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{{Infobox Weapon
| name = PPSh-41
| image=Пистолет-пулемет системы Шпагина обр. 1941.jpg
| caption = PPSh-41 with drum magazine.
| origin  = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
| type    = [[Submachine gun]]
<!-- Type selection -->
| is_ranged = yes
<!-- Service history -->
| service   = 1941–present
| used_by   = See ''[[PPSh-41#Users|Users]]''
| wars      = <nowiki></nowiki>
* [[World War II]]<ref name="bishop1998">{{citation | last = Bishop | first = Chris | title = Guns in Combat | publisher = Chartwell Books | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-7858-0844-2}}</ref>
* [[Korean War]]<ref name = "bishop1998" />
* [[Chinese Civil War]]
* [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]]
* [[Vietnam War]]<ref name="bishop1998"/>
* [[Cambodian Civil War]]
* [[Iraq War]]
<!-- Production history -->
| designer  = [[Georgi Shpagin]]
| design_date= 1941
| manufacturer = Many
| production_date= 1941–1947<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/ar/classicfirearms/PPSh41.html PPSh41 Submachine Gun]</ref>
| number         = Around 6,000,000
| variants       = See ''[[PPSh-41#Different kinds of PPSh-41|Different kinds of PPSh-41]]''
| production_cost=
<!-- General specifications -->
| weight         = {{convert|3.63|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} (without magazine)
| length         = {{convert|843|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length    = {{convert|269|mm|abbr=on|1}}
| width=
| height=
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge      =
| caliber=
| action         =
| rate           = 900 rounds per minute<ref name="worldguns"/>
| velocity       =
| range          = 150&nbsp;meters<ref name="korwar">{{cite book| last = Edwards| first = Paul M| title = The Korean War| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xA34hGXAjlIC&pg=PA77| year = 2006| publisher = Greenwood Press| location = Westport, CT| isbn = 978-0-313-33248-7| page = 77 }}</ref>
| max_range      =
| feed           =
| sights         =
}}

The '''PPSh-41''' ('''''P'''istolet-'''P'''ulemyot '''Sh'''pagina''; {{lang-ru|Пистолет-пулемёт Шпагина}}; "Shpagin machine pistol") is a [[Soviet]] [[submachine gun]]. It was designed by [[Georgi Shpagin]]. The PPSh-41 was supposed to be a cheaper, simpler gun to use than the [[PPD-40]]. The PPD-40 was in Soviet service at that time. The PPSh-41 officially replaced the PPD-40 in 1941.<ref>{{citation | url = http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg01-e.htm | contribution = Degtyarov PPD-34, PPD-34/38 and PPD-40 submachine gun (USSR) | place = RU | publisher = Guns | title = World | accessdate = 2012-04-28 | archive-date = 2008-04-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080408105014/http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg01-e.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> The PPSh-41 was supposed to be used by [[conscription|conscripted]] soldiers with very little training. The PPSh-41 got its [[ammunition]] from a [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]]. It was also a [[selective fire]] submachine gun. It was made mostly of stamped [[steel]]. It fired the [[7.62×25mm Tokarev|7.62×25mm]] pistol round. The PPSh-41 was used a lot during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]], as it was the most produced [[Submachine gun|SMG]] throughout the wars. It was still in use in Vietnam with the [[Viet Cong]] as late as 1970 as the [[China|Chinese]] Type 50 (a copy). There were even some PPSh-41's captured by US soldiers as late as the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/iraqi-war/shooting-the-ppsh-41-in-iraq/1476727849001|title = Shooting a PPSh-41 in Iraq|first = |last = |website = |date = 27 February 2012|publisher = |accessdate = }}</ref>

==History==
===World War II===
The idea for the development of the PPSh-41 came partly from the [[Winter War]] against [[Finland]]. It was found in this war that submachine guns were good weapons for [[close-quarters combat]]. The PPSh-41 was developed in mid-1941. It was made in many factories in [[Moscow]]. Local [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Party]] members were made responsible for making sure enough PPSh-41s were made.

A few hundred weapons were made in November 1941. Another 155,000 were made over the next five months. By spring 1942, PPSh-41 factories were making around 3,000 weapons a day.<ref>Rodric Braithwaite, ''Moscow 1941: A City and its People at War'', London: Profile Books, 2006, p. 236.</ref> The PPSh-41's design was good, as it allowed many weapons to be made in a short amount of time (mass production). Other examples of this kind of design were the [[M3 submachine gun]], [[MP40]] and the [[Sten]]. Its parts (except the [[barrel (weapons)|barrel]]) could be made by unskilled workers. The PPSh-41 used 87 parts, and the [[PPD-40]] used 95. The PPSh-41 could be made in 7.3&nbsp;hours. However, the PPD-40 took 13.7&nbsp;hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruffler.com/trivia-March01.html|title=Kalashnikov, Part 2: Soviet Political Economy and the Design Evolution of the Kalashnikov Avtomat|accessdate=2010-03-21}}</ref>  The making of the barrel was often made simpler by using barrels made for the [[Mosin–Nagant|M1891 Mosin–Nagant]] rifle. The rifle barrel was cut in half. From this one rifle barrel, two PPSh-41 barrels were made. The barrel was then altered for the [[7.62×25mm Tokarev|7.62mm Soviet submachine gun]] cartridge.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Pauly| first1 = Roger A.| last2 = Pauly| first2 = Roger| title = Firearms: The Life Story of a Technology| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=izGOfMdSm2IC&pg=PA141| year = 2004| publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn = 978-0-313-32796-4| page = 141 }}</ref>

The PPSh-41 was popular in the German armies as well. Captured PPSh-41s were often used by the Germans against their enemies. It was so popular among German soldiers, in fact, that it was the second most used SMG among German forces in WWII.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/9069-PPSh-41-Submachine-Gun-in-Use-by-Germans|title = PPSh-41 Submachine Gun in Use by Germans|first = |last = |website = |publisher = |accessdate = |archive-date = 2016-12-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161206032620/http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/9069-PPSh-41-Submachine-Gun-in-Use-by-Germans|url-status = dead}}</ref>

After the German Army captured a lot of PPSh-41s during World War II, a program was started. In this program, the weapons would be altered to fire the German submachine gun bullet, the [[9x19mm Parabellum|9mm Parabellum]]. The [[Wehrmacht]] officially called these PPSh-41s the MP41(r). PPSh-41s which were not altered were called the MP717(r). They were given 7.63x25mm Mauser ammunition instead of the Soviet 7.62x25mm bullet.  The German military made [[German language|German]]-language [[user guide|manual]]s to teach soldiers how to use the PPSh-41. These were printed and given out across the [[Wehrmacht]].<ref name="ppsh41">{{cite web|url=http://www.ppsh41.com/ppsh2.html|title=9 mm Conversion of the PPSh-41|accessdate=2010-03-21}}</ref>

The [[Soviet Union]] also tried the PPSh-41 in [[close air support]]. They put dozens of PPSh-41s on some of their planes.<ref name="xs4all">{{cite web|url=http://www.ppsh41.com/index-2.html|title=Tu-2 Gunships!|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>

Over 6 million PPSh-41s were made by the end of the war. After the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], they became the most used [[small arms]] in the [[Red Army]]. The Soviets would often give whole [[regiment]]s or even [[division]]s the PPSh-41. This gave them excellent close-range power.

===Korean War===
After the war, a large number of PPSh-41s were given to Soviet [[client state]]s. They were also handed out to [[communism|communist]] [[guerilla]]s. The [[North Korea]]n People's Army (NKPA) and the Chinese [[People's Volunteer Army]] (PVA) fighting in Korea got huge amounts of PPSh-41s. They were also given the North Korean Type 49 and the Chinese Type 50. These were copies of the PPSh-41s with small changes. The PPSh-41 was used a lot during the entire [[Korean War]]. Though it was not very accurate, the PPSh-41 did well in close-range battles because of its extremely high rate of fire and its high ammo capacity. These often happened in the Korean War, especially at night.<ref name="Halberstam447">{{cite book| last = Halberstam| first = David| title = The Coldest Winter| url = https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterame00halb_0| year = 2007| publisher = Hyperion Press| isbn = 978-1-4013-0052-4| page = [https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterame00halb_0/page/447 447] }}</ref> [[United Nations]] forces often had trouble with returning enough bullets when they were attacked by communists with the PPSh-41. Some U.S. infantry officers said that the PPSh-41 was the best gun of the war. It was not as accurate as the U.S. [[M1 Garand]] or [[M1 carbine]]. However, it gave more power at close range.<ref name="Halberstam447"/>

==Features==
[[File:Mémorial uniforme soviétique WWII.JPG|thumb|right|A PPSh-41 on display.]]

The PPSh-41 fired the 7.62x25mm (Tokarev) bullet. The 7.62x25mm was the main Soviet [[pistol]] and submachine gun bullet. The PPSh-41 weighed around 12&nbsp;pounds (5.45&nbsp;kg) with a full 71-round magazine. It weighed 9.5&nbsp;pounds (4.32&nbsp;kg) with a loaded 35-round magazine. The PPSh-41 could fire 900 rounds per minute. This was very high compared to other submachine guns of World War II. The PPSh-41 did not have a grip on it. Because of this, the soldier usually had to hold the PPSh-41 behind the drum magazine. The soldier could also hold the bottom of the drum. 35-round box [[Magazine (firearm)|magazines]] could have been used from 1942. However, Soviet soldiers in World War II usually kept the 71-round [[drum magazine]].<ref name="worldguns">{{cite web|url=http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg02-e.htm|title=Shpagin PPSh-41 submachine gun (USSR)|accessdate=2010-03-21|archive-date=2010-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308033040/http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg02-e.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The PPSh-41 drum magazine was a copy of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Suomi M-31 SMG|M31 Suomi]] magazine. It held 71 rounds. The drum magazine was slower and more difficult to load with ammunition than the box magazine. The box magazine began to be used more after 1942.  Even though it had less bullets in it, the box magazine made it easier to hold the weapon. It was possible that the PPSh-41 would fire bullets if it was dropped on a hard surface. This was because of its [[open bolt]] design.

== Different kinds of PPSh-41 ==
Because the Germans had captured so many PPSh-41s, a program was started. In this program, the weapons would be altered to fire the German submachine gun bullet. This bullet was called the [[9mm Parabellum]]. The [[Wehrmacht]] officially called these PPSh-41s the MP41(r). PPSh-41s which were not altered were called the MP717(r). They were given 7.63x25mm Mauser ammunition instead of the Soviet 7.62x25mm bullet.  The German military made [[German language|German]]-language [[manual]]s to teach soldiers how to use the PPSh-41. These were printed and given out across the [[Wehrmacht]].<ref name="ppsh41" />

During World War II, an even simpler submachine gun was brought in to service. It was called the [[PPS-43]]. However, it did not replace the PPSh-41 during the war.

=== Other kinds ===
* '''Type 50''': A Chinese version of the PPSh-41.<ref name="Weapon"/>
* '''Type 49''': A North Korean version. 
* '''M-49''': The [[M49 Submachine gun]] was a [[Yugoslavia]]n version. It used the PPSh-41's design. However, it has many important differences.
* '''PPS-50''': A [[Canada|Canadian]], [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] version of the PPSh-41. The box magazine holds 30 rounds and the drum magazine holds 50 rounds.
* '''SKL-41''': A [[Germany|German]], semi-autmatic version. It went on sale in 2008. This version fires the [[9mm Parabellum]] bullet.

==Users==
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 116-168-618, Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Soldat mit MPi.jpg|thumb|[[Wehrmacht]] [[Feldwebel]] Wilhelm Traub armed with a PPSh-41 scanning the view of [[Stalingrad]] in the middle of a ruined town in autumn 1942. The ruined town today is known as [[Gagarin Park]].]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E0406-0022-011, Russland, deutscher Kriegsgefangener.jpg|thumb|right|A Red Army soldier armed with a PPSh-41 marches a German soldier into captivity after the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], 1943.]]
===Current===
* {{flag|Albania}}<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |editor1-first=Richard D. |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Leland S. |editor2-last=Ness |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |date=January 27, 2009 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref>
* {{flag|Angola}}{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=73}}
* {{flag|North Korea}}: Made licensed copies under the designation "Type 49",<ref name="Weapon">{{cite web |title=North Korea Country Handbook 1997, Appendix A: Equipment Recognition, PPSH 1943 SUBMACHINEGUN [sic] (TYPE-50 CHINA/MODEL-49 DPRK) |page=A-79 |author=US Department of Defense |url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nkor.pdf}}</ref> which date back to the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Leroy |title=Gun Review: The Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun |url=https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/soviet-ppsh-41-submachine-gun/ |date=31 October 2017 |website=Tactical Life |access-date=18 February 2022 |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218174951/https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/soviet-ppsh-41-submachine-gun/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|War Flag of Novorussia.svg}} [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]]: Limited usage in the beginning of the [[War in Donbas]].<ref name="ARES">{{cite web |last1=Ferguson |first1=Jonathan |last2=Jenzen-Jones |first2=N.R. |date=2014 |title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine. (Research Report No. 3) |url=http://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |access-date=4 February 2015 |website=ARES |archive-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201185108/http://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Syria}}<ref name="bicc" />

===Former===
* {{flag|Afghanistan}}: Formerly in service with the Afghan Army, until the 1980s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Кашуба |first=Г. П. |date=1981 |title=Афганские встречи |trans-title=Afghan Meetings |language=ru |location=Moskva |publisher=Izd-vo [[DOSAAF]] |page=73}}</ref> Also used by various self-defense groups.<ref>Афганистан сегодня: фотоальбом. / сост. Хайдар Масуд, А. Н. Сахаров. М., «Планета», 1981. стр.202-203</ref>
* {{flag|Austria}}
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}<ref>{{cite book |last=de Quesada |first=Alejandro |title=MP 38 and MP 40 Submachine Guns |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-78096-388-4 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=81mbCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52}}</ref>
*{{flag|China}}: Made licensed copies under the designation "Type 50".<ref name="miller2001">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=David |date=2001 |title=The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns |location=London, UK |publisher=Salamander Books Ltd |isbn=1-84065-245-4}}</ref>
* {{flag|Independent State of Croatia|name=Croatia}}<ref>{{cite book |title=World War II Croatian Legionaries: Croatian Troops Under Axis Command 1941—45 |first=Vladimir |last=Brnardic |date=22 November 2016 |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-1767-9 |page=9}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cuba}}<ref name="Cuba">{{cite book |title=The Bay of Pigs: Cuba 1961 |series=Elite 166 |first=Alejandro |last=de Quesada |date=10 January 2009 |isbn=978-1-84603-323-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE-1CwAAQBAJ |page=60}}</ref>
* {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}:<ref name= 'bicc'>{{cite web |title=MP PPSH 41 |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/22 |website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification |author1=Bonn International Center for Conversion |author-link1=Bonn International Center for Conversion |author2=Bundeswehr Verification Center |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> Used during{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=50}} and after WWII until succeeded by the vz. 58.
* {{flag|East Germany}}: Used by the [[Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic|East German ''Grenztruppen der DDR'']] and the [[Combat Groups of the Working Class|''Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse'']] This weapon became icon especially due to its presence during the construction of the Berlin Wall being used by both the KdA and GT. Designated "MPi41" in DDR service, the PPSh-41 was gradually replaced by the [[AK-47]] beginning in 1960.<ref name=BerlinWall>{{cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon |title=The Berlin Wall and the Intra-German Border 1961-89 |url=https://archive.org/details/berlinwallintrag0000rott |year=2008 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-84603-193-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/berlinwallintrag0000rott/page/44 44]}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Forest Brothers|Estonia]]: [[Estonian partisans]] used captured SMGs against the Soviets in 1941.<ref>{{cite book |title=Germany's Eastern Front Allies (2): Baltic Forces |series=Men-at-Arms |number=363 |first1=Nigel |last1=Thomas |first2=Carlos |last2=Caballero Jurado |date=25 January 2002 |isbn=978-1-84176-193-0 |page=41 |publisher=Osprey Publishing}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ethiopia}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2024"/>
* {{flag|Finland}}: Used captured examples.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MACHINEPISTOLS2.htm |title=Machine Pistols, Captured and Bought |website=Jaeger Platoon: Finnish Army 1918-1945 |access-date=2012-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ppsh41.com/finn.html |title=9 mm version of PPD-40 and PPSh-41 |website=Bill's PPSh-41 Pages |access-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209221703/http://www.ppsh41.com/finn.html |archive-date=2012-02-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Georgia}}: Used during civil conflicts in 1990s.<ref name ='SAS 1998 4'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf |title=Politics From The Barrel of a Gun |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1998 |author=Small Arms Survey |author-link=Small Arms Survey |page=40 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112185639/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
* {{flag|Guinea}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Guinea Bissau}}: Used by the [[PAIGC]] in the [[Guinea-Bissau War of Independence]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Keegan |first=John |author-link=John Keegan |date=1983 |title=World Armies |edition=2nd |location=London, UK |publisher=Macmillan |page=239 |isbn=978-0-33334-079-0}}</ref>
* {{flag|Hungary}}: Captured and reissued PPSh-41s in the early 1940s. Produced a local version in the early 1950s called the "7.62mm Géppisztoly 48.Minta", or simply "48m".<ref name="sunblest">{{cite web |url=http://www.hungariae.com/PPSh41.htm |title=7.62mm Submachine Gun PPSh41 |website=Manowar's Hungarian Weapons & History |access-date=2010-03-21}}</ref><ref name="Owen">{{cite book |title=Warsaw Pact Infantry and its Weapons: Manportable weapons and equipment in service with the regular and reserve forces of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Rumania, and of Yugoslavia |first=J. I. H. |last=Owen |year=1976 |location=London, UK |publisher=Brassey's Publishers Ltd |page= |isbn=978-0-90460-903-5}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2021}}
*{{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name="bicc" />
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]]: Produced a local version in the 1940s with a tangent rear sight.<ref name="Owen" />{{Page needed |date=March 2021}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Thomas |last=Ohlson |url=https://archive.org/details/armstransferlimi0000unse/page/103 |title=Arms Transfer Limitations and Third World Security |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1988 |isbn=0-19-829124-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/armstransferlimi0000unse/page/103 103]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iraq}}{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=69}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Italian Committee of National Liberation.svg}} [[Italian resistance movement|Italian Partisans]]: Used examples captured from German soldiers<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gianluigi |first1=Usai |last2=Riccio |first2=Ralph |title=Italian partisan weapons in WWII |date=January 28, 2017 |publisher=Schiffer Military History |isbn=978-0-76435-210-2 |page=194}}</ref>
* {{flag|Laos}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Latvia}}: Used by Latvian partisans against Soviets in 1940s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vincent |first=Hunt |title=Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket |publisher=Helion and Company |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-912866-93-9 |location=Warwick, UK |page=223}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanese National Movement]]{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=68}}
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="Beyond Blue Helmets">{{cite book |title=Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations |first=Eric G. |last=Berman |publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]/MPOME |date=March 2019 |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103636/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf |url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2019 |page=43}}</ref>
* {{flag|Mongolia}}{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=22}}
* {{flag|Nazi Germany}}: Used captured guns, and also converted some to 9×19mm Luger under the designation "MP41r".<ref name="ppsh41"/>
*{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[North Vietnam]]: [[Viet Minh]], [[Viet Cong]] and [[North Vietnamese Army]] used PPSh-41 variants, including the K-50M license-built copy,{{sfn|McNab|2014|pp=64-67}} and the Chinese Type 50.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/1/30/guns-of-the-tet-offensive |title=Guns of the Tet Offensive |last=Laemlein |first=Tom |date=January 30, 2018 |website=[[American Rifleman]]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Poland}}: It was used by the [[First Polish Army]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Polish Army 1939-1945 |url=https://archive.org/details/polisharmy00zalo |first1=Steven J. |last1=Zaloga |first2=Richard |last2=Hook |page=[https://archive.org/details/polisharmy00zalo/page/n47 39] |year=1982|isbn=0-85045-417-4 |publisher=Osprey Publishing}}</ref> After the war, it was made under license as the "7.62&nbsp;mm pm wz.41" by Łucznik Arms Factory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fabrykabroni.pl/tresci.php |title=About Us: Radom Before the Kalashnikov |website=Łucznik Arms Factory |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208114908/http://www.fabrykabroni.pl/tresci.php |access-date=2013-12-08 |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* {{flag|Romania}}: Captured and reissued PPSh-41 submachine guns during 1941–1944. Made licensed copies during the 1950s at Cugir Arms Plant under the designation "PM PPȘ Md. 1952".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fabricadearmecugir.ro/ |title=About us |website=Cugir Arms Plant SA |access-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403164217/http://fabricadearmecugir.ro/ |archive-date=2012-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.rft.forter.ro/_wsn/01_biblioteca/pdf/c-006-infanteria-romana-180-de-ani.pdf |title=Infanteria Română - 180 de ani |year=2010 |publisher=Editura Centrului-Tehnic Editorial al Armatei |location=București |isbn=978-606-524-071-1 |page=261 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208120442/http://www.rft.forter.ro/_wsn/01_biblioteca/pdf/c-006-infanteria-romana-180-de-ani.pdf |archive-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref>
* {{flag|Sierra Leone}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone |title=World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone |date=2007–2013 |website=World Inventory |via=Google Sites |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203938/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone |archive-date =24 November 2016}}</ref>
* {{flag|Somalia}}{{sfn|McNab|2014|p=23}}
* {{flag|South Korea}}: Captured from North Korean and Chinese during the Korean war.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.warmemo.or.kr/front/militaryInfo/searchView.do=217993 |title=국군 제8사단 16연대 2대대 부대원에게 몸수색을 당하고 있는 인민군 포로 |trans-title=POWs of the Korean People's Army being searched for by members of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment, 8th Division of the ROK Army |language=ko |website=[[War Memorial of Korea]] }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}: In service with the [[Soviet Army]] in 1942.<ref name="miller2001"/>
* {{Flag|Tanzania}}
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}}: Locally produced a variant known as the [[M49 Submachine gun]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide |first=Philip |last=Peterson |page=479 |year=2011 |location=Iola, WI |publisher=Gun Digest Books |isbn=978-1-4402-1451-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Save the Last Bullet for Yourself: A Soldier of Fortune in the Balkans and Somalia |url=https://archive.org/details/savelastbulletfo0000krot |page=[https://archive.org/details/savelastbulletfo0000krot/page/175 175] |first=Rob |last=Krott |year=2008 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=[[Casemate Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-932033-95-3}}</ref>
* {{flag|Zimbabwe}}<ref name="blackfire"/><ref name= 'bicc'/>

==Related pages==
* [[Submachine gun]]

==References==
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<ref name="blackfire">{{cite book |last=Raeburn |first=Michael |title=We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas |url=https://archive.org/details/weareeverywheren00raeb |date=1978 |location=New York City |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-39450-530-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/weareeverywheren00raeb/page/n18 1]–209}}</ref>

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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book| last = Hogg| first = Ian| title = Jane's Guns Recognition Guide Second Edition| url = https://archive.org/details/janesgunsrecogni0000hogg| year = 2000| publisher = Janes| location = Glasgow| isbn = 978-0-00-472453-9 }}

== Other websites ==
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