PPSh-41
Sign in to saveThe PPSh-41 () is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin of the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- PPSh-41
- Weapon.image
- PPSh-41 from soviet.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- PPSh-41 with a 71-round drum magazine
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Submachine gun
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1941–1950s (USSR)1941–present (Other countries)
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- World War II Guerrilla war in the Baltic states Iran crisis of 1946 First Indochina War Malayan Emergency Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Portuguese Colonial War Bay of Pigs Invasion Sino-Indian War Vietnam War Sino-Vietnamese War Rhodesian Bush War Cambodian Civil War Communist insurgency in Thailand Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Soviet–Afghan War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Myanmar civil war
- Weapon.designer
- Georgy Shpagin
- Weapon.design_date
- 1941
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Numerous
- Weapon.production_date
- 1941–1947 (USSR)
- Weapon.number
- Approx. 6,000,000
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.unit_cost
- Ca. 50-80 rubles (WWII) (~161-258 USD today)
- Weapon.weight
- (without magazine)
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- History
- World War II
- Korean War
- Features
- Users
- Current
- Former
- Variants
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The PPSh-41 () is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin of the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40.
The PPSh-41 saw extensive combat during World War II and the Korean War. It became one of the major infantry weapons of the Red Army during World War II, with about six million PPSh-41s manufactured during the period.
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