IZh-35

The IZh-35 (ИЖ-35) is a Soviet-designed target pistol for competitive shooting sports (including the Olympic games).

History
The IZh-34 and IZh-35 were designed from 1973–1978. In 1976, state tests of the first prototypes were conducted.

In 1979, IZh-34 and IZh-35 replaced previous Soviet standard sport pistols (ИЖ-ХР-30 and ИЖ-ХР-31).

In 1986 the IZh-35M was designed and began serial production in 1987.

In September 2008, all Izhevsk Mechanical Plant firearms were renamed and IZh-35M got the name MP-35M (Mechanical Plant-35M).

Design
The IZh-35 is a simple blowback design constructed out of steel. The barrel is fixed to the frame.

It has detachable single column box magazine, which is inserted in the grip.

Variants

 * IZh-34 (ИЖ-34) - first model, 1.2 kg, .22 Short. In 1990, production was discontinued
 * IZh-35 (ИЖ-35) - second model, 1.34 kg, .22 LR, serial production began in 1978
 * IZh-35M (ИЖ-35M) - third model, 1.2 kg, .22 LR.
 * Walther KSP 200 - IZh-35 with new pistol grip made by Carl Walther GmbH in 1998-2000

Users

 * USSR
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus - IZh-35M is allowed as civilian training pistol
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - IZh-35M is allowed as training pistol
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova - IZh-35M is allowed as training pistol
 * Russian Federation - As of November 2015, almost 95% of all sport shooters in the Russian Federation used IZh-35, IZh-35M or MP-35M target pistols.
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * 🇺🇸 USA - the import was allowed
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - KSP 200 was used by the Swedish Armed Forces for target practice. Superseded by Pardini SP and Walther SSP.