MP-443 Grach

Russia's standard-issue 9mm service pistol — a DA/SA sidearm adopted to replace the Makarov PM, fielded in Chechnya, Syria and Ukraine, and now being supplemented by newer designs.

Overview

The MP-443 Grach, officially designated the Pistolet Yarygina (PYa) and assigned the GRAU index 6P35, is a semi-automatic service pistol that has served as the standard sidearm of the Russian Armed Forces since its formal adoption in 2003. Chambered in 9×19mm and built around a short-recoil, tilting-barrel action, it was designed to replace the long-serving Makarov PM and provide a modern, high-capacity handgun for the post-Soviet Russian soldier. The Grach (“Rook”) is produced by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, now part of the Kalashnikov concern, and remains in widespread front-line use, albeit increasingly supplemented by newer models such as the Udav and PL-15 Lebedev.

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