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PPS Submachine Gun

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The PPS, most widely produced as the PPS-43, is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62x25mm Tokarev, designed by Alexei Sudayev with I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance troops, vehicle crews and support personnel. Built mainly from stamped sheet steel to simplify manufacture, it matched the accuracy of the earlier PPSh-41 while firing at a slower, more controllable rate and costing less to produce, and it saw heavy Red Army use during the Second World War. After the war it was supplied to Warsaw Pact states and allied forces across Africa and Asia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Submachine Gun 2
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 2
Classification
Caliber
7.62x25mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Submachine gun 2
Introduced Year
1942 2
FAQs

Could a PPS submachine gun use PPSh-41 magazines?

Military Factory says: "Despite their similarities with the PPSh-41, neither of the PPS submachine guns were designed to accept the PPSh-41 magazines including its ammunition drum forms."
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Operated By

Red Army, Armed Forces and Units
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Used In

Cambodian Civil War, Wars
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Chinese Civil War, Wars
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First Indochina War, Wars
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Korean War, Wars
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Laotian Civil War, Wars
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Russo-Ukrainian War, Wars
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Vietnam War, Wars
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World War II, Wars
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1. Wikipedia: PPS submachine gun
  • service status
    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
  • Infobox: cartridge
    7.62×25mm Tokarev
  • Infobox: service
    1942-1960s (USSR) 1942-present (other countries)
  • Lead section
    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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2. Wikipedia: PPS submachine gun
  • Infobox: type
    Submachine gun
  • History
    The firearm was accepted into service as the PPS-42.
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Wikidata: PPS-43
Wikidata Q752943, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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