PPSh-41 submachine gun
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The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PPSh-41 | 4 |
| PPSh-41 submachine gun canonical | 4 |
| Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina obr. 1941 g. | 1 |
| Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T702615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: PPSh-41 submachine gun Context triple: [RKKA, equipment, PPSh-41 submachine gun]
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A.
Mosin–Nagant rifle
The Mosin–Nagant rifle is a bolt-action military rifle developed in the late 19th century that became one of the most widely produced and historically significant service rifles, used extensively by Russian and later Soviet forces in multiple major conflicts.
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MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
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Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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D.
Type 38 rifle
The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.
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Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: PPSh-41 submachine gun Target entity description: The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.
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A.
Mosin–Nagant rifle
The Mosin–Nagant rifle is a bolt-action military rifle developed in the late 19th century that became one of the most widely produced and historically significant service rifles, used extensively by Russian and later Soviet forces in multiple major conflicts.
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B.
MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
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C.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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D.
Type 38 rifle
The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.
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E.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II-era weapon
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firearm ⓘ submachine gun ⓘ |
| action | blowback ⓘ |
| barrelLength | about 269 mm ⓘ |
| caliber | 7.62 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ |
| chambering | 7.62×25mm Tokarev ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designed | 1940 ⓘ |
| designer | Georgy Shpagin ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| feedSystem |
35-round box magazine
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71-round drum magazine ⓘ |
| fireModes |
fully automatic
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selective fire in some variants ⓘ |
| inService | 1941 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1941 ⓘ |
| length | about 843 mm ⓘ |
| mass | about 3.63 kg empty ⓘ |
| material | stamped steel ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | around 500 m/s ⓘ |
| nickname | Papasha ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
drum magazine
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extensive use by Soviet infantry ⓘ high rate of fire ⓘ simple blowback design ⓘ |
| operatingPrinciple | simple blowback ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Red Army infantry ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | approximately 900 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| replaced | PPD-40 ⓘ |
| sights | iron sights ⓘ |
| stockType | wooden stock ⓘ |
| successor | PPS-43 ⓘ |
| type | open-bolt submachine gun ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Eastern Bloc
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surface form:
Eastern Bloc states
Korean People's Army ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean Army
People's Liberation Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet partisans ⓘ Soviet reconnaissance units ⓘ Soviet tank crews ⓘ Warsaw Pact Joint Command ⓘ
surface form:
Warsaw Pact forces
partisan forces ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Korean War
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Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: PPSh-41 submachine gun Description of subject: The PPSh-41 submachine gun is a Soviet World War II-era automatic weapon famed for its high rate of fire, drum magazine, and extensive use by Red Army infantry.
Referenced by (10)
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