Inter Ordnance PPS43C 7.62x25 Syn 35Rd - Blue/Black, 9.5" Barrel, 35+1 Rounds, Polymer Grips, 3-Dot Sights
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Polish PPS-43C semi auto pistol ATF approved incl. 2x35rd. magazines.
UPC: 896187002858
- Caliber: 7.62x25 mm TT
- Weight: 3.67 kg loaded, 3.04 kg empty
- Length: 615 Barrel length 250 mm
- Magazine Capacity 35 rounds
- Effective range:200 meters
- Overall Length: 24.2" (Stock folded)
The History...
The PPS-43C (Pistolet-Pulemet Sudaeva, model of 1943 = Sudaev SMG) was born as an answer to the need for a weapon that is more compact and mobile than the PPSh-41, then in use by the Soviet Army. The PPSh-41 was somewhat too long to be used by tank crews and mobile recon groups and paratroopers, so late in 1941, the Red Army issued a request for a new more compact sub machine gun (SMG). The designer Sudaev initially designed his new SMG in 1942, and it was adopted under the designation of PPS-42. The next year he refined the design, and this final model was designated as the PPS-43. This model was manufactured in significant numbers (nearly two million PPS-43 weapons were manufactured between 1943 and 1946). The PPS-43 is sometimes referred to as the best SMG of World War II. After WWII, it was widely exported to pro-Soviet regimes around the world, and widely copied.