MP-461 "Guard"

The gun was developed by a team of designers of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (V. Shilov, S. Gulyaev, S. Neupokoev, R. G. Shigapov , I. Korobeinikov), has been mass-produced since the summer of 2002 and goes on commercial sale.

On November 11, 2002, the MP-461 was officially unveiled at the INTERPOLITEX-2002 arms exhibition and offered for export ^[2] .

MP-461 is a barrelless dual-shot pistol with a detachable barrel unit and an electric ignition system for the cartridge capsule. Almost all the main parts of the MP-461 - the case, cartridge cartridge, trigger - are made of plastic, this solution allowed to reduce the weight of the weapon.

The cartridge cartridge rotates on an axis located in the lower front of the housing.

A standard CR2032 battery is used as a power source. To check the status of the battery, use the indicator located on the gun’s body on the left side (if the battery is charged, the red diode lights up when the button is pressed; if the battery is discharged or absent, the diode does not light up).

The weapon is fused. The fuse has the form of a transverse button built into the trigger of the gun. The fuse is turned on by pressing the button from left to right, off by pressing from right to left.

Sights are placed on the upper surface of the cartridge cartridge - the rear sight with the front sight.

Since 2007, the MP-461 version has been produced with an integrated laser designator located in front of the trigger guard. The designator is equipped with a three-color LED - as the battery life is spent, the color of the LED changes in the following sequence: green - yellow - red. Green indicates a full charge, yellow - indicates that the battery is running low, red indicates a mandatory change of batteries ^[3] .

According to the tactical and technical characteristics, the closest analogue of the MP-461 is the PB-2 Aegis barrelless pistol (a double-barreled version of the PBA -4 OSA barrelless pistol).

When firing, special cartridges of 18 × 45 mm non-lethal action are used with traumatic, signal, lighting or light-noise charge, equipped with an electrocapsule .

•   Russia - certified as a civilian self-defense weapon, authorized for use by private security agencies ^[4] , adopted by the guard and paramilitary units of FSUE Okhrana of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ^[5] .
•   Kazakhstan - certified as a civilian weapon of self-defense ^[6] , allowed for use by employees of private security agencies ^[7] .

1. ↑ Sergey Monetchikov. Arsenal: modern Russian service and civilian weapons of self-defense // Bratishka magazine, July 2008
2. ↑ The Weapon magazine, No. 1, 2003. p. 21-23
3. ↑ Tatyana Yuminova. Guard your safety MP-461 "Guard" . // “Kalashnikov. “Weapons, ammunition, equipment”, No. 12, 2007. pp. 46-47
4. ↑ "The list of weapons of guards ... Certified in accordance with the established procedure as a civilian weapon ... firearms barrelless weapons of domestic production "
   Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 179 of April 4, 2005
5. ↑ " 3.1.3. Domestic-produced firearms without a barrel, with traumatic, gas, and light-sound cartridges that comply with the standards of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, including PB-4" Osa ", MP-461" Strazhnik. "
   Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 611 dated August 4, 2006 "On approval of lists of special means, types, types and models of firearms and gas weapons, cartridges and ammunition for it, and the standards for providing them with employees of the militarized and guard units of the FSUE" Protection "Ministry of the Russian Interior"
6. ↑ Svetlana Tumakova. Self-defense ... by permission // socio-political newspaper "Eye" of January 12, 2007
7. ↑ Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 85-II of 10.19.2000 "On security activities"

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• Dmitry Kochetkov, Valentin Lebedev. PB-4M "Wasp" against MP-461 "Guard". // the magazine "Caliber", No. 12, 2002
• Mikhail Dragunov. Barrelless guard. Dual-charge self-defense weapon MP-461 "Guard" . // “Kalashnikov. “Weapons, ammunition, equipment”, No. 2, 2003. pp. 58-63
• "Guard" in your pocket // Magazine "Master Gun", No. 12 (129), December 2007. p. 78-79
• Dragunov M. Guard. The Second Coming (Rus.) // Kalashnikov: Journal. - 2005. - December ( No. 12 ). - S. 38-41 .

• Barrelless gun MP-461 "Guard" - information from the manufacturer’s website
• M.R. Popenker MP-461 "Guard" // site "Modern Small Arms of the World"
• Barrelless gun MP-461 "Guard"