IWI Dan vs PPSh-41: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

PPSh-41

Submachine gun

Credit

Lposka · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

Length source ↗

PPSh-41Length

0.843 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+52%
Range+586%
Barrel length+174%
Muzzle velocity+81%

PPSh-41larger figure on 0 of 4

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

843mm

Length+52%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and PPSh-41 configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	PPSh-41
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	Submachine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	Georgy Shpagin^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Numerous^[source]

Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	—

Produced	2014–present^[source]	1941–1947 (USSR) Mid 1940s–present (Other countries)^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×19mm Parabellum (captured German versions)^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Blowback , open bolt^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	35-round box magazine or 71-round drum magazine 32-round box magazine (captured German versions)^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

In service	—	1941–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	World War II First Indochina War Malayan Emergency Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Portuguese Colonial War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]