PPSh-41 submachine gun

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The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.

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Generate an image of a pPSh-41 submachine gun (The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era weapon ⓘ
firearm ⓘ
submachine gun ⓘ
action blowback ⓘ
barrelLength about 269 mm ⓘ
caliber 7.62 mm ⓘ
cartridge 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ
chambering 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
designed 1940 ⓘ
designer Georgy Shpagin ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
feedSystem 35-round box magazine ⓘ
71-round drum magazine ⓘ
fireModes fully automatic ⓘ
selective fire in some variants ⓘ
inService 1941 ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
length about 843 mm ⓘ
mass about 3.63 kg empty ⓘ
material stamped steel ⓘ
muzzleVelocity around 500 m/s ⓘ
nickname Papasha ⓘ
notableFeature drum magazine ⓘ
extensive use by Soviet infantry ⓘ
high rate of fire ⓘ
simple blowback design ⓘ
operatingPrinciple simple blowback ⓘ
primaryUser Red Army infantry ⓘ
productionPeriod early 1940s ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 900 rounds per minute ⓘ
replaced PPD-40 ⓘ
sights iron sights ⓘ
stockType wooden stock ⓘ
successor PPS-43 ⓘ
type open-bolt submachine gun ⓘ
usedBy Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bloc

North Korean Army ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet partisans ⓘ
Soviet reconnaissance units ⓘ
Soviet tank crews ⓘ
Warsaw Pact forces ⓘ
partisan forces ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RKKA → equipment → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
Simo Häyhä → weaponUsed → Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → notableWeapon → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
Tula Arsenal → notableProduct → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
PPD-40 → successor → PPSh-41 ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
PPD-40 → replacedBy → PPSh-41 ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
PPS-43 → complemented → PPSh-41 ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
Papasha → refersTo → PPSh-41 ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
Papasha → usedFor → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
Papasha → nicknameFor → Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina obr. 1941 g. ⓘ
linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
Georgy Shpagin → notableWork → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
Georgy Shpagin → designed → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko → weaponUsage → PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ