Why did dumb slavs replace glorious Tokarev with shit tier Makarov?

>>33903126
7.62x25 is too much for a pistol.

7.62x39 makes SMGs less important.

Soviets realize half a century ago that pistols are for shooting your fellow communist, and not fighting capitalists. So you don't need that much of a cartridge to execute people.

Makarov pistol and the 9x18 cartridge are easier to produce.

because in a world where armies didn't issue body armor to every soldier, the Makarov was an infinitely cheaper gun to produce and maintain with a round that killed things good enough.

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>>33903189
>Soviets realize half a century ago that pistols are for shooting your fellow communist, and not fighting capitalists.
as someone who loves to read dreary as fuck novels set in Soviet Russia, this comment made my right.

>>33903126
the real question is why the fuck did they not just keep the off axis APB silencer to clear theline of sight

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>>33903211
I thought I'd just click on a thread and not have to whip my dick out but noooo

>>33903189
>7.62x25 is too much for a pistol.

Come on man, people complain pistols cartridges are anemic, and then when there's something good they say it's too much???

What exactly do people even want?

>>33904715
>too much
.17 Hornady for top handgun caliber

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I just wish there were more fun and versatile uses for 7.62x25mm ammo.
>don't want a Tokarev
>don't want a PPSh or a PPS-43
>wouldn't have a 7.62x25 AR
>Khyber Pass doesn't have any good dealers for custom AKs here in the US.

I'd like to get my hands on one of those Chinese P226 clones that have 17+1 rounds of 7.62x25, but I don't see it happening soon.

Maybe one day somebody will make a 7.62x25mm CZ-75 or something.

>>33904780
I didn't even know there were P226 clones in 7.62x25. Those Chinks really think of the weirdest shit.

>>33904780
not much better, but you could sink some money into a CZ-52 and have some custom parts made out of better materials

>>33903126
tokarev is insanely fast and zippy for a handgun round. It was very unnecessary back in the day when no one but you wore body armor. 9x18 has less recoil, is easier to produce, and most importantly, worked in blowbacks, which meant far cheaper pistols. When you're trying to arm a massive army and a bunch of shitty 3rd world communist countries, that is important.