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ManufacturerACE
Product codeACE7227
Weight:0.01 kg
Scale1:72
Added to catalog on:23.11.2016
Tags:Russian-World-War-II-Infantry Russian-World-War-II-Razvedchiki Mosin-wz1891 SWT-38

PPSh-41 or PPSh wz.41 (colloquially: pepesh or pepecha) is a Soviet submachine gun cal. 7.62 mm from the period of World War II and the Cold War. The first prototypes of this weapon were made in 1940, and serial production continued in 1941-1948. In its course, over 5.5 million pieces of this weapon were created. The initial velocity of the projectile fired from this submachine gun was up to 550 m / s, and the theoretical rate of fire - up to 900 rounds per minute. The length of the weapon was about 83 centimeters, and the weight with a full drum magazine reached 5.4 kilograms. It is assumed that the effective shot range was around 125-150 meters. The PPSh-41 was developed for the needs of the Red Army by Georgy Shpagin, one of the best Soviet designers of small arms in the 20th century. The new weapon was to replace the too complicated PPD-40 submachine gun in the line. Compared to its predecessor, the new weapon had a very similar size and weight, but a slightly better theoretical rate of fire. On the other hand, it definitely dominated the ease of use, reliability and much lower production costs, which made it very suitable for mass production. Due to its advantages, the PPSh-41 quickly became the basic machine gun of the Red Army, used throughout the war with the Third Reich (1941-1945). It also entered the service of the Polish Army formed in the USSR. The presented submachine gun was also (after 1945) produced or exported in many countries around the world, including: Poland, Yugoslavia and Hungary.

The SWT is a Soviet 7.62mm bolt-action rifle from the Second World War and the Cold War. The first prototypes of this weapon were made in 1938, and serial production continued in 1940-1945. About 1.6 million of these weapons were produced in its course. The initial velocity of the bullet fired from this rifle was up to 840 m / s, and the practical rate of fire, with a well-trained shooter, did not exceed 25 rounds per minute. The length of the weapon was about 120 centimeters, and the weight of the loaded rifle was up to 4.5 kilograms. It is assumed that the effective range of the shot was around 1500 meters. SWT was developed for the needs of the Red Army by Fyodor Tokarev, one of the most famous Soviet designers of small arms in the 20th century. The new weapon was to replace the Mosin model 1891/30 rifles and the AWS automatic rifle. The first version of the rifle was the SWT-38, produced in a relatively small number and on a large scale during the Winter War (1939-1940) with Finland. Based on the experience gained from this conflict, numerous changes were made to the weapon, and the designation of the rifle was changed to SWT-40. Despite the improvements, the SWT rifle was still much more expensive to produce than the Mosin wz. 1891/30, and moreover - as the experience of the beginning of the war with the Third Reich (1941-1945) showed - it required careful handling from the soldier, otherwise it had a clear tendency for jamming. As a result, its production after 1941 was limited, and in 1945 it was replaced in the line by SKS semi-automatic rifles.

Mosin wz.1891 is a Soviet 7.62mm repeating rifle from the end of the 19th century, both world wars, and the inter-war and post-war period. The first prototypes of this weapon were made in 1889, and serial production was carried out in the years 1891-1965! In its course, over 35 million pieces of this weapon were created. The length of the Mosin rifle wz.1891/30 reached 123 cm, and the length of the barrel - up to 73 centimeters. The initial velocity of the projectile fired from this rifle reached 800-850 m / s, and the practical rate of fire, with a well-trained shooter, did not exceed 20-25 rounds per minute. It is assumed that the effective range of the shot was around 500 meters. Mosin wz.1891 was developed for the needs of the tsarist army by Sergei Mosin based on the rifle developed by Emil Nagant, as a successor to the Berdan 10.67 mm sniper rifle. Compared to the Nagant rifle, the Mosin wz. 1891 was less reliable, but it was much cheaper to produce and required less careful servicing by the soldier, which made it accepted into service in the Russian army. Of course, in the course of its very long service, Mosin wz.1891 underwent changes and modernizations, the main of which was the one implemented at the end of the 1920s, which led to the creation of the Mosin model 1891/30. This weapon had a slightly improved reliability, but also a clearly simplified design, which, however, did not affect the ballistic performance of the rifle. In 1931, a sniper rifle with a PU optical sight was also developed on the basis of this rifle. It is worth adding that such a sniper rifle was used by, among others, Vasily Zaitsev or Simo Häyhä, called the "White Death". Undoubtedly, the Mosin wz.1891 was one of the most important and most widely produced rifles of the Russian and Soviet armies in the 20th century.

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