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The PSS silent pistol (official GRAU index 6P28) is the last completed weapon system resulting from the Soviet development of silent pistols operating on a sealed cartridge system. Two previous designs were considered unacceptable for use due to their limitation to two shots. Earlier systems included the MSP and SP-4M double barreled pistols. Developed around 1980 the PSS was first issued to KGB Spetsnaz in 1983.