The APS Stechkin is a Russian selective-fire machine pistol introduced into the Russian army in 1951.

In addition, the Stechkin APS has an automatic fire mode, which is selected using the safety lever.

During the 1990s, the Russian Stechkin APS was once again put into service, as a weapon for VIP bodyguards and for anti-terrorist hostage rescue teams that needed the capability for full automatic fire in emergencies.

* APS Stechkin, Russian machine pistol.

Image: Pistol APS. jpg | Stechkin APS machine pistol with a detachable stock

She is an expert markswoman with her preferred weapon ; the Stechkin APS, an old Russian firearm with selective fire ( auto and semi-auto ) and a wooden holster that doubles as a shoulder stock.

Like the other common Russian army pistol of this era, the Makarov, the Stechkin uses a simple unlocked blow-back mechanism and the double-action trigger.

The Tsar Tank (), also known as the Netopyr ' ( Нетопырь ) which stands for pipistrellus ( a bat, Летучая мышь ) or Lebedenko Tank ( танк Лебеденко ), was an unusual Russian armoured vehicle developed by Nikolai Lebedenko ( Николай Лебеденко ), Nikolai Zhukovsky ( Николай Жуковский ), Boris Stechkin ( Борис Стечкин ), and Alexander Mikulin ( Александр Микулин ).

As a pistol, the Stechkin is being slowly replaced by the Yarygin PYa ; as a PDW, it was replaced by the AKS-74U compact assault rifle, now widely used in law enforcement.

The Stechkin was intended as a side arm for artillery soldiers and tank crews.

Many KGB and GRU operatives favored the Stechkin for its power and magazine capacity.

He designed and built several aerosleds ARBES along with B. S. Stechkin.

* 1929: Boris Stechkin publishes first theory of supersonic ramjet, based on compressible fluid theory.

These developments, combined with the fact that auto-loading 35mm cameras could be made almost as compact, as convenient, and as inexpensive as APS-format cameras, prevented APS from attaining greater popularity.

It produced reports, but in the wake of the Niger expedition of 1841 some of its supporters believed a case made on science was being sidelined in the activities of the APS.

* APS Fellows: Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and / or application.

Appointed prefects were replaced in 1970 by an elected School Committee to represent the student body, the publication of a student newsletter Demos — containing editorials on aspects of the school — was allowed, religious education classes were made voluntary for senior year levels, the position of school chaplain was abolished, and Caulfield was the only APS school to allow its students to participate in moratorium marches protesting the Vietnam War on 8 May 1970.

In late 2008, the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest of the Association for Psychological Science ( APS ) published a report on the scientific validity of learning styles practices ( Pashler et al., 2008 ).

The APS Underwater Assault Rifle ( APS stands for Avtomat Podvodnyy Spetsialnyy ( Автомат Подводный Специальный ) or " Special Underwater Automatic ") is an AK-47 derivative designed by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s as an underwater firearm.

APS SLR cameras were too expensive for the high-end amateur market when they first appeared, and professional photographers stuck with 35 mm cameras, which offered greater image quality and resolution.

Marvin Cohen, LBNL Faculty Senior Scientist, University Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, who was APS President in November 2005, when the logo was approved by the Executive Board, said, " I like the logo.

At least now when you are in an elevator at an APS meeting and someone looks at your badge, they won't ask you about sports.

The term " primary antiphospholipid syndrome " is used when APS occurs in the absence of any other related disease.

There are 3 distinct APS disease entities: primary ( the absence of any comorbidity ), secondary ( when there is a pre-existing autoimmune condition, most frequently systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE ), and catastrophic ( when there is simultaneous multi-organ failure with small vessel occlusion ).

As a result, the APS is somewhat inaccurate when fired out of water.

APS was developed by Innorail, a subsidiary of Spie Enertrans but was sold to Alstom when Spie was acquired by Amec.

APS took control of the school when the area was annexed into the city of Atlanta.

Northside High School became part of the APS when the property was annexed into the city of Atlanta.

The Australian Protective Service ( APS ) was established in 1984 when 420 Constables transferred over from the Australian Federal Police.

The latest models of the Russian BMP-3 use the Arena active protection system ( APS ) that protects the vehicle from missiles and rockets with velocities from 70 to 700 metres per second.

Russian and Israeli vehicles also use active protection systems like Drozd, Arena APS or Trophy.

Countermeasures against ATGMs include spaced, perforated, and composite armour, explosive reactive armour, jammers like the Russian Shtora, and active protection systems ( APS ) like the Israeli Trophy and the Russian Arena.

The USSR / Russian federation had / has the AO-27 rifle as well as APS amphibious rifle, and other countries have their own flechette rounds.

** Russian APS Underwater Assault Rifle

Computer-generated image of a frogman with a Russian IDA71 rebreather, riding a Protei-5 Russian diver propulsion vehicle, carrying an APS rifle

The APS was adopted to develop in the mid-1970s, as Автомат Подводный Специальный АПС ( Avtomat Podvodnyy Spetsial ' nyy APS, Russian Automatic ( automatic carbine ) Underwater Special APS ).

Frogman with a Russian IDA71 rebreather, riding a Protei 5, carrying a Russian APS Underwater Assault Rifle

* Drozd APS description ( in Russian )

Army Public School ( APS ) is a system of public schools established for imparting education to the children of the Indian armed forces personnel.

Sime Darby's non-core business units such as healthcare, insurance, and home products are grouped under its Allied Products and Services division ( APS ).

Undergraduate students studying any APAC accredited psychology units are eligible to become APS student subscribers.