The PBS-1 is a silencer designed for the 7.62x39mm

AKM The AKM () is an assault rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1959. It is the most ubiquitous rifle of the Kalashnikov rifles. It was developed as a replacement to the AK-47 introduced a decade prior. Introduc ...

variant of

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AK-47 The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms d ...

assault rifle in the

Kalashnikov rifle A Kalashnikov (Калашников) rifle is any one of a series of automatic rifles based on the original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov. They are officially known in Russian as "Avtomát Kaláshnikova" ( rus, Автома́т Кала́шник� ...

family. It is in diameter and long.

History

The PBS-1 silencer, designed for use with the AKM to reduce the noise when firing, was introduced in the 1960s, and was used mostly by

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forces and the

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. They were used by the Spetsnaz in the

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in the 1980s, requiring the use of the AKM (modernized variant of the AK-47), because the newer

AK-74 The AK-74 ( Russian: , tr. ''Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda'', lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974) is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974. While primarily associated with the Soviet ...

did not have a silencer available. Until a variant of the AK74, the AKS-74UB adapted for use with the PBS-4 suppressor (used in combination with subsonic 5.45×39mm Russian ammunition). The PBS-1 is a two-chambered silencer using baffles and a rubber wipe. It was designed for use in conjunction with subsonic rifle ammunition. The PBS-1 has been extensively tested by the

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Foreign Weapons Test Lab. The rubber wipe requires replacement after 20–25 rounds. With a rubber wipe in place the PBS-1 reliably reduces the sound of an AKM discharge by 15 dB, which make the noise between 130—135 dB.

Gallery

File:AKM with PBS suppresor at Tank Biathlon 2014.jpg, PBS-1 fitted on an AKM. File:27th Independent Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (181-8).jpg, An AKMS fitted with a PBS-1.

References

{{reflist Firearm components Weapons and ammunition introduced in the 1960s Kalashnikov derivatives Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union

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