PPD-40
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The PPD is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire. It was replaced by th
PPD-34 & PPD-34/38
PPD 34
Soviet soldier holding a PPD-40 with two-part wooden stock.
Sailors of the Baltic Fleet armed with PPD-40 (left two), PPSh-41 (rightmost) and a child in May 1943.
PPSh-41
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The PPSh-41 is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin in the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alterna
PPD-40
…1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire. It was replaced by the PPSh-41. Developed in the Soviet Union by arms designer Vasily Degtyaryov, the PPD was designed to chamber the new Soviet 7.62×25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge…
PPSh-41 with a 71-round drum magazine
A 1942 PPSh-41 with a 35-round box magazine
A MP 41(r) conversion with a MP 40 magazine inserted
PPSh (left) compared to PPS (right) box magazine