(Red Heat) - Podbyrin 9.2 mm Pistol

The fictional Podbyrin 9.2mm handgun - custom built up from a Desert Eagle Mark I & a Walther P38.

Arnold Schwarzenegger locking and loading the Podbyrin 9.2mm

The "Podbyrin 9.2 mm" is a fictional Russian handgun constructed for the 1988 film Red Heat. This pistol was an IMI Desert Eagle Mark I fitted with a custom barrel and other completely custom elements, put together to somewhat rememble an oversized handgun of Soviet origin.

Director Walter Hill wanted a "P38 but bigger and meaner. A P38 on Steroids", so movie armorer Tim LaFrance built three guns he named "The Hollywood Eagle". He used the Desert Eagle .357 Mk I pistols as a base and had to modify the entire profile to resemble a large Walther P38. According to LaFrance, the most difficult part of the blank adaption conversion was the gas porting.

The (Red Heat) - Podbyrin 9.2 mm Pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Red Heat	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Ivan Danko		1988
Red Heat	Peter Boyle	Lou Donnelly		1988

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
V.I.P.			"Good Val Hunting" (S1E11)	1999