PPS-43 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev The PPS submachine gun (Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева; Pistolet Pulemyot Sudayeva ) is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Alexey Sudayev, based on an experimental submachine gun designed by Lieutenant Bezruchko-Vysotsky. The PPS was developed in 1942, in response to the Red Army's call for a submachine gun that was lighter, more compact, and (most importantly) cheaper than the PPSh-41 . While prototypes were developed throughout the year, the first significant production of the PPS occurred during the Siege of Leningrad within the city itself. The initial variant, dubbed the PPS-42 , saw around 45,000 units produced from 1942 to 1943. In 1943, the improved PPS-43 was developed with several major improvements, including a slightly shortened barrel and stock, an improved safety and stock locking mechanism, and relocation of the casing ejector. Approximately two million would be produced from 1943 to 1946. Copies were also produced on a large scale in China and Poland, and in smaller quantities throughout the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union phased out its PPS-43s by the 1960s, but the gun continues to see service all over the globe.
While sharing many similarities with Georgy Shpagin's PPSh-41, Sudayev's PPS-43 is ultimately a completely different weapon system. The PPS-43 shares no significant parts with the PPSh-41, including the magazine. Its 35-round magazine cannot be used in the PPSh-41, and vice versa. Drum magazines were also never developed for the PPS.
Note: The PPS-43 is commonly misnamed as the PPSh-43, which is incorrect.
Specifications (1942 – 1968)
Caliber: 7.62x25mm TokarevLength: 35.7 in (90.7 cm) stock extended / 25.2 in (64.1 cm) stock foldedBarrel length: 10.7 in (27.3 cm)Capacity: 35-round box magazineFire Modes: Full-Auto OnlyThe PPS-43 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
The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) Aleksei Konsovsky Frolkin
1944
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) Soviet soldiers
1946
The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I Soviet soldiers
1949
The Tank Brigade Antonín Sura The tankist
1955
Czechoslovak soldiers
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) Soviet Cossack Sgt.
1955
Tracks in the Snow (Sledy na snegu) Vladimir Krasnopolskiy Major of State Security Roman Shelestov
1955
Yevgeniya Ten Nadyusha Everstova
Vladimir Gusev Lt. of State Security Grigoriy Petrenko
Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class Soviet soldiers
1955
The Secret of Two Oceans (Tayna dvukh okeanov) State Security Operatives
1957
Ashes and Diamonds Polish soldiers
1958
Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) Soviet soldiers
Seen in documentary footage
1961
Spring (Kwiecien) Piotr Pawlowski Capt. Tadeusz Hyrny
1961
The Return of Doctor Mabuse Convicts
1961
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse A gangster
1962
Death Is Called Engelchen Vlado Müller Nikolaj
1963
Otto Lackovic Ondrej
Partisans
The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) Leonid Davydov-Suboch
Pvt. Zadorozhny
1963
Soviet soldiers
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard A guard in Pohland's hideout
With straight magazine, probably 9mm conversion
1963
The Mad Executioners Police detectives
Also seen in the police museum
1963
The Foothold (Pyad' zemli) Soviet soldiers
1964
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) Olga Lysenko Olga
1965
Oleg Anofriev Alyosha
The Tunnel (Tunelul) Lev Prygunov Grigoriy
1966
Florin Piersic Dutu
Leonid Zverintsev Molchanov
"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) Yuriy Bogolyubov Maj. Melnichenko
1967
Stanislav Korenev A Soviet Lt.
Soviet soldiers
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow Polish soldiers
1969
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) Soviet soldiers
1969
Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal) Lado Tskhvariashvili Dau
Mocked up as Halcon -series SMGs
1969
Rebels and mercenaries
You Are a Widow, Sir! Hanging on the wall
1970
I Am 11-17 (Ya - 11-17) Soviet soldiers
Seen in documentary footage
1970
Liberation: The Battle of Berlin Polish soldiers
1971
Liberation: The Last Assault Soviet soldiers
1971
The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak) A German guard
1971
No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net) Nikolay Olyalin Major Toporkov
1971
Nikolai Merzlikin Lyovushkin
Chronicle of the Night (Khronika nochi) Yefim Kopelyan Louis
Visually modified: without barrel jacket, with Thompson Cutts compensator, side mounted foregrip, and MP40 magazine
1973
Olga Gobzeva Gabi
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus) A criminal
With straight magazine
1973
Hot Winter (Horká zima) Petr Hanicinec Karel
1973
Bronislav Krizan 1st Lt. Fišera
Ladislav Trojan Fousek
Partisans
Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) German soldiers
1973
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) Aleksandr Potapov Orlov
1975
Yuri Duvanov Klimchuk
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...) Stanislav Borodokin Vasily Voytenko
1976
Aleksandr Anurov Vasily Gurin
Visually modified
Partisans
Some visually modified
Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta) Zdenek Kutil Oldest of UPA
1978
Country Trip of Sergeant Tsybulya (Dachnaya poezdka serzhanta Tsybuli) Sergei Ivanov Sgt. Tsybulya
1979
We Take All Upon Ourselves (Beryom vsyo na sebya) Soviet seamen
1980
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) Leonid Nevedomsky Lieutenant colonel Moroz
1981
uncredited
Korenych
Roman Khomyatov Stahlberg
Soviet soldiers
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) Viktor Pavlov Pvt. Gorbunov
1981
Viktor Miroshnichenko Pvt. Bidenko
Viktor Shubin Sgt. Yegorov
Wolmi Island Su-gyong Yun Yong-ok Pak
1982
North Korean soldiers
Counter-offensive (Kontrudar) Vladimir Mazur Starshina Pyilyip
1985
Soviet soldiers
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself The Boys
1989
Air America Mel Gibson Gene Ryack
1990
Naked Lunch Annexian border guards
1991
Sheriff's Star (Zvezda sherifa) DeMarco's thugs
With (probably fake) integral suppressor
1992
Police officer
General Soviet soldiers
1992
Shot in the Coffin (Vystrel v grobu) Stepan Starchikov Stepan Subbota
Dual-vields
1992
Sergei Onikiyenko Maj. Bukhaylo
Son for Father... (Syn za ottsa...) Seen in gun pile
1995
Seven Years in Tibet Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers
1997
The Grey Zone Jewish Prisoners during revolt
Fitted with self-made wood stock
2001
Python II Alex Jolig Matthew Coe
2002
Vladimir Kolev Crawley Vladi
We Were Soldiers Viet Minh , North Vietnamese and Vietcong Forces2002
The Star (Zvezda) Igor Petrenko Lt. Travkin
2002
Artyom Semakin Pvt. Vorobiev
Amadu Mamadakov Pvt. Temdekov
Submerged Ross McCall Captain Plowden
Mocked up as the Heckler & Koch MP5
2005
William Hope Agent Fletcher
US soldiers
Mercenary for Justice Langley Kirkwood Kruger
Visually modified to resemble MP5A3
2006
Vivian Bieldt Dekerk
Mercenaries
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil Nicholas Gonzalez Lt. Robert James
Mocked up to resemble a Heckler & Koch MP5
2006
Assembly (Ji jie hao) Communist and Nationalist Chinese forces
2007
Tali-Ihantala 1944 Soviet soldier
2007
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Luke Ford Alex
2008
Habermann Soviet soldiers
2010
Machine Gun Preacher LRA and SPLA troops
2011
Outside the Law Roschdy Zem Messaoud
2012
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr) Soviet Army soldiers
2012
Shpion NKVD troops2012
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Soviet soldiers
2013
City 44 Polish soldiers
2014
White Soldier Emile Berling
André Cariou
2014
Việt Minh fighters
1944 Estonian SS soldiers
2015
Battery Number One (Edinichka) Ilya Korobko Lt. Anatoliy Egorov
2015
Andrey Merzlikin Lt. Semyon Finogenov
Battle of Jangsari, The North & South Korean soldiers
2019
To Paris! (Na Parizh) Maksim Vazhov Sgt. Nikolay Klyukvin
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Seen in armory
2019
Kalashnikov (2020) Dmitry Bogdan
Alexey Sudaev
2020
Red Army soldiers
The Axe. 1943 (Topor. 1943) Aleksandr Golubev Capt. Odintsov
2021
Dmitriy Pustilnik
Starshina Somov
Television Video Games Animation
Title
Character
Note
Date
The Boondocks Can be seen in Ed III's cache
2005-????
Anime PPS-42 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-42 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-42 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev The PPS-42 – the first serial version. It had a separate shell ejector, a 20 mm longer barrel and a barrel shroud separated from the receiver.
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