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THE INCREDIBLE LAUGO ALIEN PISTOL IN UKRAINE

GPM2023-08-18T19:23:53+00:00August 18, 2023|Categories: Guns and Gear|3 Comments

By: Warren Gray

Copyright © 2023

“The Laugo Alien is…surreal. It rewards good technique astonishingly well…

its claims to fame are justified. All in all, I am floored by the Alien. It is…



an out-of-the-box competitor to highly-modified race guns and hand-fitted



bull’s-eye guns…a surreal shooting experience for expert and novice alike.”

 —  William Collier, for The Truth About Guns, 2020.

The radical and revolutionary Laugo Arms Alien pistol, manufactured in Blansko,
north of Brno, in the Czech Republic, was introduced to the astonished world at
the 2020 SHOT Show, advertised as having “the lowest bore axis in the world,”
actually 1.7mm below the axis of the shooter’s grip, and a permanently-fixed
barrel, which is almost unheard of in a full-power, 9x19mm handgun. The company
states that, “As a result, the barrel does not move during the firing cycle, and
can free-float like on the sniper rifle. That, altogether with precise
manufacturing, contributes to the exceptional accuracy of this firearm.”



Chief Designer Ján Lučanský joined forces with Lancer Systems of Quakertown,
Pennsylvania, to import this highly innovative handgun into the United States,
with a staggering price tag of $5,200 to $6,999, depending upon the level of
customization desired. Lancer literally had to battle the ATF through lawsuits
and pressure from elected officials to force them to finish the application and
approval processes, which the ATF had intentionally delayed, using the COVID
pandemic as an unjustified excuse to stonewall the pistol’s importation. Why?
What were they afraid of? What’s so special about the Alien that it struck
abject fear into the hearts of the ATF?

On the surface, the Laugo Alien appears to be a fairly conventional,
striker-fired, 9mm semiautomatic pistol, a bit heavy at 2.47 pounds, with a
17-round magazine, adjustable, iron sights, and a 4.8-inch barrel. It’s visibly
similar to the Arsenal Firearms Strike One (Strizh, in Russian) handgun from
2012, which was once a contender for Russia’s next military service pistol, but
it was never officially adopted by the armed forces. Any other similarities to
conventional pistols end there, however.



The “Laugo” name comes from that of a Roman settlement called Laugaricio, near
present-day Trencin, Slovakia, where the company was originally founded. The
“Alien” name is a direct reference to the famous movie franchise from 1979 to
2017, bearing in mind that the radical new pistol is literally an alien,
space-age concept, with an out-of-this-world appearance and technological
advancements.

The Alien uses an unusual, gas-operated, piston-delayed, straight-blowback
system, combined with a fixed barrel and the lowest bore axis in the world.
There’s no locking slide, and it harnesses the power of the expanding gases to
slow the movement of the slide, providing maximum recoil control, even with
different types of ammunition.

The result is a handgun that is extremely accurate and controllable, with less
than five degrees of vertical, muzzle flip during firing, so it easily stays on
target, even during rapid-fire sequences. And the adjustable, target trigger
pull has an extremely light, 3.3 pounds of pull pressure, also contributing to
truly remarkable accuracy and control.

Yes, the Alien is ridiculously expensive, costing as much as 10 to 15 perfectly
acceptable Glock-17 or -19 service weapons, more in line with hand-built,
custom-tuned, Colt M1911s, but is it really worth that much outrageous expense?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and bodyguard on Snake Island, Ukraine,
July 8, 2023. The bodyguard is wearing a new Laugo Alien Signature Edition, 9mm
pistol in a speed holster. Photo credits: Government of Ukraine/Laugo Arms

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of embattled Ukraine clearly thinks so. In the
photo above, he and General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Defense
Intelligence Directorate, or GUR, were visiting the Ukrainian military base on
Snake Island (Zmiinyi Island) in the Black Sea, marking the 500th day of the
Russian invasion of their homeland. Russian forces seized control of the island
very early in the conflict, on February 24, 2022, but it was recaptured on June
30, 2022, and Zelenskyy made a recent visit to bolster the morale of his troops
there.

For very-close-range VIP protection, pistols are often preferred to carbines due
to ease of portability and maneuvering in tight quarters. This is why the U.S.
Secret Service prefers its compact Glock-19 Gen. 5s and full-sized Glock-47 Gen.
5s for most agents. The obvious questions to ask are: How much was British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill’s life worth at the height of World War Two? And
similarly and more recently, how much is Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s life today, at the height of the Russo-Ukrainian War? Apparently,
he’s willing to pay the price for his Special Forces bodyguards to be armed with
the best, most-accurate, and most-controllable 9mm pistol in the world today!

The Laugo Alien comes standard with either a regular or threaded barrel, three
17-round magazines, a large, custom, polymer, hard case, flared magazine well,
top rails with either iron sights or red-dot optics, and an Elornis Industries
speed holster. Laugo Arms states that it’s made with “robust, uncomplicated,
military-grade construction.”

Jeff “Tank” Hoover wrote for American Handgunner in 2020 that, “In the case of
the Laugo Arms Alien, it has gun owners in awe, as if it had, well, come down
from outer space…(with) an operation that generates a measured, muzzle flip of
only five degrees, for faster follow-up shots and exceptional accuracy…most
compensated race guns in this class average a muzzle flip nearly three times as
much. Innovations aside, the Alien is just a cool-looking pistol. It sports
futuristic, aggressive serrations on the reciprocating slide and a tight
checkering pattern on the front-grip to provide an aggressive gripping surface…I
know, it’s pricey, but how do you put a price tag on this level of quality,
innovation, and versatility? After all, this may be your only chance to see an
Alien.”

William Collier went into more detail for The Truth About Guns on June 3, 2021,
writing that, “The Laugo Alien…results in rapid-fire feel more like a carbine…It
is rifle-accurate…My results with the Laugo Alien in slow fire were likewise
dramatic. I was able to discern no dispersal at all at seven yards…My rapid-fire
group sizes were significantly smaller than my groups with my other pistols for
any given rate of fire….on the order of 50-percent tighter.

“As fast as I could work the trigger with my amateur finger, I couldn’t manage
to land a round outside the head on a standard silhouette at seven yards…the
bullet hit exactly where the center of the dot had been at the moment of break,
centered to less than a millimeter…One female tester…absolutely adores the
Alien.

“It was a joy to pour out full-power, 9mm rounds as fast as she could make her
finger go…she made a tight cluster of holes at six yards…the Alien seems to be
extremely reliable. We experienced not a single malfunction in the hundreds of
rounds we have fired…The Alien fires them without a hitch…this pistol begs to be
shot at machine-gun speeds…about the Alien’s trigger: It’s also very good,
certainly one of the best stock pistol triggers on the market…Overall, fit and
finish are, well, perfect giving the impression of a hand-fitted, match-grade
pistol.

“Style and Appearance: (five stars) It’s gorgeous. It’s sleek, brutal, and
ultramodern…a standout design. Fit and Finish: (five stars) Flawless. That’s the
only word for it. And it had better be, at that price. Reliability: (five stars)
I have yet to be able to make it not work. Accuracy: (five stars) Probably
sub-MOA. It’s remarkably accurate. Overall: (4 ½ stars) A brilliant gun that’s
almost impossible to acquire, and lights you on fire if you have too much fun
with it.”

Laugo Alien pistol with red-dot optic and suppressor. Photo credit: top-guns.eu

Joseph Trevithick concluded for The Drive on July 12, 2023, that, “Super ‘Gucci’
Alien Pistol In Use With Zelenskyy Security Detail…Low bore axis design
inherently helps with mitigating felt recoil, since much of the force is
directed back into the palm rather than over it…the pistol’s sights are not
moving when it is firing, helping with aiming, especially when firing multiple
shots in rapid succession.

“This feature capitalizes on the gun’s greatly reduced muzzle flip, providing a
more persistent sight picture. To date, the Alien does not appear to be publicly
in standard use by any major military or law enforcement group…Whatever the
case, at least one of the individuals charged with guarding Zelenskyy…looks to
have been armed with one of the highest-end pistols available…today…it marks the
first known use of this exotic weapon by a military unit.”

Ukrainian bodyguard firing his exotic Laugo Alien 9mm pistol. Photo credit: The
Drive

There is also a Laugo Arms Limited Edition Alien Creator pistol, introduced at
the SHOT Show 2023, featuring an overall-green Alien model, with copper-colored
safety lever, magazine release, trigger, barrel muzzle, and magazine well, and
gray, stippled grips, for a mere $6,000, before adding any options. Like the
introductory Signature Edition, only 500 Alien Creators are being produced.

The Laugo Alien military pistol, or pistols (plural), as the case may be, on
Snake Island were most likely loaded with armor-piercing 9mm rounds from Belgium
(VBR), the Czech Republic, Ukraine, the United States, or captured, Russian 7N31
rounds, for the purpose of defeating body armor worn by Russian troops in
combat. The latter choice, in particular, would certainly be an example of
poetic justice, adding one more element of disbelief to this already-surreal
handgun, now involved in a very real war in the real world.

*                    *                    *

Warren Gray is a retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer with experience in
joint special operations and counterterrorism and is an NRA member. He served in
Europe (including Eastern Europe) and the Middle East, earned Air Force and Navy
parachutist wings, four college degrees, and was a distinguished graduate of the
Air Force Intelligence Operations Specialist Course, and the USAF Combat
Targeting School. He is currently a published author, historian, and hunter.




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