The PPS-43 submachine-gun used by the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War has quite a fascinating developmental history. Less than a month before the beginning of Barbarossa in June 1941, the Red Army had formally adopted the more historically well known PPSh-41 (Shpagin) submachine-gun, having undergone an epiphany regarding the necessity of submachine-guns during … Continue reading HISTORY OF WAR: THE SHPAGIN (PPSH-41) AND THE SUDAYEV (PPS-43) SUBMACHINE-GUNS