Soviet Submachine Gun - PPSh-41 In The Movies

An overview of the PPSh-41 with popular war movie footage.
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Movies Featured:
Cross of Iron 1977
The Mask 1994
Stalingrad 1993
Enemy at the Gates 2001
The Pianist 2002
Downfall 2004
Tae Guk Gi 2004
Tali-Ihantala 1944
A Woman in Berlin 2008
The Mummy 2008
Defiance 2008
Max Manus 2008
Warsaw 44 2014
Bridge of Spies 2015
1944 - 2015
The Unknown Soldier 2017
The Death of Stalin 2017
The Battle of Jangsari 2019
Russian Movies:
They Fought for Their Country 1975
Come and See 1985
Hitler’s Kaput! 2008
The White Tiger 2012
Stalingrad 2013
Battle of Sevastopol 2015
Panfilov’s 28 Men 2016
Tankers 2018
Soldatik 2019
Kalashnikov 2020
The Last Frontier 2020
#guns #ww2 #warhistory

[@GhostEye31]

I always forget that they actually had serious actors in the Command and Conquer games.

[@griz312]

I was surprised to learn that Gina Carrano was the cover girl in Red Alert 3.

[@MilkT0ast]

Tim curry was the best. SPPAYYYCEEEEE!

[@Bluehawk2008]

Serious actors, but not always serious acting.

[@user-yh2rm3sk7z]

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[@C_AVATAR]

Yep those were classic games!

[@user-oy9zy4ds9m]

I can’t imagine being a German soldier being armed with a k98 facing entire platoons of ppsh41’s at close quarters…..

[@lovepeace9727]

Then imagine facing an MG-42 as an Allies soldier..

[@mjatriumxironreign8969]

Then facing semi auto garands when ur in A elite Waffen SS patrol And being armed with the Stg44 or g43 then u would have heavy pride the stg44 Has the same capacity as the bren gun and holds 10 more rounds then the bar and it have a higher firing rate the G43 is semi auto but not standard issue it has a 10 round magazine a advandage so facing A SS patrol in 1944 is kinda bad but u will be prepared cause the mg42 has to be mounted on a bipod

[@mjatriumxironreign8969]

@@lovepeace9727 if u kill the gunner then u should be awarded for saving lives as it cant be fired when standing as it will make the gunner fall

[@bingobongo1615]

Imagine you have a stick grenade and so do your friends and war is not like in movies everyone rushing in. But I would still prefer to have a ppsh41 over a bolt action rifle in that situation for sure ;)

[@patrickb1303]

Sure you can. Just put your hand in the blender.

[@AndrewTranBaseball]

My grandfather was a Viet Minh soldier in the Indochina war, he used a variant of the PPSH made in Viet Nam called the K-50. He told me the magazines were so bad at the time that he and this comrades couldn't load all 71 rounds into the drums or 35 in the stick mags.

[@memenadekhanh3992]

The K50 is just Chinese PPSH converted to look like MAT49.

[@Creeper_1783]

@@memenadekhanh3992 that would be K50-M. K50 is just Chinese made PPSh with nothing really special about it

[@freestyleboy287]

Good for you commy

[@crypticreality8484]

I used to stack fucks like your grandpa 5 ft high, and use them as sandbags. Just playing. A Gran Torino inspired statement

[@plushproductions4811]

Danggg, How was life on the Indochina Front? /genq

[@Paladin1873]

A friend of mine had a PPSh-41 chambered to 9mm. It worked fine with the 35-round box magazine but jammed with the 71 round drum because the 9mm round is shorter than the 7.62x25. His solution was to cut a piece of Plexiglas to fit in the back of the drum. It acted as a spacer to push the rounds forward. Much to his delight it worked.

[@imadrifter]

Plexi shim

[@yoboikamil525]

That's such soviet engineering

[@andrewgates8158]

Some guy converted his to 9mm win mag.

[@Paladin1873]

@@andrewgates8158 Good Lord, I'd be afraid to shoot that.

[@andrewgates8158]

@@Paladin1873 could remember wrong. Could be 9x23 steyer. Still better than 9x19 luger

[@speedyguydima]

Good video! A few things to add: - Not only squads but entire companies were armed with automatic weapons. Every regiment had at least 1 fully automatic company, other units were given even more SMGs. By 1945, over half of the Soviet soldiers were equipped with fully automatic weapons. - Soviet soldiers were trained to fire in short bursts with the PPSh rather than spray and fire from the hip. - 7.62x25 allows for a faster muzzle velocity, further effective range and penetration potential than other pistol calibers at the time. - 7.62x25 was a lighter round than 9mm and .45ACP. - The PPD-34/40 was designed prior to Soviet experience with the KP31. - Drum magazines were improved in 1942.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Some good clarification thank you!

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

Damn right! Also, German soldiers would ALWAYS use the PPSH-41 when they got their hands on one! 71 rds in a mag? YES! 💪🏼😃👍🏼

[@jerrysmooth24]

@@stevebrownrocks6376 you get the same if not more trigger time with mp40 32rnd stick because of slower rpm plus stick magazines are better usage of space that makes ammo lighter so you can actually carry more

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

@@jerrysmooth24 good points! 😎👍🏼

[@jyrkikk]

Once I shot russian TT -pistol in shooting range. Probably same cartridge was used in both TT -pistol and PPSH-41 (or "Papasha" as they called PPSH-41) . The russian slug penetrated 28 cm of pine blades. For comparison 38 cal. police revolver penetrates 15 cm and 357 -revolver penetrates 25 cm of pine blades. I know all that since I have shot all of them. So russians had very effective round in PPSH-41. Rudi Rafael

[@BHuang92]

It is along with the T-34, one of the most depicted symbols used in every Soviet war monuments.

[@cactusmann5542]

Sad mosin noises. Sad AK noises,

[@bingobongo1615]

And unlike the T-34 was a really good weapon.

[@agentbarron3945]

@@bingobongo1615 why make a tank last years when the most itll last in combat is less than a day? t-34 was an incredible tank simply because it was rather survivable and cheap as fuck to produce, especially since it didn't use a riveted hull and instead used a welded one. You cant call a t-34 trash without calling every tank the germans produced after the pz4 trash as well

[@arcani695]

The t-34 was quite ok, specially at the beggining it proved almost undestructible but it really was not that incredible

[@arcani695]

The panzer 3 is masterfull, better than the t-34. It was just made better. One thing people miss aboit tank combat os that you xan't just pull out some new trained crew oit of your ass. Zombie charges don't work on the long run with tanks.

[@iceslice7776]

My favorite gun of all time is the PPSH-41 for a reason. Its high rof, sleek robust design, and its history and use during the second world war and beyond. I love its sound and look of sleek wood and industrial metal. Thank you for makeing this video! Love your content!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks so much! It's a legend of a gun.

[@FinnishUncleSam]

Great gun as long as u have magazines that fit properly to that gun in particular lol

[@deezboyeed6764]

@@FinnishUncleSam or you hold it at an angle so the casings don't go down your shirt.

[@FinnishUncleSam]

@@deezboyeed6764 The gun is giving the casings back to the soldier so he can give them back to the motherland so they can be used again

[@stevovimy]

You're experience of this weapon is from a game isn't it? Lol

[@tigermunky]

900 rounds per minute. That's 15 rounds per second. I can't even get my head around a mechanism moving that many times in a single second.

[@meinkek7896]

Tighter spring = More ROF. Looser spring = less ROF

[@NikoCigoj]

Minigun is 3000-6000 bullets per minute. Now thats a real mind fuck if you ask me

[@robertlavery6896]

Ron Pearlman, playing a russian, with an English accent. Just beautiful.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Puts me in mind of Allo Allo... with wonderful faux French accents....or are they...???

[@walterbar3118]

Fun fact: Many soviet soldiers liked the MP40 better, because ist was lighter, while many german soldiers prefered the PPSh-41, due to the higher reliability an magazine capacity. I guess, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

[@chan13153]

But PPS-42 was better than both

[@gamerdrache6076]

@@chan13153 mp43 was better than both of them

[@chan13153]

@@gamerdrache6076 True but that's an assault rifle while the others are SMGs

[@gamerdrache6076]

@@chan13153 i trought you would say ak 47

[@chan13153]

@@gamerdrache6076 AK47 isn't WW2 era weapon.

[@indigofoxtrot5111]

One of the advantages of the PPSH-41 was that the drum magazine allowed the user to fire from a completely prone position, something that wasn't practical with the MP38 / MP40 due to the length of the magazine. The MP38 / MP40 were designed to be fired from a crouching position behind cover, hence the characteristic "hook" under the muzzle to help steady them.

[@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520]

Owen gun was good firing from Prone position as well, it was used right up into the Vietnam war

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Dude… you definitely have a knack keeping us informed, entertained with historical facts and movie clips. Keep them coming Johnny! 🍻

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks again my Orange friend 🙏

[@schizoidboy]

I once saw a PPSh-41 that a reenactor was carrying during a display show. It only had a few working parts which is ideal for a conscript who doesn't have much time for training. As I understand Russian doctrine regarding weapons they have to be simple to the point where it isn't necessary to give months of training to learn how to handle. Weapons like the AK-series and the RPG are often found across the world being used by armies or guerrillas with little or no training.

[@GameFuMaster]

they're also more durable in harsh environments

[@schizoidboy]

@Old PC Gaming Very good point. The British used the Sten gun which was often mocked for it's design such as the "Plummer's Delight" because it looked like it was assembled from bits of pipe. Nevertheless, it functioned well enough and was easily made and distributed. And it could even be made by Resistance fighters in bicycle shops. It still finds its way everywhere including Northern Ireland and even one time in America. I remember a so-called attempt of Neo-Nazi uprising where the news report showed disassembled Sten gun parts.

[@honzabalak3462]

@@schizoidboy Imagine how much better the Sten would be with a permanently welded vertical magwell. Preferably a bit longer one as well. It would help with the balance of the gun and the longer fixed magwell would also give the shooter a good place to hold the gun without causing feeding issues. The Germans figured it out at the end of WW2 and actually manufactured such Stwn copies. It's weird the Brits never thought of that. It's an upgrade which wouldn't raise the material or production time requirements but it would significantly improve the gun.

[@Bigcat726]

Under rated gun to talk about for the Soviets is the SVT-40

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Absolutely

[@Chuked]

For sure

[@mjatriumxironreign8969]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq what about the g43 it wasnt mentioned

[@mjatriumxironreign8969]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq or the mp 28

[@longuecarabine8103]

I AGREE! A VERY INTERESTING GUN THAT GETS LITTLE ATTENTION. SO I AM MAKING AN APPEAL TO YOU TO GIVE IT THAT ATTENTION. THANK YOU.

[@HR-ki3yo]

My grandfather in the 1950s-60s in training in Poland was show how to use the PPSh-41. Apparently, the soldiers didn't believe the instructor about the rate of fire of the weapon. Thye thought it couldn't fire that fast the barrel would overheat too fast.

[@rolfagten857]

Things were always much more intense on the Eastern Front! Cool that ""Cross of Iron" (1977) & "Stalingrad" (1993) are impressive war movies. Well done Johnny.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Two of my favorites! Had to be in there

[@eamonnclabby7067]

I remember Cross of Iron,watched it in Fort William, many years ago...E

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq that same week in Fort William watched Carry on up the Khyber...apart from ascending Ben Nevis...not a lot to do as a bored youngster..

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Man you have to cover the Mosin Nagant and Kar98k

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Eventually! Absolutely

[@bigblue6917]

There was a diary written by a German soldier who was killed at Stalingrad. It was captured and one of the Soviet Russian generals who fought at Stalingrad used excerpt in his autobiography. According to the Soviet Russian general the German soldier kept mentioning a heavy use of Tommy Guns by the Germans when they were attacking the Soviet Russians. There is a problem here in that the Germans did not call their submachineguns Tommy Guns. But the Soviet Russians did. This has now thrown this autobiography into disrepute because it means information used in it is untrue.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

A Russian lying?? I'm shocked!! 🤯

[@user-eq1rn1lr9m]

a. Russians also dont call our PPSh "Tommy Guns" b. Quite a bunch of an actual Tommies were imported by the land-lease program, most of the currently existing ones are looted from the old soviet stockpiles, as they were preserved in case of another war

[@meinkek7896]

Could be one of lost history that doesn't fit the mainstream narrative. Look at dresden bombing. All buildings are gone except trees and roads. No crater in sight. world war 2 could be a different story altogether

[@trooperdgb9722]

Probably important to note that OTHER problems with the drums were carrying them...bulky and awkward... and even if you had a drum or two that worked well on ONE PPsh, there was no expectation that they would work on another. Word has it you found drums that worked on yours and hung on to them...

[@reynaldoflores4522]

It would be very cumbersome to have to reload those drums while in combat. And they're so bulky and heavy, you can't carry too many of them with you. After a few seconds of firing, the drum goes empty and you have a useless firearm.

[@Chuked]

@@reynaldoflores4522 the drum might have been less common than we think, they probably used more magazines which are way more efficient

[@DerDrecksack87]

@@Chuked they used a mix especially near the end of ww2, usually u had a drum in the gun and a few mags, the drum gives you a huge edge if u get the jump on an enemy patrol because usually who can put more rounds in the enemy direction faster, wins the engagement. So in the first few seconds u could be almost sure that you will outshoot/supress the enemy, this has been so ever since, sadly most drum mags even for modern weapons still suffer with reliability issues, same goes for the double feed 60 rounder mags, i think this will only be doable if some revolutionary new firearm technology gets implemented especially regarding ammo.

[@topivaltanen4432]

@@reynaldoflores4522 When Viljam Pylkäs killed 83 soviet soldiers attacking group alone other soldier was reloading drum magazines.

[@pedestrianrights1257]

yup, junk quality control of the Soviet Union.

[@hydroxide5507]

you should have mentioned the kalashinikov concern test where they fire a few thousand rounds off an actual ww2 ppsh41 and it doesnt fail once or even burn

[@LegendaryKazooMann1936]

Proud to have an airsoft version of this gun. The people I play with usually have the genaric m4s and stuff but it's definitely neat running around with a 10 pound Russian hunk of stamped steel and furniture :D I even wrote an essay about the PPSH-41 for my graduateing essay in Middle School of "an invention that changed the world". Nice video👍

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks brother. That would be a very fun airsoft weapon to have!

[@FinnishUncleSam]

I also have one. Made by Ares. It's hella fun especially on outdoor skirmishes.

[@LegendaryKazooMann1936]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Indeed it is! :)

[@stevovimy]

Larper.

[@LegendaryKazooMann1936]

@@stevovimy So you'd rather me shoot my friends with a real one? 😆 I'd rather not ;)

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

A few things ... First off one of the problems with using enemy weapons is that they all make a distinctive sound - and if you fire an enemy weapon - you stand a real chance of drawing fire from your own side. This was the main reason that the Americans didn't all pick up every MG-42 they came across. Of course the other thing is ammunition supply. The Germans had captured a LOT of Soviet stuff though so - they made use of it. The thing with the PPSh-41's would be that the Germans used so many of them - that sound might not have automatically triggered an assumption that the person firing it was Soviet. As to how great all these SMG's were ... think about it - 200 yards? That really isn't much and that is like the _maximum_ range. SMG's were deadly at close range - but you had to get to close range or they were useless. Here - one thing the Soviets did was have SMG units ride on the backs of tanks charging into an enemy position. Then - once inside the enemy position - they'd jump off and engage the enemy at close quarters. That worked really well - when it worked. When it didn't work - you had a lot of dead infantry and blown up tanks. .

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Excellent additional info sir!

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq No Problem. .

[@aaronjohn6586]

Great breakdown and explanation of how in the hands of a good soldier a weapon long forgotten was an effective fighting tool.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

fact- "Pah pah shah" is the best way to say it

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Absolutely but my accent wouldn't do it justice

[@BHuang92]

Westerners have a particular way of saying it as the PPSH while the Russians say it as "Pah pah shah".

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq dont need no accent, mate. :p

[@erwinisme157]

the ppsh had the same dilemma in media, for being in animated films more often, because animating bolt action rifle were hard, but unlike its german counter part the mp 40, its more believable if you consider the fact, that it is the most produced submachine gun of ww2.

[@Robert53area]

Молодец, отличная информация. You forgot the pps43 the final answer to the ppsh41. I built my own ppsh41, wasn't hard, probably the most simplistic design possible

[@Stripedbottom]

I'm glad that this video doesn't go with the old erroneous myth "The PPSh was copied from the Suomi!" The PPD-40 was designed already in 1934, years before the Soviets had a chance to capture a single Suomi to copy from. (The drum magazine was copied from the Suomi, however.) The reason why the weapons look outwardly similar is, of course, that they were both based (or should I say "copied" here? Is it politically correct?) on the Bergmann MP of WW1 vintage. After their experience of the Winter War, The Soviets were also quick to latch on (or copy?) to the idea that SMG's were very useful in close quarters frontline combat, and should be issued to regular frontline units en masse and not just specialist troops. The fact that they had actually faced pitifully few of them (only about 4000 Suomi's deployed against dozens of Soviet divisions) is a testament to what good use the Finnish troops must have put them during that short conflict. And, the circle closes nicely when later on in the war the Finns just as everybody else realizes that as good as the Suomi is, it's simply too expensive and time-consuming to manufacture - and so their next SMG is a copy of the PPSh-43.

[@shawndavis5452]

I just found your channel and I want to say thank you, I'm always searching for weapons/history based videos and I have so much respect for the youtubers who spend there time and energy creating these types of videos. I appreciate everything you do, thank you!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks so much Shawn. It's just amateur fun for me so take everything as an introduction and always proof everything you hear on KZbin but I hope to be unbiased and entertaining 🙏

[@shawndavis5452]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I just know that it take time and effort to make these types of videos and there is a big community on youtube who love them, it's just nice to see a youtuber who is actually entertaining/informative with there videos. I look forward to future videos man you got a sub here!

[@garrisonnichols807]

I find it historically inaccurate to see an average German infantry soldier with an MP40 in pretty much every Hollywood WW2 movie I've seen. The German squad tactics of the time emphasized the MG-34 and MG-42 general purpose machine guns as the main weapon ment that in the squad most German soldiers were ammunition carriers for the machine gun. They were all issued Mauser K98 bolt action rifles. The machine gunner and loader were issued a PO8 Luger or Walther P38 pistol and the squad leader was the only one to have a MP40 sub machine gun. What this ment was in close combat like in villages or towns the Germans were actually at a major disadvantage against Russian troops if the machine gun was lost or destroyed because most of your guys had 5 shot bolt action rifles going up against Russian soldiers armed mostly with PPSh 41 submachine guns. This is why the tactical roles in the German squads changed. More semiautomatic rifles and the Strumgewehr were created to solve problems in fire superiority against the Soviet Red Army where entire divisions were mostly made of soldiers with submachine guns.

[@user-me5oq3kl4h]

Not all soviet soldiers were armed with ppsh, 2 men in squad had them, unless they are part of avtomatchik units

[@UgandanAirForce]

@@user-me5oq3kl4h if both Germans and Russians had 4 squads per platoon and Germany only issued submachine guns to squad leaders while the Russians had 2 submachineguns per squad, then the Russian platoon would still have two times the submachineguns compared to the German platoon which is a fair difference in firepower.

[@bingobongo1615]

You are mostly right I would say but people often forget that close quarter fighting was really a matter of grenades. Sure I would prefer to have a ppsh 41 with my grenades over a mauser and some grenades in urban fighting but the German infantry was not inefficient in urban combat.

[@marguskiis7711]

My granddad served in German units at first (later in Soviet units) and said he never saw any MP40 in the real life. Only in the movies later. He was given a simple but accurate riffle and that was all.

[@thomascarpenter5673]

another amazing video, quick and to the point but still goes in depth enough to surprise me. keep up the amazing work and looking forward to more videos from you

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@tekis0]

Thank-you for listing the movies!

[@TheScottiem303]

My dad literally had one of these when I was a kid growing up. My grandad took it off the enemy, by hand, in the Korean War. He eventually became a “full-blown” Colonel. The gun was kept under my parents bed, until my dad was worried about the legality of possessing it - so he gave it away to a firearms enthusiast. Wish I had it today. I have many memories of trying to level it off, imagining unloading a drum. 😅

[@spencervandyke1552]

You’re great for movie suggestions.

[@TheEagle2018]

I REQUESTED THIS VIDEO THANKS!

[@bubsterjohnson7438]

Another gun I fell in love with after playing COD WAW when I was real young lol that gun and the FG-42 and the Winchester Model 1897 are prolly some of the coolest guns in my shitty lil opinion lol

[@beckdogg222000]

Great videos, and a great source of great movies.

[@shinkoreancookery952]

Thanks for making another video on great WW2 guns 🤟🤟

[@shinkoreancookery952]

Cheers

[@anisolo07]

Amazing video! Full of movie references to check out... Did not know about most of them till i saw this...

[@EscanV]

I LOVE your channel bud! great content! as a history buff this is my go to! thanks man

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks so much!

[@orange8420]

Thank you for make it waiting for next video

[@DocM.]

I love your videos! I love the history, lessons, commentary, and humor, but also I have to keep pausing to write down in my "Movies To Watch" list 😂

[@canaluludorel5838]

3:57 you know this one- F in the chat for those who don't know who is at the gates

[@dayton8282]

Forgot about the rare K-50m variant of this gun! That’s a cool unicorn in the collector market

[@drudgenemo7030]

The PPSh was chambered in 7.62 Tokerov. Essentially 7.63 Mauser +P. So the Germans could use readily available and domestically produced ammo for it, not just captured ammo, and did not have to convert it to 9 parabellum, though that was more standard in the heer. Interesting thought. The M1/M2 carbine was more powerful, longer range, more accurate, produced in similar numbers, and with it's lower rate of fire, had as much trigger time per 30 round magazine as the PPSh with it's 70 round drum, at 2/3s the weight empty. The PPSh was better in -20C weather, but that's not always the case, even in Russia. And the Marines lobbied the Army to standardize on it in exclusion to any other submachine gun design during WW2.

[@187Rajah]

Tokerov?.. TokArEv!

[@youngmasterzhi]

The PPSH-41 was also colloquially known as "Papasha" (meaning "daddy") by the Soviet soldiers.

[@gyrfalcon-6]

I was looking for this comment I have a Russian friend who always corrects me

[@melissapalaganas95]

Finally i have been waiting for PPSH 41

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I owed you this

[@napiersh1]

The clips from command and conquer were a nice touch.

[@David-wp2iw]

fun fact, pronunciation in russian ppsh corelates to word papasha, which means dad in informal way. So everyone calling it dad instead of ppsh

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

Great video here! 👏🏼😎

[@kylegendreau1801]

I love these videos so much man. Keep it up! Maybe do the Grease Gun next?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Definitely on the list!

[@americanpatriot2422]

Great video

[@firemasterx23]

you spoiling us with these contents

[@5534I]

Keep up the good work! Your videos are super entertaining and informing! Greetings from Finland.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thank you! Much love and respect for the Finnish people and their history.

[@kommandantfury]

Nice, another video about a submachine gun. pog

[@timmccunn2754]

Wow, Johnny, a comprehensive history lesson PLUS movie lesson...dude, you're a rock star! Keep 'em coming bro....👍😁📽 Ya reckon ya might be onto a good thing with this channel of yours my friend?...

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Seems to keep the viewers coming so far :) Thanks for the feed back Tim

[@timmccunn2754]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq pleasure bud...thanks for the enlightening posts, very cool 👍👍

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Quite agree Tim..

[@mister-v-3086]

I'm in my 70s, now, and only recently learned to pronounce the name of this gun as PaPa Sha 41. In Russian usage, the SH sound is considered as its own, unique character.

[@vasiliynikiforov1976]

One more fact for you. PePeSha, or better PaePaeSha. Papasha is "daddy" and its nickname.

[@mister-v-3086]

Spaciba, tovarich.@@vasiliynikiforov1976

[@abumuslimal-asiani2066]

basically mg42 but chambered with 9mm even in most ww2 fps games, ppsh-41 are usually very OP due to high rate of fire

[@vanjamirkovic8996]

i just love how he put you know this one on enemy at the gates

[@theflavorblue]

Thank you for mentioning the ppd such a cool gun

[@peterpaszczak4013]

I knew a WW2 Wermacht vet, more than forty yrs ago, who served in Vlasovs' army, served in France, N Italy, Warsaw AO , was a leutnant in cavarly reconnaisance and did his cavalry training at a some prestigious riding school in Austria, I wish I could remember the name, he finishing up in Yugoslavia against partisans (both ) surrendering to the Allies and ended up in Klagenfurt as a POW... anyway he told me that the PPsh was really favoured by German troops for it's reliability and accuracy, its use was frowned upon by more senior officers, and as you have more than adequately pointed out previously could be dangerous in close combat as it could be confused as a Russian offense .. he referred to it as a Pep esh ka, which is just a variation of all the names we have heard previously, or was just his own native variation of the Russian original. He said it had a very distinctive sound, entirely different from any German weapon and highly favoured.

[@_samdavi9606]

Thanks Jhony❤❤❤ i am waiting For This Gun🔥🔥

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I got you

[@kenm8376]

Subscribed!!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thank you and welcome!

[@pressedsteel7463]

this is the kind of content I enjoy.

[@talbotsplace7316]

I grabbed a PPsH out of a commie base camp in Mozambique. I loved it but loading that drum mag was a pain. It was supposed to hold 71 shots but I could only get 60 in it. Sadly, when I got back to camp, the bloody MPs stole it. I kept the sling though, and used it to hold my bass guitar for many years.

[@kommunisto_adov]

ha ha

[@Tempest2111]

5:02-5:05 - It's true regarding the PPSh-41 had a program while still had that SMG results the cause of the drum magazine, the string, and the bullets were frozen regarding why was the gun was jammed and unable to fired rapidly.

[@sovietreenactingandhistory1663]

Thank you comrade!

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

Papa sha 41: 6 million made in ww2. By Tula? And others M1 carbine: 6 million made by 10 different companies. Including an auto maker, a juke box company, maker of typewriter and others Both iconic no matter what. But the closest i will come is a CZ scorpion evo with a binary trigger. 😅😅 It even received praise from then Captain Hal Moore in Korea You've earned my sub sir. 💪💪👍👍

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Right on man. Welcome to the channel 🙏

[@wilwad]

I've heard the locals here talk about that gun. They were trained in the USSR. They say Pepesha

[@mdsf01]

Steiner!!!! Couldn't help it.... favorite WW2 movie 😊

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Definitely one of my mine as well

[@Rickinsf]

"Torn Curtain" (1966) had a couple shots featuring the PPSh.

[@sonrouge]

I got to hold a legitimate PPsh at a gun show once. It was heavy and awkward with the drum, but I'd have hated to have been on the other end of one in battle.

[@samuelmaia8501]

Excellent videos as always! Makes me want to rewatch 1944 and Stalingrad. And play Command and Conquer HAHA. I would like to ask if you could please make a summary of the movie's clips used in your videos, I would be very thankful!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Hi Sam. There should be the name of the movie that pops in in a corner during the clips also check for a list in the video description section. Thanks for comment :)

[@dennisyoung4631]

Surprisingly heavy, too!

[@TheGrenadier97]

The Unknown Soldier is a great movie. Lots of great submachine gun moments there.

[@peterphilipson2589]

There is also a Hungarian movie, "Freedom and Love". It takes place during the 1956 revolution in Hungary, there is pretty good showcase of the ppsh-41 usage in trained and untrained hand alike.

[@banzaibobA7V]

One turned up in a weapons cache dug up in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, sometime in the early 2000s.

[@michaelcarter3149]

Man, I want one more than anything! I found one very cheap, unfortunately and obviously it had been de-miled. By de-miled I mean the barrel, shroud and upper cut in half, barrel actually twice....with a freaking torch!!!😭

[@stpaul3263]

Very good.

[@NapoleonBonaparte05]

3:55 HAHA yes we all know our favourite soviet sniper movie. Enemy at gates will always be a classic

[@davidhoffman6980]

The Soviets bragged that the PPSH41 had the highest rate of fire of any SMG in WWII, but I see that as a weakness. I think the ideal rate of fire is just fast enough to suppress enemies, while still slow enough to conserve ammo. With a rate of 900 rounds a minute, that comes to 15 rounds a second. If the drum failed or wasn't available, and you had a 30 round box magazine, then you'd have 2 seconds of sustained fire.

[@aa-od6rh]

I wish I could live life the way Tim Curry plays that character in command and conquer

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Don't we all

[@jamesmortimer4016]

It´s weight is what gives the PPSH it´s controlability and 7,62x25 isn´t really a BIG round. It´s a fast one, capable of penetrating any helmet used durring the war. It wont throw a man back like a .45, but the small holes you üpoke into your target with it will make any man collapse

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

its* weight, its* controllability* (it's = it is)

[@carlorrman8769]

Hi mate, great show. I didn't know the ppsh 41 was based on the finnish kp 31. Well done, man always enjoy.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Sorry I didn't overly explain that well. The KP 31 just showed the soviets they desperately needed to up SMG production of their own.

[@wtfronsson]

Not really based on the KP. Although the KP blueprints were stolen and taken to Russia by a spy. The internals are still quite different. It's the drum magazine that was essentially copied as is.

[@VPortho]

@@wtfronsson Yeah, they just look almost the same, but that's about it... There's not many similarities between them technically speaking

[@mugsnvicki]

I have to agree with the others, how do you do it? Great video and very informative. I bought a Pietta PPS-50 because it looks so much like a Papa sha. Ordered a wooden stock and they were out. Settled for for a black stock. Just not the same. But looks awesome with a drum magazine anyways. Part of my Russian collection.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

The drum is so iconic. If my channel ever grows enough I hope to be able to start a collection and showcase some the weapons I'm discussing. Thanks again for the feedback 🙏

[@AndrewTakkep]

PPSH = ППШ(rus) = ПаПаШа(rus) = daddy😉

[@Gunbudder]

you can tell if someone is a huge gun nerd when they use the Russian pronunciation of the letters п (p) and ш (sh). i love that the acronym in russian is also a pun because saying letters in russian (pa-pa-shaw) sounds like the word for "papa."

[@jasonmussett2129]

The Ppsh-41 summed up; basic, but oh so effective!

[@Kruppt808]

Playing Call To War: Gates of Hell: Ostfront and then this video got recommended to me :) Thanks JJ

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Happy gaming!

[@jirikajzar3247]

Well about simplicity, although it was simplier than PPD-40 it was still not as simple as PPS-42 and 43, which are more of a typical simple WW2 smg with box magazine only, minimum wood parts, simple sights, etc. 7.62x25 Tokarev is more of a carabine round than pistol one (since it evolved from 7.63x25 Borchardt and Mauser round, both C93 and C96 were much more useful when used with buttstock as carabines than pistols) and from what i know Soviets adopted it only because it wasn't too different from rifle rounds so manufacturing it didn't required too different machinery. It had lot of penetrative power but im not so sure about stopping power. In any way 9mm Luger is still standard round in NATO armies while 7.62mm Tokarev was replaced by 9mm round from Makarov...

[@danielwordsworth1843]

I would say they gone for Makarov, because with AK being being spread as it was, there was no need for pistol amunition to be that strong, asnit would overlap with AK effecrive distance also, Makarov amunition was developed along the pistol, which emphasized compact size and concealment

[@jirikajzar3247]

@@danielwordsworth1843 I think they found out 7.62x25 is over the top cartridge for service pistol. Makarov's design was copying Walther and used rounds directly influenced by 9x19 Parabellum. I would like to add reason why Soviets adopted 7.62x25. It was due to C-96 being pretty common weapon among Tsarist officers as it was one of several designs they were allowed to purchase and use as their service weapon, and due to the post WWI trade with Weimar republic that sold them many C-96 "Bolo's" along with tooling to make ammo.

[@Snuffy03]

I had one of these in my possession at one time. Knowing I could never get it home, I destroyed it myself just too keep some REMF officer from getting his hands on it. It was a fascinating piece of weaponry.

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[@eamonnclabby7067]

Very impressive and entertaining glance eastwards, many thanks for sharing this with us...E

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks as always E 🙏

[@MyHentaiGirlNeko]

I know about tale about a PPSH in the hand of VietCong have their origin back all the way to WWII So the German capture it from the SoViet and when they lost the war, many join the French foreign legion, bring their own weapons with them or captured german weapon, including the PPSH During the Vietnam War, the Viet Minh capture alot of French weapons like the MAT smg but also alot of WWII weapons like MP40, Garand, Thompson and many more. Cause suprise suprise, the US give the Frenchy alot of supplies, and the French also distribute them among the German in French Foreign Legion They capture even more weapons after the French surrender. But during Vietnam War against the US, they already have support from China and SoViet so most of these grandpa weapons are push down to the VietCong in the South and smaller militia and support personal back North

[@aghileswanisheddouche5105]

love your videos , you should do a top 3 best algerian war movies ?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I should be able to do that. Give me a month or so 🙏

[@aghileswanisheddouche5105]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq you got it

[@BNVodkaFPS]

That drum mag is deadly, have tried it once, heavy but when shooting it's quite stable, could work like a LMG

[@masterbuilderproductions]

M97 trench gun!!! There’s one in the thin red line, and trench 11.

[@paulustarsus]

Great narration. 🔥👊🇮🇪💚

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks Paulus!

[@MrTheradbrad]

I just wanted to say that I like seeing ,,1944" clips in your videos, maybe top3 Estonian war movies, I can give out a recommendation list

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Please do!

[@MrTheradbrad]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 1. ,,O2" - The film is about the Estonian intelligence officer Feliks Kangur (played Priit Võigemast) tried to find out a traitor in the secret service in 1939, on the eve of Estonia losing its independence. Trailer- kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3epmZh6oN50i8k 2. 1944- As the Soviet Union advances to recapture Estonia from its German occupiers, with huge losses on both sides, the film explores the mental conflicts of young Estonians. Some have volunteered or been conscripted into the German forces, most with little commitment to the Nazi regime. Others have volunteered or been conscripted into the Soviet forces, again with little commitment to the Communist regime. Whichever side wins will regard the Estonians on the opposing side as traitors, liable to execution or deportation. Neither side offers the Estonians autonomy from foreign control. Trailer- kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXWwq5iBrtKrbZo 3. As WW2 movies are rare thing in Estonian cinema, because it still reminds scars of the people, who were in the military or the ones who got deported, I recommend a movie about estonians gaining their independence in 1920. The perfect movie for it is ,,Names in Marble". It is based on the novel of the same name written by Albert Kivikas in 1936 about the Estonian War of Independence fought in 1918-1920. Despite peaceful speeches, the army of the Soviet Russian is attacking Estonia, and the country's government is declaring a mobilization for all. Henn Ahas, the son of a poor family, hesitates to go to war because he does not know whether he will follow his brother to the Red Guards or join the government forces alongside his schoolmates. Ahas is unrelated to either, and is later captured by Red Guards forces, and in captivity, Ahas meets the young bourgeois girl Marta. Finnish officer Sulo Kallio, who is aiming for government forces, release Ahas and Marta, and they escape. On the escape route, Ahas must choose on whose side he fights. Trailer- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXUi3iYrtZ-h80 Honorable mention: 4. ,,December Heat" which talks about the about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt. December 1924. It's only a matter of minutes whether Estonian young independence continues to exist or we become a province with minor importance of big communist Russia. Independence which seems so self-evident today depends at that moment on couple of random coincidences." Trailer- kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5DXkKCsn76Ia5I

[@makukawakami]

the ejection port is on the top of the ppsh so the empty cartridges would be raining down on the person who's firing it. i wonder how they fixed this problem.

[@eugenius6519]

I wouldn't compare the PPSH with the sten or mp40 as the PPSH was a major improvement on the PPD-40 instead of being just cheaper to produce.

[@jakubekiert5993]

Finelly ppsh. Thanks brother

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I got you