PPD-40
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box magazine 71-round detachable drum magazine |
The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova, Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт Дегтярёва, Degtyaryov's machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire. It was replaced by the PPSh-41.
History
Developed in the Soviet Union by arms designer Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD was designed to chamber the new Soviet 7.62×25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge, which was based on the 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol. The later PPD models utilized a large drum magazine for ammunition feeding.
The PPD officially went into military service with the
In 1938 and 1940, modifications were designated PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 respectively, and introduced minor changes, mostly aimed at making it easier to manufacture. Mass production began in 1940, a year in which 81,118 PPDs were produced. Nevertheless, the PPD-40 was too labor- and resource-expensive to mass-produce economically, most of its metal components being produced by
PPDs captured by Finnish forces during the Winter War and Continuation War were issued to coastal and home guard troops and kept in reserve until approximately 1960.[7] PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 submachine guns captured by the Wehrmacht were given the designations MP.715(r) and MP.716(r) respectively.
A number of PPD-like submachine guns were also manufactured in a semi-artisanal way by gunsmiths among the hundreds of thousands of Soviet partisans. These guns, even when made as late as 1944, used milling because metal stamping requires large industrial facilities that were not available to the partisans. There are no firm numbers about how many were made, but there were at least six partisan gunsmiths each making his own model series. One of them is known to have produced 28 such sub-machine guns in approximately two years.[8]
Users
Albania[9]
Second Sino Japanese War.
Finland[10][11]
Nazi Germany: Captured PPD-34/38s designated the Maschinenpistole 716(r). Captured PPD-40s designated the Maschinenpistole 715(r).
Poland
Lebanese Forces
North Korea[7]
Hukbalahap[7]
Slovakia: Used by Slovak forces on the Eastern Front.[12]
Soviet Union
Spain: Use of PPD-34/38 by the Spanish Republican Army during Spanish Civil War.[13][14]
Yugoslavia: 5,000 were delivered from Soviet Union during 1944-1945.[15]
See also
- List of Russian weaponry
- List of submachine guns
- Tokarev Model 1927
- MP35
- Suomi KP/-31
- PPSh-41
References
- ^ "Lebanese Forces : The Weapons: Sub Machine Guns (SMG)". 2016-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "В декабре 1942 г. из-за сложности конструкции ППД был снят с вооружения РККА и его производство было прекращено"
КПСС и строительство советских вооруженных сил. (Коллектив авторов). 2е изд. М., Воениздат, 1967; стр.277 - ^ Пистолет-пулемет Дегтярева ППД-34 (in Russian), RU, archived from the original on March 11, 2007, retrieved August 25, 2008
- ^ ISBN 5-85503-072-5.; figure for 1936 is not reported
- ISBN 978-0-7456-3692-4.
- ISBN 5-98655-006-4.
- ^ ISBN 9781782007944.
- ^ Сергей Плотников, "Партизанские Самоделки", Оружие 2000/4, pp. 46-51
- ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ "Machinepistols part 2", Finnish Army ARMY 1918–1945, Jaegerplatoon, retrieved 2011-04-26
- ISBN 1-84013-476-3.
- ^ "Slovak Armed Forces". 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Las armas de la Guerra Civil Española", José María Manrique García, Lucas Molina Franco.
- ISBN 0824070291.
- ^ Бранко Богданович. Югославский ТТ по имени «Тетеjац» // журнал «Оружие», № 10, октябрь 2012. стр.42-56
External links
Media related to PPD at Wikimedia Commons
- Basic notes on PPD-34 and PPD-40 (in Russian), RU: Gewehr, 2007-04-11, archived from the original on 2011-09-19, retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ППД-1934\38\40 [PPD-34, PPD-38 and PPD-40] (in Russian), RU: Ucoz, archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
- "Machinepistols part 2", Finnish Army ARMY 1918–1945, Jaegerplatoon, retrieved 2011-04-26.
- The Soviet Union Adopts an SMG: Degtyarev's PPD-34/38