![]() ![]() Later magazines were made from 1 mm steel and were completely satisfactory. Early magazines were made from 0,5 mm sheet steel and were somewhat unreliable. This magazine held 35 rounds and was much more comfortable to carry in pouches. Such high capacity increased the firepower but the magazines were too slow to refill and not too reliable, so in 1942 a curved box magazine was developed. Early PPSch41's were issued with drum magazines with capacity of 71 round, similar to ones used in PPD-40. The front part of the barrel shroud extends beyond the muzzle and acted as a muzzle brake / muzzle flip compensator. The receiver and the barrel shroud were made from stamped steel. The safety was integrated into the charging handle and locked the bolt in forward or rearward position. PPSh-41 was a selectfire weapon, with fire selector switch located inside the trigger-guard, ahead of trigger. The striker was permanently fixed to the bolt face. The buffer was made from fiber and was attached to the return spring guide rod. To decrease the recoil stress, gun was fitted with bolt buffer at the rear of receiver. It featured simple blowback operated action, and fired from open bolt. The PPSch-41 was designed as a cheap and simple but effective war-time weapon. It has somewhat excessive rate of fire, and its drums were uncomfortable to carry and prone to feed problems once spring is weaken. It was effective, but somewhat crude weapon, reliable in combat but not without certain flaws. Retired from Soviet Army service soon after the WW2, the PPSh was widely exported to some pro-Soviet countries around the world, including China, Vietnam and many African countries. The gun became one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic War. Total number of PPSh's manufactured during WW2 estimates to more than 6 millions. The PPSh-41 (Pistolet Pulemjot Shpagina model of 1941 = Shpagin submachine gun) was one of major infantry weapons of the Soviet troops during the World War 2. The Complete Machine Plans for Shpagin PPSh-41 submachine gun (USSR) Researched and Complied by: Ghazali ZuberiĬaliber: 7.62x25 mm TT Weight: 5.45 kg loaded with full 71 rds drum 4.3 kg with full 35 rds magazine 3.63 kg without magazine Length: 843 mm Barrel length: 269 mm Rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute Magazine capacity: 71 rounds in drum magazine or 35 rounds in curved box magazine Effective range: 75 ~ 120 meters Maximum range: 150 ~ 200 meters ![]()
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