MAKAROV PM 9mm AUTOMATIC PISTOL. The Pistolet Makarov (PM) replaced the Tokarev in the early 1950?s in the Warsaw Pact countries and was produced in the PRC as the Type-59. originally copied from the West German Walther PP (police pistol) of the 1930?s the Makarov was chambered for the 9-mm round rather than the 7.65-mm cartridge of the original pistol and used Soviet 9-mm x 18 ammunition rather than the original NATO 9-mm x 19.