This video provides a detailed look at the Soviet PPD-40 submachine gun, designed by Degtyarev. It was the first submachine gun widely adopted by the Soviet Union, evolving from an earlier locked breech design to a simpler blowback system. The PPD-40 was initially produced with a 25-round stick magazine and chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge. Later iterations, particularly the PPD-40, featured a 71-round drum magazine based on the Finnish Suomi m31. Around 87,000 units were produced before being superseded by the PPSh-41. The video notes the PPD-40's significant weight (12 lbs unloaded) and a rate of fire around 900 RPM. The featured example was captured and used by the Finnish military and may contain a PPD38 bolt.
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