PPSH 41
PPSH41
cal. 7.62 x 25
Production 1943
The
PPSh-41 was a Russian automatic submachine gun used during World War II.
It is the
ancestor of the famous AK-47 assault rifle, simple, lightweight, highly
maneuverable, and inexpensive to produce, capable of both semi-automatic and
automatic fire.
Designed
by Gueorgui Chpaguine, the PPSh-41 (Pistoliet-Poulemiot Chpagina, in Russian:
Пистолет-пулемёт
Шпагина,
nicknamed the Pé-pé-cha, the Chpaguine-Burning) was intended to be a less
expensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was time-consuming and expensive to
produce. One of the reasons for its low cost was the extensive use of stamped
parts in its construction, a major innovation at the time.
