The PPS-43 is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Alexei Sudayev and introduced in 1942 as a low cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel. Chambered in 7.62 by 25 millimeter Tokarev, it uses a blowback action firing from an open bolt, is fully automatic only, and feeds from a 35 round curved box magazine. It was designed to simplify manufacturing compared with the earlier PPSh-41, cutting machining time by more than half and using half as much raw steel. About two million were built in the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1946, with further production in Poland from 1946 into the 1970s. The weapon saw extensive use in the Second World War and was later adopted by Warsaw Pact nations and a number of African and Asian allied forces. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Why was the PPS-43 built when the PPSh-41 already existed?
It was a cheaper, simpler submachine gun designed during the siege of Leningrad.
The PPS-43 was developed during the siege of Leningrad, when the Soviet Union needed a submachine gun cheaper and easier to produce than the successful PPSh-41. Even without a wooden stock, the PPS-43 requires less steel and fewer parts than the PPSh-41. Its curved magazines are not interchangeable with those of the PPSh-41.
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7.62×25mm Tokarev
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1942-1960s (USSR) 1942-present (other countries)
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The PPS-43 (Russian: ППС - "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.
Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Chinese Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Korean War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: First Indochina War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Vietnam War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Cambodian Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Laotian Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
Operated By: Red Army, Wikipedia article text
The PPS and its variants were used extensively by the Red Army during World War II and were later adopted by the armed forces of several countries of the former Warsaw Pact as well as its many African and Asian allies.
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The PPS and its variants were used extensively by the Red Army during World War II and were later adopted by the armed forces of several countries of the former Warsaw Pact as well as its many African and Asian allies
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