U.S. law enforcement agencies have purchased Osa pistols developed by Russia’s Applied Chemistry Research Institute, the press office of Tekhmash Group told TASS. The OSA pistol is Russian-made non-lethal weapon that can be used as flare gun, flashbang gun or starting pistol.
| The Russian-made OSA non-lethal pistol was developed in the 1990s by engineer-constructor and weapon designer G.A. Bideev. |