Georgy Shpagin
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Georgy Shpagin was a Soviet weapons designer best known for creating some of the Red Army’s most widely used submachine guns during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military personnel
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human ⓘ weapons designer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Soviet military equipment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Red Army small arms
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designed |
PPS-43 submachine gun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PPSh-41 submachine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Red Army armories
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet arms industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Shpagin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
small arms design
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submachine guns ⓘ |
| fullName | Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Georgy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | military technology ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrColleague | Soviet small arms designers ⓘ |
| influenced | Soviet small arms development ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Soviet submachine gun designs ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Red Army ⓘ |
| movement | Soviet industrialization ⓘ |
| name | Georgy Shpagin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | created one of the most widely used submachine guns of the Red Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing mass‑produced Soviet submachine guns in World War II
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simple and robust firearm mechanisms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
PPSh-41 submachine gun
NERFINISHED
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simplified mass‑production firearm designs ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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weapons designer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Great Patriotic War
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Semyonovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedBy | Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
PPSh-41