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
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
Suomi KP/-31
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The Suomi KP/-31 is a Finnish submachine gun that was mainly used during World War II. It is a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 192
PPSh-41
…development of the PPSh came from the Winter War (November 1939 to March 1940) between the Soviet Union and Finland, when the Finnish Army employed the Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun as a highly effective tool for close-quarter fighting in forests and built-up urban areas. The Red Army's older PPD submachine gun had…
Suomi KP/-31
Finnish soldier armed with a Suomi KP/-31 SJR (muzzle brake version) and a Panzerfaust walks past a Soviet T-34 tank, destroyed by detonation, in the Battle of Tali-Ihantala
Drum magazines for the KP/-31
Bunker model KP/-31