The PPSh-41 (Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт Шпа́гина-41, romanized: Pistolét-pulemyót Shpágina-41, lit. 'Shpagin's machine-pistol-41') is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback …

Feb 18, 2016 · With a 900 round per minute firing rate, round per gun capacity, and 88 PPSh-41s, the Tu-2Sh could expend 6,248 steel-cored incendiary rounds over a 1,800 long and 4-foot …

May 16, 2016 · It is likely that the most destructive round fired from the PPSh was the Soviet P-41 loading. It was a very hot 74-grain, steel-cored, flammable variant that could rip through mild …

Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin (Russian: Георгий Семёнович Шпагин; 17 April 1897 [1] – 6 February 1952) [2] was a Soviet weapons designer. He is best-known as the creator of the …

Jul 24, 2016 · PPSh-41 – the most widely used submachine gun of WWII may well have been "the gun that saved Mother Russia." Read more in this historical editorial.

Dec 15, 2017 · Shpagin won the design competition with the PPSh-41, a weapon which required virtually no lathe work at all. It was assembled from a combination of heavy-gauge stampings …

The PPSh-41 (Pistolet Pulemjot Shpagina Model 1941) [Shpagin Submachine Gun] was one of major infantry weapons of the Soviet Red Army during WW2. The total number of PPSh's …

About 5 million PPSh guns had been made by 1945, and the Soviets adapted their infantry tactics to take full advantage of such huge numbers: often complete units were armed with nothing else.

Oct 4, 2015 · In today's post, we will study a submachine gun of Soviet origin, the PPSh-41. The PPSh-41 derives its name from the Russian name Пистолет-пулемёт Шпагина which is …

Oct 22, 2016 · The PPSh-41 was Soviet design philosophy distilled in nearly pure form: it was simple, able to be produced in almost any decent machine shop, incredibly durable, and …