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| aa. | Weapon | 7.62-mm Submachine Gun, PPSh-41 |
| ab | Description | The PPSh-41 is a Soviet submachine gun is a magazine-fed selective fire submachine gun using an open bolt, blowback action. Made largely of stamped steel, it can be loaded with either a box or drum magazine and fires the 7.62x25mm Tokarev pistol round. |
| ac. | Type | Submachine gun |
| ad. | Calibre | 7.62 x 25mm |
| ae. | Overall Length | 843 mm (33.2 in) |
| af. | Overall Width | |
| ag. | OverallHeight | |
| ah. | Crew | 1 |
| ai. | Country of Origin | Soviet Union |
| aj. | Ammunition | 7.62x25mm Tokarev |
| ak. | Effective Range (HE) | 125 - 150 m |
| al. | Muzzle Velocity (HE) | 488 m/s (1,600.6 ft/s) |
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| ba. | Feed Mechanism | 35-round box magazine or 71-round drum magazine |
| bb | Traverse | |
| bc. | Elevation | |
| bd. | Rate of Fire | 900 to over 1,000 rounds/min |
| be. | Sights | Iron sights |
| bf. | Muzzle Energy | |
| bg. | Barrel Length | 269 mm (10.6 in) |
| bh. | Weight of Barrel | |
| bi. | Rifling | |
| bj. | Operation | Blowback, open bolt |
| bk. | Recoil | |
| bl. | Firing Support Base | |
| bm. | Breech | |
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| cj. | Designer | Georgy Shpagin |
| ck | Designed | 1941 |
| cl. | Manufacturer | Numerous |
| cm. | Produced | 1941-1947 (USSR) |
| cn. | Variants | Type 50: A Chinese-made version of the PPSh-41;
Type 49: A North Korean made version of the PPSh-41;
K-50M: A Vietnamese-made submachine gun based on the Type 50s supplied by China during the Vietnam War;
MP41(r): A captured PPSh-41 converted to 9x19mm Parabellum caliber for use by German forces;
MP717(r): A captured, unconverted PPSh-41 placed in German service and supplied with 7.63x25mm Mauser ammunition;
M-49: A Yugoslavian produced variant of the PPSh-41 design;
PPS-50: A semi-automatic manufactured by Pietta;
VPO-135: A semi-automatic version of the PPSh-41 from Russia. |
| co. | In Service | 1941-1960s (USSR);
1941-present (Other countries) |
| cp. | Proliferation | Widespread |
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