9×18mm Makarov

9×18mm Makarov
9×18mm Makarov cartridge
(Full metal jacket bullet and steel case)
TypePistol
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used by
Production history
DesignerB.V. Semin
Designed1946
Produced1951–present
Specifications
Case typeRimless, tapered
Bullet diameter9.27 mm (0.365 in)
Land diameter9.00 mm (0.354 in)
Neck diameter9.91 mm (0.390 in)
Base diameter9.95 mm (0.392 in)
Rim diameter9.95 mm (0.392 in)
Rim thickness1.25 mm (0.049 in)
Case length18.10 mm (0.713 in)
Overall length25.00 mm (0.984 in)
Case capacity0.83 cm3 (12.8 gr H2O)
Rifling twist240.00 (1 in 9.45 in)
Primer typeBerdan or Boxer small pistol
Maximum pressure162.03 MPa (23,500 psi)
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
95 gr (6 g) FMJ 319 m/s (1,050 ft/s) 305 J (225 ft⋅lbf)
95 gr (6 g) FTX 305 m/s (1,000 ft/s) 279 J (206 ft⋅lbf)
95 gr (6 g) Buffalo JHP +P 351 m/s (1,150 ft/s) 369 J (272 ft⋅lbf)
115 gr (7 g) Buffalo HC-FN +P 309.1 m/s (1,014 ft/s) 334 J (246 ft⋅lbf)
45 gr (3 g) RBCD TFSP 564 m/s (1,850 ft/s) 477 J (352 ft⋅lbf)
Test barrel length: 97 mm
Source(s):
  • C.I.P.
  • Buffalo Bore Ammunition
  • RBCD Performance Plus Ammunition

The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a pistol and submachine gun cartridge developed in the former USSR. During the latter half of the 20th century, it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, analogous to the 9×19mm Parabellum in NATO and Western Bloc military use.

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