| PPD | |
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| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1935–45 |
| Used by | See Users |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Vasily Degtyaryov |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Variants | PPD-34, PPD-34/38, PPD-40 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 3.2 kg empty |
| Length | 788 mm |
| Barrel length | 273 mm |
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| Cartridge | 7.62x25mm Tokarev |
| Action | Blowback, open bolt |
| Rate of fire | 800–1000 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 490 m/s (1,600 ft/s) |
| Effective range | 200 m [1] |
| Feed system | 25-round detachable box magazine
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The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova, Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Дегтярёва) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire.
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Developed in the Soviet Union by arms designer Vasily Degtyaryov, it was a near direct copy of the German Bergmann MP 28. The PPD was designed to chamber the new Soviet 7.62×25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge, which was based on the similar 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol. The PPD utilized a large ammunition drum, a copy of the Finnish M31 Suomi drum magazine as well as a more conventional 25-round box-type magazine.
The PPD first went into military service with the Red Army in 1935[2] as the PPD-34, although it was not produced in large quantities. It saw use with the NKVD internal forces as well as border guards.[3] In 1938 and 1940, modifications were designated PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 respectively, and introduced minor changes. Nevertheless, the PPD-40 was too complicated and expensive to mass-produce, and although it was used in action in the initial stages of World War II, it was officially replaced by the superior and cheaper PPSh-41 by the end of 1941.[3] Approximately 90,000 PPDs were manufactured.
PPDs captured by Finnish forces during the Winter War and Continuation War were issued to coastal and home guard troops and kept in reserve until approximately 1960. PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 submachine guns captured by the Wehrmacht were given the names MP.715(r) and MP.716(r) respectively.
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