PPS submachine gun

Also known as PPS

submachine gun

Key facts

Type: Submachine gun
Place of origin: Soviet Union
In service: 1942–1960s (USSR), 1942–present (other countries)
Used by: See Users
Wars: World War II , Chinese Civil War , Korean War , First Indochina War , Bay of Pigs Invasion , Vietnam War , Cambodian Civil War , Laotian Civil War , Portuguese Colonial War , Liberian Civil Wars , Rhodesian Bush War , Namibian War of Independence , Russo-Ukrainian War
Designer: I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky and A. I. Sudayev
Produced: 1942–1946 (USSR only) 1946-1970s (Poland)
Number span no built: ~2 million (USSR)
Variants: PPS-42, PPS-43, M/44, PPS wz. 1943/1952, Type 43
Mass: PPS-42: 2.95 kg (6.50 lb), PPS-43: 3.04 kg (6.7 lb)
Length: PPS-42: 907 mm (35.7 in) stock extended / 641 mm (25.2 in) stock folded, PPS-43: 820 mm (32.3 in) stock extended / 615 mm (24.2 in) stock folded
Barrel length: PPS-42: 273 mm (10.7 in), PPS-43: 243 mm (9.6 in)
Cartridge: 7.62×25mm Tokarev
Action: Blowback , open bolt
Rate of fire: 500–600 rounds/min (cyclic rate)
Muzzle velocity: Approx. 500 m/s (1,640 ft/s)
Effective firing range: 100–150 m
Maximum firing range: 200 m

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Commons category: PPS-43
service entry: 1942-01-01
service retirement: 1960-01-01
Commons gallery: PPS-43
native label: Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева
inception: 1942-00-00

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The PPS-43 (Russian: ППС – "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.

The PPS and its variants were used extensively by the Red Army during World War II and were later adopted by the armed forces of several countries of the former Warsaw Pact as well as its many African and Asian allies.