PPS Submachine Gun

=PPS-42=
thumb|right|400px|PPS-42 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
The PPS submachine gun (Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева; Pistolet Pulemyot Sudayeva) is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Alexey Sudayev, based on an experimental submachine gun designed by Lieutenant Bezruchko-Vysotsky. The PPS was developed in 1942, in response to the Red Army's call for a submachine gun that was lighter, more compact, and (most importantly) cheaper than the PPSh-41. While prototypes were developed throughout the year, the first significant production of the PPS occurred during the Siege of Leningrad within the city itself. The initial variant, dubbed the PPS-42, saw around 45,000 units produced from 1942 to 1943. The PPS-42 can be distinguished by the separate shell ejector, 20 mm longer barrel and a barrel shroud separated from the receiver.
==Specifications==
(1942 – 1942)
* Type: Submachine Gun
* Caliber: 7.62x25mm Tokarev
* Weight: 
* Length: stock extended / stock folded
* Barrel length: 
* Capacity: 35-round box magazine
* Fire Modes: Full-Auto Only 
* Rate of fire: 500–600 rounds/min (cyclic rate)
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===Video Games===
Title 	Appears as	Mods	Note	Date
Call of Duty 2 	 	 	 	2005
Forgotten Hope 2 	 	 	 	2007
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad	 	 	 	2011
Enlisted 	"PPS-42" 	 	 	2021
=PPS-43=
thumb|right|400px|PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
In 1943, the improved PPS-43 was developed with several major improvements, including a slightly shortened barrel and stock, an improved safety and stock locking mechanism, and relocation of the casing ejector. Approximately two million would be produced from 1943 to 1946. Copies were also produced on a large scale in China and Poland, and in smaller quantities throughout the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union phased out its PPS-43s by the 1960s, but the gun continues to see service all over the globe.
While sharing many similarities with Georgy Shpagin's PPSh-41, Sudayev's PPS-43 is ultimately a completely different weapon system. The PPS-43 shares no significant parts with the PPSh-41, including the magazine. Its 35-round magazine cannot be used in the PPSh-41, and vice versa. Drum magazines were also never developed for the PPS.
Note: The PPS-43 is commonly misnamed as the PPSh-43, which is incorrect.
==Specifications==
(1942 – 1968)
* Type: Submachine Gun
* Caliber: 7.62x25mm Tokarev
* Weight: 
* Length: stock extended / stock folded
* Barrel length: 
* Capacity: 35-round box magazine
* Fire Modes: Full-Auto Only 
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) 	Aleksei Konsovsky 	Frolkin 	 	1944
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1946
The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1949
The Tank Brigade 	Antonín Sura 	The tankist 	 	1955
The Tank Brigade 	 	Czechoslovak soldiers 	 	1955
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) 	 	Soviet Cossack Sgt. 	 	1955
Tracks in the Snow (Sledy na snegu) 	Vladimir Krasnopolskiy	Major of State Security Roman Shelestov 	 	1955
Tracks in the Snow (Sledy na snegu) 	Yevgeniya Ten 	Nadyusha Everstova 	 	1955
Tracks in the Snow (Sledy na snegu) 	Vladimir Gusev 	Lt. of State Security Grigoriy Petrenko 	 	1955
Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1955
The Secret of Two Oceans (Tayna dvukh okeanov) 	 	State Security Operatives 	 	1957
Ashes and Diamonds 	 	Polish soldiers 	 	1958
Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage 	1961
Spring (Kwiecien) 	Piotr Pawlowski 	Capt. Tadeusz Hyrny 	 	1961
The Return of Doctor Mabuse 	 	Convicts 	 	1961
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 	 	A gangster 	 	1962
Death Is Called Engelchen 	Vlado Müller 	Nikolaj 	 	1963
Death Is Called Engelchen 	Otto Lackovic 	Ondrej 	 	1963
Death Is Called Engelchen 	 	Partisans 	 	1963
The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) 	Leonid Davydov-Suboch 	Pvt. Zadorozhny 	 	1963
The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1963
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard 	 	A guard in Pohland's hideout 	With straight magazine, probably 9mm conversion 	1963
The Mad Executioners 	 	Police detectives 	Also seen in the police museum 	1963
The Foothold (Pyad' zemli) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1964
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) 	Olga Lysenko 	Olga 	 	1965
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) 	Oleg Anofriev 	Alyosha 	 	1965
The Tunnel (Tunelul) 	Lev Prygunov 	Grigoriy 	 	1966
The Tunnel (Tunelul) 	Florin Piersic 	Dutu 	 	1966
The Tunnel (Tunelul) 	Leonid Zverintsev 	Molchanov 	 	1966
"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) 	Yuriy Bogolyubov 	Maj. Melnichenko 	 	1967
"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) 	Stanislav Korenev 	A Soviet Lt. 	 	1967
"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1967
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow 	 	Polish soldiers 	 	1969
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1969
Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal) 	Lado Tskhvariashvili 	Dau 	Mocked up as Halcon-series SMGs 	1969
Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal) 	 	Rebels and mercenaries 	Mocked up as Halcon-series SMGs 	1969
You Are a Widow, Sir! 	 	Hanging on the wall 	 	1970
I Am 11-17 (Ya - 11-17) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage 	1970
Liberation: The Battle of Berlin 	 	Polish soldiers 	 	1971
Liberation: The Last Assault 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1971
The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak) 	 	A German guard 	 	1971
No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net) 	Nikolay Olyalin 	Major Toporkov 	 	1971
No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net) 	Nikolai Merzlikin 	Lyovushkin 	 	1971
Chronicle of the Night (Khronika nochi) 	Yefim Kopelyan 	Louis 	Visually modified: without barrel jacket, with Thompson Cutts compensator, side mounted foregrip, and MP40 magazine	1973
Chronicle of the Night (Khronika nochi) 	Olga Gobzeva 	Gabi 	Visually modified: without barrel jacket, with Thompson Cutts compensator, side mounted foregrip, and MP40 magazine	1973
The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus) 	 	A criminal 	With straight magazine 	1973
Hot Winter (Horká zima) 	Petr Hanicinec 	Karel 	 	1973
Hot Winter (Horká zima) 	Bronislav Krizan 	1st Lt. Fišera 	 	1973
Hot Winter (Horká zima) 	Ladislav Trojan 	Fousek 	 	1973
Hot Winter (Horká zima) 	 	Partisans 	 	1973
Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) 	 	German soldiers 	 	1973
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) 	Aleksandr Potapov 	Orlov 	 	1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) 	Yuri Duvanov 	Klimchuk 	 	1975
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...)	Stanislav Borodokin 	Vasily Voytenko 	 	1976
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...)	Aleksandr Anurov 	Vasily Gurin 	Visually modified 	1976
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...)	 	Partisans 	Some visually modified 	1976
Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta) 	Zdenek Kutil 	Oldest of UPA 	 	1978
Country Trip of Sergeant Tsybulya (Dachnaya poezdka serzhanta Tsybuli) 	Sergei Ivanov 	Sgt. Tsybulya 	 	1979
We Take All Upon Ourselves (Beryom vsyo na sebya) 	 	Soviet seamen 	 	1980
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) 	Leonid Nevedomsky 	Lieutenant colonel Moroz 	 	1981
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) 	uncredited 	Korenych 	 	1981
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) 	Roman Khomyatov 	Stahlberg 	 	1981
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1981
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) 	Viktor Pavlov 	Pvt. Gorbunov 	 	1981
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) 	Viktor Miroshnichenko 	Pvt. Bidenko 	 	1981
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka) 	Viktor Shubin 	Sgt. Yegorov 	 	1981
Wolmi Island 	Su-gyong Yun 	Yong-ok Pak 	 	1982
Wolmi Island 	 	North Korean soldiers 	 	1982
Counter-offensive (Kontrudar) 	Vladimir Mazur 	Starshina Pyilyip 	 	1985
Counter-offensive (Kontrudar) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1985
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself 	 	The Boys 	 	1989
Air America 	Mel Gibson 	Gene Ryack 	 	1990
Naked Lunch 	 	Annexian border guards 	 	1991
Sheriff's Star (Zvezda sherifa) 	 	DeMarco's thugs 	With (probably fake) integral suppressor 	1992
Sheriff's Star (Zvezda sherifa) 	 	Police officer 	With (probably fake) integral suppressor 	1992
General 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1992
Shot in the Coffin (Vystrel v grobu) 	Stepan Starchikov 	Stepan Subbota 	Dual-vields 	1992
Shot in the Coffin (Vystrel v grobu) 	Sergei Onikiyenko 	Maj. Bukhaylo 	 	1992
Son for Father... (Syn za ottsa...) 	 	 	Seen in gun pile 	1995
Seven Years in Tibet 	 	Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers 	 	1997
The Grey Zone 	 	Jewish Prisoners during revolt 	Fitted with self-made wood stock 	2001
Python II 	Alex Jolig 	Matthew Coe 	 	2002
Python II 	Vladimir Kolev 	Crawley Vladi 	 	2002
We Were Soldiers 	 	Viet Minh, North Vietnamese and Vietcong Forces	 	2002
The Star (Zvezda) 	Igor Petrenko 	Lt. Travkin 	 	2002
The Star (Zvezda) 	Artyom Semakin 	Pvt. Vorobiev 	 	2002
The Star (Zvezda) 	Amadu Mamadakov 	Pvt. Temdekov 	 	2002
Submerged 	Ross McCall 	Captain Plowden 	Mocked up as the Heckler & Koch MP5 	2005
Submerged 	William Hope 	Agent Fletcher 	Mocked up as the Heckler & Koch MP5 	2005
Submerged 	 	US soldiers 	Mocked up as the Heckler & Koch MP5 	2005
Mercenary for Justice 	Langley Kirkwood 	Kruger 	Visually modified to resemble MP5A3 	2006
Mercenary for Justice 	Vivian Bieldt 	Dekerk 	Visually modified to resemble MP5A3 	2006
Mercenary for Justice 	 	Mercenaries 	Visually modified to resemble MP5A3 	2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil 	Nicholas Gonzalez 	Lt. Robert James 	Mocked up to resemble a Heckler & Koch MP5 	2006
Assembly (Ji jie hao) 	 	Communist and Nationalist Chinese forces 	 	2007
Tali-Ihantala 1944 	 	Soviet soldier 	 	2007
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 	Luke Ford 	Alex 	 	2008
Habermann 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	2010
Machine Gun Preacher 	 	LRA and SPLA troops 	 	2011
Outside the Law 	Roschdy Zem 	Messaoud 	 	2012
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr) 	 	Soviet Army soldiers 	 	2012
Shpion 	 	NKVD troops 	 	2012
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	2013
City 44 	 	Polish soldiers 	 	2014
White Soldier 	Emile Berling 	André Cariou 	 	2014
White Soldier 	 	Việt Minh fighters 	 	2014
1944 	 	Estonian SS soldiers 	 	2015
Battery Number One (Edinichka) 	Ilya Korobko 	Lt. Anatoliy Egorov 	 	2015
Battery Number One (Edinichka) 	Andrey Merzlikin 	Lt. Semyon Finogenov 	 	2015
Battle of Jangsari, The 	 	North & South Korean soldiers 	 	2019
To Paris! (Na Parizh) 	Maksim Vazhov 	Sgt. Nikolay Klyukvin 	 	2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 	 	 	Seen in armory 	2019
Kalashnikov (2020) 	Dmitry Bogdan 	Alexey Sudaev 	 	2020
Kalashnikov (2020) 	 	Red Army soldiers 	 	2020
The Axe. 1943 (Topor. 1943) 	Aleksandr Golubev 	Capt. Odintsov 	 	2021
The Axe. 1943 (Topor. 1943) 	Dmitriy Pustilnik 	Starshina Somov 	 	2021
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note/Episode 	Date
Stawka wieksza niz zycie 	Janusz Paluszkiewicz	Tomala 	16/ "Lisc debu" 	1966-1968
Here Lies the Border (Zdes prokhodit granitsa)	Shukhrat Irgashev 	"The Engineer" 	Visually modified; Ep.2 	1975
Here Lies the Border (Zdes prokhodit granitsa)	Farkhad Khaydarov 	Maksud 	Visually modified; Ep.2 	1975
Here Lies the Border (Zdes prokhodit granitsa)	 	Saboteurs 	Visually modified; Ep.2 	1975
Omega Option (Variant "Omega") 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage	1975
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 2 	 	Soviet troops 	Seen in documentary footage	1983
Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage	1985
Archangel 	 	Gate guard 	 	2005
March of Millions 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Ep. 2 	2007
Strike Back - Season 3 	 	Nigerian militants 	Episode 10 	2012
Ash (Pepel) 	 	"Pepel"'s gang and rival criminals 	 	2013
Black Cats (Chyornye koshki) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage	2013
Front 	Vladimir Maslakov 	Burin 	 	2014
Front 	 	State Security and Militsiya personnel	 	2014
The Man in the High Castle 	 	Soviet Army 	 	2015
The Man in the High Castle 	Jason O'Mara 	Wyatt Price 	 	2019
The Turncoat 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Ep. 03 	2020
The Black Sea (Chyornoye more) 	(uncredited) 	Capt. Lt. Nikolay Stupin 	 	2020
The Black Sea (Chyornoye more) 	 	Soviet sailors 	 	2020
Alyosha 	 	Soviet partisans 	Seen in documentary footage	2020
The Defeated 	Taylor Kitsch 	Max McLaughlin 	 	2020
The Defeated 	 	Henchmen of the Engelmacher 	 	2020
===Video Games===
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| Forgotten Hope || || || ||2003
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| Vietcong || || || ||2003
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| Hidden & Dangerous 2 || || || ||2003
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| Call of Duty 2 || || ||PPS-42 || 2005
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| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 || || || ||2006
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| Forgotten Hope 2 || || ||Added in v2.5 (2016) || 2007
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| Death to Spies || || || ||2007
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| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 || "PPS-43" || || Added with the 2016 update 7.1 || 2008
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| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth || || || ||2009
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| Karma Online || || || ||2011
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| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly || PPS || || ||2014
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| Heroes & Generals || || || ||2016
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| Enlisted || "PPS-43" || || PPS-43 || 2021
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| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront || || || PPS-43|| 2021
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| Military Conflict: Vietnam || || || ||2022
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===Animation===
Title 	Character	Note 	Date
The Boondocks ("The Garden Party")	 	Can be seen in Ed III's cache	2005-????
===Anime===
Title 	Character	Note 	Date
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail	 	Seen in a gun shop	2010-11
=See Also=
*Degtyaryov PPD
*PPK-41 Korovin
*PPK-42 Kalashnikov
*PPBV-42 Bezruchko-Vysotsky
*PPSh-2
Category:Gun
Category:Submachine Gun