Biography:Igor Stechkin

Igor Yakovlevich Stechkin (Russian: Игорь Яковлевич Стечкин; 15 November 1922 – 28 November 2001) was a Russian small arms designer.

Designs

• Stechkin automatic pistol, 9mm machine pistol
• TKB-506, prototype handgun designed to look like a cigar cutter
• TKB-486, a prototype submachine gun in 9×18mm
• TKB-0116, prototype compact assault rifle, lost design competition to AKS74U
• TKB-0146, prototype assault rifle entered in Project Abakan, but lost to AN-94
• OC-01 Kobalt, double-action 9 mm revolver
• OC-23 Drotik, 5.45 mm machine pistol
• OC-27 Berdysh, 9 mm semi-automatic pistol
• OC-33 Pernach, 9 mm machine pistol
• OC-38 Stechkin silent revolver

See also

• Boris Stechkin, his uncle

References

• Оружие И.Я. Стечкина , Официальный сайт Тульского государственного музея оружия, retrieved 2013-4-7
• Памяти Стечкина, Ружьё. Российский оружейный журнал, 2001/6, retrieved 2013-4-7

External links

• Articles about Stechkin's designs (in Russian)
• Игорь Яковлевич Стечкин и его легендарное оружие
• Малогабаритный автомат Стечкина ТКБ-0116
• http://www.pseudology.org/people/StechkinIY.htm