PPS-43 Submachine Gun - In The Movies

A brief overview of the PPS-43 Submachine Gun as featured in the movies.

Movies featured:

The Turn Coat 2020
Kalashnikov 2020
The Battle of Jangsari 2019
Unknown Soldier 2017
Battery Number One 2015
The Man in the high castle 2015
1944 – 2015
New Kids Turbo 2010
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008
Tali-Ihantala 1944 – 2007
Assembly 2007
The Star (Zvezda) 2002
We Were Soldiers 2002
Seven Years in Tibet 1997
Wolmi Island 1982
They Fought for Their Country 1975
The Tank Brigade 1955

Video Games:
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly

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[mbryson]

My mind boggles at how many films you must watch and your fine eye for selecting interesting, illustrative scenes. I appreciate the work you put into this channel, sir.

[SeenBeatleofDoom]

PPS-43 and M3 grease gun are underrated WW2 submachine guns that deserved more respect from cinema and video games.

[BHuang]

Interesting Fact:
Alexei Sudayev would later design the AS-44, a prototype assault rifle. It failed to pass due to the death of the creator. However, much of the features would later influence Kalashnikov's rifle.

[aaronjohn]

Great explanation how such a simple weapon, cheaply made could have such a big impact. No wonder why the B.A.R. never really took hold in terms of cost and production when compared to what the British or Soviets produced.

[AnonEMus-cpmn]

The PPS-43 also finds itself in movies featuring West African conflicts. Once it was phased out it became a staple all over the world

[roadstarman]

A guy at work has a friend who bought a whole container load of deactivated ones. 'Deactivated' is kind of a tame term to use for what they did to those things. They were cut into pieces with a torch and pretty horrible looking. They have managed to put a couple of them back together with careful fitting, welding, and grinding. He definitely has his work cut out for him.

[poromafia]

The Finns started manufacturing their own version of this gun designated m-44 in 9mm parabellum and it has a nickname Peltiheikki (something along the lines of sheet metal Henry if translated). It was used up to 70's after which it got replaced.

[justalex.]

The soviet gun that any cod fan and average ww2 enjoyer will always know what it is.And of course its great to see you again true ww2 content here.

[irohito]

For those who don't know, the PPS 43 is still in service today with the most recent action seen during the Russo Ukrainian War. In service by the Korean People's Army (North Korean Army), the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs units and the Donbas Seperatist Militia

[cascadianrangers]

The best part about pps is the round, 7.62x25 is a smoking hot load for a pistol, and even today they will defeat most soft body armor and zip through cover

[johnc]

The PPS 43 is a great firearm. Functions very well and easy to control.

[BulletproofMeatFlaps]

Once again, you're doing fantastic work. It's strange to see offhand YouTube videos with millions of views with similar content to yours while your channel is dedicated to the subject of weaponry in films and boasts comparatively fewer views and subs. I have faith your channel is going to boom soon. Keep it up man.

[alucardthedumbyhead]

One of the most interesting variants in my opinion is the vietnamese k50m which was produced during the Vietnam War and saw a decent amount of use by NVA and VC.

[StarsAndSnipes]

Never knew this was in so many movies! One thing I loves about your videos Johnny, I’m always finding new films to watch!

[superdupermax]

SMG was so successful as a weapon, Soviets changed their infantry doctrine during ww2 for it. The whole thing about tossing waves of troops into mg fire ... was a meme especially in the 2nd half. Assault troops were given smgs

[battlejitney]

Glad to see the films you featured showing soldiers holding it by the mag. I’ve fired one of these and the barrel shroud is not enough to keep from burning your hand on a mag dump.

[jamesturner]

Johnny After Dark with the late late upload.

[luger_Mann]

Dont remember if I commented on this before but at anyrate, I got to fire a pps43 a good while back and can only equate it to firing a Uzi, it just works, nothing fancy, no special feel just a gun that works, pretty cool overall

[patriotenfield]

PPS 43 also surfaced in the war of Donbass popular among both Ukrainians and The Russian speaker militia .

[cavebrain]

I didn't even know the pps-43 existed, awesome video.