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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-27, 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.
PPD-29
The Degtyaryov submachine gun 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".
Specifications
(1929)
- 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 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Land of War: The Beginning | 2021 | |||
Enlisted | 2021 |
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 |
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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 |
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 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 |