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The selector is a switch inside the triggerguard, just in front of the trigger.įor ease of maintenance, the receiver is hinged and can be rotated upward for cleaning. The safety is incorporated into the cocking handle, and pushing a slider on top of the cocking handle inward locks the bolt to the rear or forward. The safety and selector are, in my opinion, of much better design than those on many other mass-produced World War II submachine guns. To cushion recoil on full-auto, a fiber buffer is affixed to the return-spring guide rod. A striker is permanently attached to the bolt face. The Soviet PPSh-41 is a blowback-opertated weapon that fires from an open bolt. It took approximately 7.3 machining hours to produce a single PPSh-41. Stampings were used for the receiver and barrel shroud, and the barrels were often taken from M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifles before being cut in half and chambered for the 7.62x25mm Tokarev round. Designed for fast, inexpensive production by semi-skilled workers, the PPSh-41 had only 87 component parts and could be produced by using relatively simple tooling in smaller shops. To some extent, the PPSh-41 owes its development to the Finnish Suomi, which was used effectively against Russian troops during the Winter War.

The 41 was derived from the year (1941) the PPSh-41 was developed and put into production.

PPSh stands for “ pistolet-pulemyot Shpagina,” or “Shpagin’s machine pistol.” Georgi Shpagin designed it. At a distance, having a PPSh-41 was a disadvantage, but during an assault at closer range, it could deliver a withering hail of fire. Many troops were likely equipped with the gun.

Entire infantry units were equipped with the weapon, and by some estimates, 5 to 6 million PPSh-41s were produced during World War II. Many other Soviet troops also used the PPSh-41.

It’s very functional but still ugly.įor me, the most vivid image of the Soviet PPSh-41 is of it in the hands of tank riders, the Soviet infantry who went into battle riding T-34s. Conversely, I consider its replacement, the PPS-43, one of the ugliest weapons I’ve ever used. Generally, I don’t think of Russian weapons as being elegant, but for some reason, the PPSh-41 has always struck me so while being utilitarian.