Gunshot "Kid"
Often, employees of various special services have a need for a firearm weaponswhich, with tolerable characteristics, would be compact and secretive. For "liquidation specialists", gunsmiths from time to time make different systems of flush mounting, but for most users they are not suitable. In this case, the most appropriate solution to the problem is small-sized pistols. One of the most famous representatives of this category of weapons is the Belgian Bayard 1908. However, several similar samples were developed in our country.In the first half of the 90-ies of the last century, the designer of the Tula TsKIB SOO Yu.I. Berezin developed his version of weapons for concealed carry. According to his idea, a pistol called OTs-21 or “Kid” was supposed to become a regular weapon of the special services officers, as well as a means of self-defense for those people who would not be wise to carry with them something like a Makarov pistol, but a weapon is required. Ammunition for the new gun was chosen familiar cartridge 9x18 mm PM. Despite the not too small dimensions of the cartridge, Berezin managed to fit in both the actual size of the gun and the magazine for five rounds. At the same time, the width of the pistol, the match for the name, turned out to be small - no more than two centimeters. The length of the OTs-21, in turn, is 126 mm, and the height - 100. Remarkable performance, especially against the background of "full" pistols.
However, the OC-21 is not only of interest. Watching the shooting of this pistol, it can be assumed that the automation is made on the basis of a free shutter, because when fired, the shutter casing goes back, and a shooting cartridge is ejected from the corresponding window on it. In this assumption, there is some truth - the extraction of the liner and the dispensing of a new cartridge in the “Kid” are really done thanks to the recoil energy. However, it does not affect the cocking. The fact is that the convenience for concealed carrying required that the designer remove all protruding parts from the outer surface of the “Kid”. One of the "extra" parts was the fuse box. And because of the lack of the latter, the safety of handling the pistol was “entrusted” to the trigger mechanism and the layout of the trigger and hook. USM "Kid" works only under the scheme of double action. This means that the cocking and lowering of the trigger is carried out in one stroke of the trigger. Accordingly, the trigger is located inside the casing of the shutter and does not protrude beyond its limits. In turn, the trigger has a relatively high pressing force - about 6 kilogram. On the one hand, the production of a shot from the OTs-21 is more difficult than with other pistols, but on the other hand, accidentally pressing the hook in most cases will not result in a shot. Some users initially had some complaints about such a fuse replacement, but the small operating experience of the “Kid” made me change my mind.The gun is powered by a detachable box magazine, in which five rounds of 9x18 mm PM are located in one row. Magazine latch located on the bottom side of the handle. Separately, it is worth noting the detail located in the lower part of the store: the small dimensions of the whole gun also influenced the size of the handle. Because of this, holding the gun was not very convenient. To solve this problem, a special pad of a specific form is attached to the bottom edge of the store. Thanks to her, the lower finger of the arrow, which lies on the front face of the handle, does not slide down from it. Also, with some dexterity, you can additionally support the pistol with your little finger, tucked under the bottom side of the lining of the store.
Sights "Kid", as a fuse or trigger, were to some extent changed: the role and front sight, and the pillar is performed by a groove of a rectangular profile, done on the upper surface of the casing of the shutter. Naturally, long-range fire or wind corrections with such a sight are impossible, but at short distances, for which the OTs-21 is intended, it will fit perfectly. As a result, due to the barrel length in 63,5 mm and the aiming groove of the hole from the shots from a distance of 10 meters fit into a circle whose diameter does not exceed 60-65 millimeters. Berezin himself several times argued that tolerable accuracy was also maintained on 25 meters, but for secretive self-defense weapons, this distance is not working and, as a result, the results of shooting on 25 meters are no longer of special interest, although they are a certain reason for the authors pride designs.
On the basis of the original "Baby" was created several modifications:
- OTs-21С (“С” - service). It differs from the base model in the used cartridge. Here it is 9х17 mm K. Designed for security structures, including private ones;
- OTs-26. As well as the OTs-21С differs from the original in the cartridge - 5,45х18 MPTs. Unlike some other types of weapons for this cartridge is not widespread.
OTs-21 "Baby" interested security forces and in the middle of 90-x was adopted by the Ministry of Interior. There is also information about the use of a pistol as a weapon of self-defense by prosecutors and the Investigation Committee. At the end of 2005, by the decree of the Government, the gun OC-21 was included in the list of premium weapons. On this occasion, the production of the gift version was launched. From the usual, whose parts are subjected to oxidation, it is different nickel coating.
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