Shpagin's Simplified Subgun: The PPSh-41
This video analyzes the PPSh-41 submachine gun, focusing on its design and development as a simplified, mass-producible firearm for the Soviet Union during WWII. It contrasts the PPSh-41 with its predecessor, the PPD, highlighting Shpagin's design innovations like the use of stampings and simple milled parts to reduce manufacturing complexity and cost. The description also touches on the limitations of the drum magazines, the introduction of box magazines, and the PPSh-41's eventual supplementation by the PPS-43, while acknowledging its widespread adoption and copying by other nations. The video features a PPSh-41 from Marstar.












