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Small arms1941–present
Submachine gun
PPSh-41 is a submachine gun originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Numerous. Reported operators include North Korea, Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Syrian opposition, Ukraine.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.843 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.843 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Submachine gun
Soviet Union
1941–present
See Users
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
Georgy Shpagin
1941
Numerous
1941–1947 (USSR) Mid 1940s–present (Other countries)
Approx. 6,000,000
See Variants
3.63 kg (8.0 lb) (without magazine)
843 mm (33.2 in)
269 mm (10.6 in)
7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×19mm Parabellum (captured German versions)
Blowback , open bolt
1,250 RPM
488 m/s (1,600.6 ft/s)
150 m - 200 m
35-round box magazine or 71-round drum magazine 32-round box magazine (captured German versions)
Iron sights
North Korea
Russian separatist forces in Ukraine
Syrian opposition
Ukraine
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
PPSh-41 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
North Korea, Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Syrian opposition, Ukraine
Equipment reference ↗
North Korea
South Korea
Ukraine
Zimbabwe