Underwater Pistol

    SPP-1 underwater pistol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    The SPP-1 Underwater Pistol was made in the USSR for use underwater by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm.[2] It was developed in the late 1960s and accepted for use in 1971. Underwater, ordinary-shaped bullets are inaccurate and very short-range. As a result, this pistol fires a round-based 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) caliber steel dart about 115 millimetres (4.5 in) long, weighing 12.8 grams (0.45 oz), which has longer range and more penetrating power than speargun spears. The complete cartridge is 145 millimetres (5.7 in) long and weighs 17.5 grams (0.62 oz).


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    Got this in Email, thought it was interesting.

    The Ruskies were very intrigued by underwater weapons; after the development of the SPP-1 pistol, they also developed the APS in the 70s which was a gas operated carbine, firing 5.66 mm darts with a 26 round magazine. More recently, around 1990-ish, they developed the ASM-DT, which was basically a modified AK-74 that could double duty as both an underwater automatic rifle, as well as the normal rifleman's role above the surface. Pretty interesting designs.

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