The select-fire DROZD and EBOS are certainly that.įor more information on the EBOS visit, and for more on the DROZD visit. Neither is a traditional, historically based pistol, but rather something that takes air guns into a new era that undoubtedly will create a following of air gunners who want something truly original.
The pricier Russian-made DROZD Blackbird, retailing for $350, looks like a prop from Star Trek.īoth have a design aesthetic that screams “form follows function” because there has to be a place for a CO 2 cartridge that is 8 inches long and 4.5 inches in circumference. In appearances the EBOS, priced at $174, looks like a 21st century tactical weapon and handles like one. Both have 400-round capacities and both are electronically operated, using six AA alkaline batteries to power the trigger and firing systems. As explained by Shlomo Aloni in his book Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat, beyond refined attack patterns and improved evasive tactics, Skyhawk pilots began to release chaff bundles against r adar. While bigger than most pistols, they provide integral shoulder stocks, and both offer multiple selective fire modes-single, three- or six-round bursts for the DROZD, and single, four- or eight-round bursts for the EBOS. The Yom Kippur War-era Barrel modification that extended the Skyhawk’s nozzle to combat the heat-seeking SA-7 SAM is circled in red. RELATED STORY: Spot-On Airspray: 3 of the Top.To borrow Roy Scheider’s famous line from Jaws, “We’re going to need a bigger CO 2 capsule!”Įnter the 88-gram cartridge and two of the hottest air pistols on the planet to use them: the Baikal MP-66 1K, better known as the DROZD, and the Umarex Electronic Burst of Steel, or EBOS. W hen higher velocity is combined with selective fire, you need one thing: power.
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