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IWI Danlarger figure on 1 of 1
PPS submachine gunlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single sourcestock folded
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | IWI Dan | PPS submachine gun |
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| Type | Sniper rifle[source] | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Designer | Nehemia Sirkis[source] | I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky and A. I. Sudayev[source] |
| Manufacturer | Israel Weapon Industries[source] | Sestroretsk Arsenal |
1,280 mm (50.4 in) 1,030 mm (40.6 in) stock folded[source]
PPS-42 stock extended /
Single sourcePPS-42 stock folded
Single sourcePPS-43 stock extended /
Single sourcePPS-43 stock folded
Single sourcePPS-42: 907 mm (35.7 in) stock extended / 641 mm (25.2 in) stock folded PPS-43: 820 mm (32.3 in) stock extended / 615 mm (24.2 in) stock folded[source]
folding stock version
Single sourceMass
Single source5.9 kg (13.01 lb) 7.3 kg (16 lb) folding stock version[source]
PPS-42
Single sourcePPS-43
Single sourcePPS-42: 2.95 kg (6.50 lb) PPS-43: 3.04 kg (6.7 lb)
cyclic rate
Single source500–600 rounds/min (cyclic rate)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Sestroretsk Tool Factory[source]PPS-42 · pilot production from December 1942
| Unit cost | $9,000[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2014–present[source] | 1942–1946 (USSR) 1946–1970s (Poland)[source] |
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| Cartridge | .338 Lapua Magnum[source] | 7.62×25mm Tokarev[source] |
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| Action | Bolt-action[source] | Blowback , open bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 10-round detachable box magazine[source] | 35-round detachable box magazine[source] |
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| Sights | day or night optical sights back-up iron sights[source] | Flip rear sight, fixed blade front sight[source] |
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| In service | — | 1942–1960s (USSR) 1942–present (other countries)[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| 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[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1942[source] |
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| No. built | — | ~2 million (USSR)[source] |
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| Variants | — | PPS-42, PPS-43, M/44, PPS wz. 1943/1952, Type 43[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | PPS-43[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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