Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin (Russian: Георгий Семёнович Шпагин; 17 April 1897 [1] – 6 February 1952) [2] was a Soviet weapons designer. He is best-known as the creator of the PPSh-41, a submachine gun that saw widespread use by the Red Army on the Eastern Front.

The PPSh-41 (Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт Шпа́гина-41, romanized: Pistolét-pulemyót Shpágina-41, lit. 'Shpagin's machine-pistol-41') is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin of the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40.

2017年4月21日 · Designed by Vasily A. Degtyaryov with a drum-rotary ammunition feed devised by Georgy S. Shpagin, the Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny (heavy caliber), or DShK 38, entered Soviet service on Feb. 26, 1939, and earned …

2021年3月6日 · Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin was a Russian small arms designer, best known for creating the PPSh-41 submachine gun as well as working with Vasily Degtyaryov on the DShK heavy machine gun.

Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin (Russian: Георгий Семёнович Шпагин; April 29, 1897 - February 6, 1952) was a Russian weapons designer. He is best known as the creator of the famous PPSh-41 submachine gun, as well as working with Vasily Degtyaryov on the DShK heavy machine gun.

2024年4月24日 · On April 29, 1897, Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin was born, a famous Soviet weapons designer. Throughout his career, he worked alongside many famous Soviet weapons designers such as Kalashnikov, Degtyaryov, Fyodorov and Tokarev.

Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin (Cyrillic: Георгий Семёнович Шпагин) was a Soviet firearms designer. Shpagin worked with Vasily Degtyaryov and Vladimir Fyodorov in workshops around the Vladimir Oblast. After 15 years of unsuccessful attempts at creating firearms, he created the DShK machine gun with Degtyaryov.

The PPSH-41 was designed in 1940 by Georgy Shpagin as a cheaper and more simplified alternative to the PPD series of submachine guns. The PPD-40 was, in turn, partially a Soviet copy based on the concept of the Suomi KP-31 that the Soviets encountered fighting the Finnish during the Winter War.

2017年5月7日 · During the years of the Civil War from November 1918 to 1920 he served in the Red Army as a weapon corpsman and gunsmith in the 8 rifle regiment in the city of Vladimir.

2020年10月22日 · Designed by Georgy Shpagin in the early 1940s, the PPSh-41 weighs eight pounds (3.63 kg), fires a 7.62 x 25mm bullet, and is capable of firing 900 rounds per minute. Due to its weight and medium recoil, this short range submachine gun allows the operator to have tight groupings when fired.