PPSh-41 submachine gun
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The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PPSh-41 | 0 |
| Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II-era weapon
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firearm ⓘ submachine gun ⓘ |
| action | blowback ⓘ |
| barrelLength | about 269 mm ⓘ |
| caliber | 7.62 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ |
| chambering | 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designed | 1940 ⓘ |
| designer | Georgy Shpagin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| feedSystem |
35-round box magazine
ⓘ
71-round drum magazine ⓘ |
| fireModes |
fully automatic
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selective fire in some variants ⓘ |
| inService | 1941 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1941 ⓘ |
| length | about 843 mm ⓘ |
| mass | about 3.63 kg empty ⓘ |
| material | stamped steel ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | around 500 m/s ⓘ |
| nickname | Papasha ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
drum magazine
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extensive use by Soviet infantry ⓘ high rate of fire ⓘ simple blowback design ⓘ |
| operatingPrinciple | simple blowback ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Red Army infantry ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | approximately 900 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| replaced | PPD-40 ⓘ |
| sights | iron sights ⓘ |
| stockType | wooden stock ⓘ |
| successor | PPS-43 ⓘ |
| type | open-bolt submachine gun ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Eastern Bloc
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Bloc states
Korean People's Army ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean Army
People's Liberation Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet partisans ⓘ Soviet reconnaissance units ⓘ Soviet tank crews ⓘ Warsaw Pact Joint Command ⓘ
surface form:
Warsaw Pact forces
partisan forces ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun