automatic sub-machine gun
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19740431-004
- Event 1950-1953 Korean War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Soviet State Arsenal
- Date Made 1945
- Place of Use Continent - Asia, Country - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1945/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Brand Name / Model PPSH41
- Inscription stamped on barrel: CYRILLIC LETTERS; 3832 ; on top of frame: (STAR) in a (SHIELD); 3 in a (DIAMOND); 1945; CYRILLIC LETTERS; 3832; on frame screw tang: CYRILLIC LETTERS; 3832; on underside of frame: CYRILLIC LETTERS; on trigger guard: CYRILLIC LETTERS; 3832; on stock: BA 3832
- Pattern Name ShpaginRussian Submachine Gun
- Materials Steel, Wood
- Service Component Soviet Army
- Measurements Height 21.4 cm, Length 84.5 cm, Width 6.8 cm
- Caption Sub-machine gun, Russian PPSH41
- Additional Information Nicknamed the "burp gun" by UN troops because of the sound made by its short bursts of fire, the PPSH41 was an accurate, reliable weapon.