PPSh 41 Submachine Gun : North Korean Forces

PPSh 41 Submachine Gun. The receiver has Russian markings with the serial number and 1944. It is complete with a drum magazine and a webbing sling.

The PPSh 41 (Pistolet Pulemjot Shpagina model of 1941 = Shpagin submachine gun) was one of major infantry weapons used by Soviet troops during the Second World War. It is estimated that a total number of 6 million PPSh 41 submachine guns were manufactured during the Second World War. This weapon became one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic War. Retired from Soviet Army service soon after the end of the Second World War, the PPSh was widely exported to some pro Soviet countries around the world, including China, North Korea, Vietnam and many African countries.

• PPSh 41 Submachine Gun : North Korean Forces
• PPSh 41 Sub-machine Gun Firing Mechanism: North Korean Forces