,800 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 320 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 50 m |
| Feed system | 24 round detachable, double-column, box magazine |
| Sights | Fixed |
The weapon has a three-position select fire switch; safe, semi-automatic, and three-round burst. The pistol features an external indicator that allows the operator to quickly see how many cartridges remain in the magazine.[5]
It is designed as a special operations and personal defence weapon (PDW). It has compensator openings cut into the end of the barrel to vent gases and make the weapon more stable during automatic burst fire.
Very few of these guns were manufactured; it was however the basis of the development of the OTs-33.[6] The 5.45x18mm MPT cartridge, although successful in the PSM pistol, was considerably underpowered for a gun of this size and intended for PDW role.[7]
See also
- List of Russian weaponry
- Lercker pistol — similar Italian weapon
References
- Александр Борцов. Крутой "Пернач" // журнал "Мастер-ружьё", № 21, 1997. стр.58-65
- А. Б. Жук. Энциклопедия стрелкового оружия: револьверы, пистолеты, винтовки, пистолеты-пулеметы, автоматы. М., АСТ — Воениздат, 2002. стр.438, 440
- Charles Q. Cutshaw (2011). Tactical Small Arms of the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Small Arms From Around the World. Gun Digest Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4402-2709-7.
- http://worldweapon.info/ots-23-drotik
- Jones, Richard (2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 69. ISBN 0-7106-2869-2.
- http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/rus/ots-23-drotik-e.html
- Maxim Popenker (2008), Special purpose small arms ammunition of USSR and Russia Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine; updated version of an article first appeared in the March 2005 issue of The Cartridge Researcher, the Journal of ECRA (the European Cartridge Research Association)