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Degtyaryov PPD
The PPD (Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Дегтярёва; Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryova submachine gun) is a Soviet family of submachine guns developed by Vasily Degtyaryev. The first PPD-29 prototype was created in 1929 on the basis of the DP, using a similar top-feeding system with disk magazines. Further improvements led to the appearance of the PPD-31 in 1931, which externally resembled the Tokarev M1927. In 1933, it was decided to return to the barrel with a cooling jacket.
In 1934, limited production of the PPD-34 began, and in 1935 it was officially accepted into service. It was the second significant submachine gun in service with the USSR after the Thompson. In 1938, a small update was carried out, with the new model being designated PPD-34/38. However, the submachine gun was still considered a weapon only for certain units and most of them served in the police. About 5,000 PPD-34 and PPD-34/38 were produced until 1939, after which the decision was made to suspend production.
However, the Winter War turned everything upside down. Production of the PPD-34/38 was resumed at an emergency pace. In 1940, a number of design changes were introduced to make production easier and cheaper. Further improvements led to the appearance of the PPD-40, in particular with a new type of magazine. Although it was replaced by the PPSh-41, the PPD-40 was produced until 1943, due to the war.
In 1942, a modernized version of the PPD-42 with a pistol grip and a folding stock in the MP 40 style, fed from 30-round box magazines, was presented for testing, but it lost the competition to the PPS.
Degtyaryov PPD-29
The Pistolet-Pulemot Degtyarova 1929 (Degtyaryov submachine gun 1929) is a prototype Soviet 7.63×25mm Mauser submachine gun developed in 1929. The submachine gun is sometimes referred to as the "PPD-29" or "PPD-30". Externally, it resembled the DP Light Machine Gun constructed a few years earlier. Due to the complicated magazine system and 7.63x25mm ammunition, the Mauser did not arouse the interest of the Soviet Army. It was tested by the Red Army in June and July 1930 against two competing designs by Tokarev and Korovin. None of the weapons tested were considered adoptable, and the Degtyaryov in particular was deemed overweight and had an excessive rate of fire. But Degtyaryov was given the green light to further modify the weapon. The main change in the next prototypes was to be the switch to the Russian 7.62x25mm Tokarev ammunition (which was slightly different from the Mauser ammunition) and the use of a more classic weapon design. PPD-29 did not enter service. A good fact is that the Prototype is currently kept in the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Specifications
(1929 - prototype only)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 7.63×25mm Mauser
- Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg)
- Length: 28 in (71 cm)
- Feed System: 42-round magazine
- Rate of Fire: 1200rpm
The Degtyaryov PPD-29 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land of War: The Beginning | 2021 | |||
| Enlisted | 2021 |
Degtyaryov PPD-31
The Pistolet-Pulemot Degtyarova 1931 (Degtyaryov submachine gun 1931) was a Russian prototype submachine gun designed by Vasily Degtyarov. The submachine gun was developed in early 1931 after the previous breech-locking PPD-29 submachine gun was rejected. For this new weapon, Degtyaryov used a more basic action and a standard box magazine instead of a flat-shell drum. In 1932–1933, the Red Army tested the Model 1931 against several competing designs by Tokarev, Prilutsky, Kolesnikov, and Korovin. Of these prototypes, Degtyaryov was considered the best and received funding for further improvements, which over the next few years resulted in the development of the PPD-34 submachine gun. The PPD-31 was a simple reverse-action submachine gun chambered for the standard Soviet 7.62x25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge. It was fed from a curved, 25-round box magazine and equipped with a fire selector for semi-automatic and fully automatic firing.
The early model used a full stock extending into the front handguard, covering the entire barrel. This caused excessive heating of the barrel and decreased accuracy. The second prototype used a barrel cover with ventilation holes, which had a positive effect on the weapon's performance. The same barrel cover was used in the later PPD-34 model.
Specifications
(1931 - 1933)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 7.63×25mm Mauser
- Weight: 3,46 kg
- Length: 790 mm
- Barrel length: 270 mm
- Height without magazine: 131 mm
- Width: 71 mm
- Feed System: 25-round magazine
- Rate of Fire: 600rpm
The Degtyaryov PPD-31 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Degtyaryov PPD-34
Specifications
(1934 – 1940)
- Type: Submachine gun
- Place of origin: Soviet Union
- In service: 1935–45
- Designed: 1934
- No. built: Approx. 90,000
- Mass: 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) empty
- Length: 788 mm (31.0 in)
- Barrel length: 273 mm (10.7 in)
- Cartridge: 7.62×25mm Tokarev
- Action: Blowback, open bolt
- Rate of fire: 800–1000 rounds/min
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
- Muzzle velocity: 490 m/s (1,600 ft/s)
- Effective firing range: 200 m (219 yd)
- Feed system: 25-round box magazine (PPD-34), 73-round drum magazine (PPD-34/38 early model), 71-round drum magazine (PPD-34/38 late model),
The PPD-34 & PPD-34/38 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Film Collection No. 3 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 3) | Pyotr Sobolevsky | German paratrooper | PPD-34/38 | 1941 |
| Fighting Film Collection No. 8 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 8) | A Soviet soldier | PPD-34/38; In documentary footage | 1942 | |
| Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa) | A Red Army soldier | PPD-34 with stick magazine | 1943 | |
| Native Shores (Rodnye berega) | Ivan Pereverzev | The battalion commander | PPD-34/38 | 1943 |
| Soviet soldiers and officers | ||||
| Philosophy of a Knife | archive footage, PPD-34/38 | 2008 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FinnWars | PPD-34 | 2006 | |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | 25 and 73-round magazines (PPD-34) | PPD-34: Added in v2.56 (2020) | 2007 |
| 73-round magazine (PPD-34/38) | PPD-34/38: Added in v2.6 (2022) | ||
| Deadfall Adventures | 2013 | ||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | 2014 | ||
| Enlisted | 25 round mag | PPD-34 | 2021 |
| 25 round mag | PPD-34/38 | ||
| 71 round mag | PPD-34/38 |
PPD-40
Specifications
(1940 – 1943)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 7.62x25mm Tokarev
- Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg)
- Length: 31 in (78.8 cm)
- Barrel length: 10.7 in (27.3 cm)
- Capacity: 71-round drum magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The PPD-40 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbo | Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | "Dead Weight" (S01E03) | 1971 |
| Eddie Albert | Maj. Gen. Martin J. Hollister | |||
| Omega Option (Variant "Omega") | Soviet sailors | Seen in documentary footage | 1975 | |
| The State Border: Film 5 | Dmitry Matveev | Lt. Il'ya Sushencov | 1986 | |
| Semyon Morozov | Petty officer Pavlo Levada | |||
| Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty) | Vyacheslav Krikunov | Starshina / Jr.Lt. Levontiy Leontyev | 2018 | |
| Spy City | East German police and militia | 2020 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | 2006 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Added in v2.56 (2020) | 2007 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | PPD-40 | 2014 | |
| Heroes & Generals | 2016 | ||
| Enlisted | PPD-40 | 2021 | |
| PPD-40 DSZ | |||
| integral suppressor | PPD-40 BraMit | ||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | 2021 |
Degtyaryov PPD-42
Degtyarov PPD-42 submachine gun (factory designation KB-P-135) was developed during early 1942 by team, led by famous Soviet gun designer Vasily Degtyarov (designer of the PPD-34/38/40 line of submachine guns, among other weapons). PPD-42 was designed upon requirements for a compact, simple and easily manufactured submachine gun, drawn late in 1941 by GAU (General Artillery Department of the Red Army General staff). PPD-42 submachine gun was extensively tested during 1942, and in the end it was rejected in favor of the Sudaev PPS-42 submachine gun. Only few experimental PPD-42 submachine guns were made in Kovrov. The PPD-42 submachine gun is a simple blowback operated weapon, firing from an open bolt, in full automatic only. Feed is from double stack detachable box magazines. Iron sights feature flip-up rear sight blade with settings for 150 and 300 meters. Bottom-folding shoulder stock is made from stamped steel, like most other parts of the gun.
The submachine gun can sometimes be seen under the name.:
- PPDM-42 (Rus.: Пистолет Пулемёт Дегтярёва Модернизированный 1942 / Pistolet Pulemot Degtyarova Modernizirovannyy 1942) - Degtyarov submachine gun Modernized.
- PDM-42 (Rus.:Пулемёт Дегтярёва Модернизированный 1942 / Pulemot Degtyarova Modernizirovannyy 1942) - Degtyarov submachine gun Modernized.
Specifications
(1942 - prototype only)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 7.62x25mm Tokarev
- Weight: 6.8 lbs (3.1 kg) (less magazine)
- Length: 30.2 in (76.8 cm)
- Barrel length: 10.6 in (27 cm)
- Capacity: 30
- Rate of fire: 600RPM
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Degtyaryov PPD-42 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | 2021 |