Here on TFB, we followed closely the development of the Russian semi-auto pistol Udav, produced by the TsNII TochMash and on the road to replace the Makarov as Russian military sidearm. We also had an insight on the civilian version of the model, the Aspid. According to [Read More…]
In 2018, leading Russian small arms research, development, and testing institute called TSNIITOCHMASH (and yes, even Russians can’t pronounce this name) presented a new pistol called “Udav” (in Russian, “Udav” means Boa constrictor). Last [Read More…]
Russian RIA Novosti news agency reports that Albert Bakov, the CEO of TsNII TochMash, informed them that the first batch of new Udav pistols is delivered to the Russian military for field testing. Normally, large-scale field testing is the final stage before adoption. [Read More…]
A few months ago, TFB’s Hrachya reported on the Udav pistol as a likely contender to replace the aging Makarov pistols currently in the Russian military service. According to RG.ru and RT.com in January 2019, the military is hoping for a quick replacement of the [Read More…]
Several months ago, we reported about the new Russian pistol called UDAV. We have also discussed multiple times the Ratnik-3 future soldier concept and the mystery weapon that it was demonstrated with. Recently, there was more information released about these weapons [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Gun Magazine has published images of the new Russian Udav pistol chambered in 9x21mm Russian. The pistol is designed by the TsNII TochMash. Various media sources have been speculating with the possible adoption of this pistol but up until now, there were no [Read More…]