The RSh-12 () is a Russian-made

revolver A revolver is a repeating handgun with at least one barrel and a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold six cartridges before needing to be reloaded, ...

chambered in

12.7×55mm STs-130 The 12.7×55mm cartridge is used in some Russian firearms such as the VKS bullpup sniper rifle, the ShAK-12 bullpup battle rifle and the RSh-12 revolver. The cartridge can carry a projectile weighing between 108 grains and 1173 grains and i ...

. It fires from the bottom chamber of the cylinder (like the Chiappa Rhino and

Mateba Autorevolver The Mateba Model 6 Unica (often known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver) is a recoil operated automatic revolver, semi-automatic revolver, one of only a few of this type ever produced. It was developed by Mateba (company), Mateba, b ...

) rather than the more common top chamber, and is chambered for the same ammunition as the ShAK-12

battle rifle A battle rifle is a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge. The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created largely out of a need to differentiate automatic rifles chambered for fully powered cartridges from automatic rifles cha ...

and VKS

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Variant

Military variant

* RSh-12: Chambered in 12.7×55mm. * RSh-9: Chambered in 9x39mm.

Civilian variant

Originally introduced in 2020, by late 2021 these pistols are still in final stages of development, and there’s no firm information on their future availability and pricing. * MTs-569: Chambered in 12.7×55mm. * MTs-570: Chambered in 9x39mm.

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