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PPSh-41
ППШ-41
Description
A cheap, rugged Soviet submachine gun of stamped steel, made by the millions. It became a symbol of the Red Army.
Historical use
- Second World War
- Battle of Stalingrad
Technical data
- Year
- 1941
- Service
- 1941–1947
- Country
- Russia / USSR
- Maker
- Fábricas estatales soviéticas
- Designer
- Gueorgui Shpaguin
- Type
- Submachine gun
- Mechanism
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 7,62 × 25 mm Tokarev
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Length
- 843 mm
- Barrel
- 269 mm
- Rate of fire
- 1,000 rds/min
- Capacity
- 71 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 6,000,000
Source: Wikidata Q153932
