Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook163 pages1 hour
Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II: PPD-40, PPSh-41 and PPS
By Chris McNab, Steve Noon and Alan Gilliland
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The submachine gun (SMG) came to be the embodiment of the Soviet fighting spirit during World War II. From 1943 the Red Army's preference for close-quarters combat resulted in entire infantry units being equipped with nothing but SMGs. By deploying multiple SMG-armed companies and battalions, the Red Army was able to develop ferocious firepower in urban warfare and position assaults, the soldiers keeping within the SMG's effective range of about 150m to nullify the German skills in armoured and manoeuvre warfare, artillery support and aerial bombardment. Featuring expert analysis and an array of specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study explains the history, use and development of Soviet wartime SMGs in detail. It gives particular focus to the tactical applications of these weapons in combat, and how they compared to firearms wielded by their German opponents. With numerous first-hand combat accounts, and detailed technical explanations, this book is ideal for both the general reader and the firearms enthusiast.
Unavailable
Author
Chris McNab
CHRIS McNAB is a writer and editor who specialises in military history and technology. He is an author of many internationally bestselling books on weapons and warfare, including titles in the Battle Story series on Verdun and Cambrai, as well as The World War I Story (all The History Press) i, as well as The Great Book of Guns; How to Survive Anything, Anywhere; The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War; Modern Military Uniforms; The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook; and Special Forces Survival Guide.
Read more from Chris Mc Nab
Combat Techniques: The Complete Guide to How Soldiers Fight Wars Today Mythical Monsters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SAS Training Manual: How to get fit enough to pass a special forces selection course Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extreme Fitness: Military Workouts and Fitness Challenges for Maximising Performance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mental Endurance: How to develop mental toughness from the world's elite forces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5POW Escape And Evasion: Essential Military Skills To Avoid Being Caught By the Enemy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Greatest Small Arms: An Illustrated History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hunting: Essential hunting and outdoor survival skills from the world's elite forces Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The U.S. Army Infantryman Pocket Manual 1941–45: ETO & MTO Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The U.S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGlock: The World's Handgun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the World in 100 Weapons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A History of War: From Ancient Warfare to the Global Conflicts of the 21st Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSurvival First Aid: How to treat injuries and save lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hitler’s Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World War II Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Vietnam War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle Story: Passchendaele 1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle Story: Verdun 1916 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler’s Eagles: The Luftwaffe 1933–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Battle Story: Cambrai 1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II
Related ebooks
German Machine Guns of the Second World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the PPSh-41 Submachine Gun Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kalashnikov in Combat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGun Digest Guide to the Modern AK: Gear, Accessories & Upgrades for the AK-47 and Its Variants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5United States Infantry Weapons of the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Greatest Small Arms: An Illustrated History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5German Guns of the Third Reich Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Illustrated History of Guns: From First Firearms to Semiautomatic Weapons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Gun Trivia: Essential Firepower Facts Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Gun Digest Book of Classic American Combat Rifles Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Axis Tanks of the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler’s Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What the Citizen Should Know About Our Arms and Weapons: A Guide to Weapons from the 1940s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPanzer Killers: Anti-Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mortars in World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe M4 Carbine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet versus German Armour on the Eastern Front Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breaking The Mold: Tanks In The Cities [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Handbook on German Military Forces Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact: Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5T-34: The Red Army's Legendary Medium Tank Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Russian Armour in the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPanzers I & II: Germany's Light Tanks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTactical Small Arms of the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Small Arms From Around the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArmoured Warfare on the Eastern Front Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTank Wrecks of the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Infantry Aces: The German Soldier in Combat in WWII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sniper in Action: History, Equipment, Techniques Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers 1940 - 1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Wars & Military For You
Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wager Disaster: Mayem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
What Makes Cluster Bombs Controversial? 0% found this document usefulIs the U.S. Power Grid Vulnerable to Chinese Attack? 0% found this document usefulTwo Bombs | Part 2 100% found this document usefulThe Western Front: The Generals in the First World War: The Western Front, that cauldron of war, a bubbli… 0% found this document usefulUkraine War: Artillery Shortages Affect Both Sides 0% found this document usefulAlexander Mikaberidze, "Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2022): An interview with Alexander Mikaberidze 0% found this document usefulThe Secret History of Nuclear War 100% found this document usefulPeter Harmsen, "Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze" (Casemate, 2015): An interview with Peter Harmsen 0% found this document usefulOn War 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Is-3 Heavy Tank History of WarArticle
Is-3 Heavy Tank
Dec 29, 2020
3 min readThe Last Serving Battle Rifle G3 Man MagnumArticle
The Last Serving Battle Rifle G3
Apr 27, 2020
THE G3 IS overshadowed by its contemporaries for reasons that perhaps have more to do with politics than functionality and reliability, and could make for a good story on its own. As a battle, it is quite easily one of the best out there; it saw exte
5 min readHome-made American Vintorez RecoilArticle
Home-made American Vintorez
Mar 29, 2022
5 min readThe Pistole 08: Luger’s Masterpiece RecoilArticle
The Pistole 08: Luger’s Masterpiece
Jul 31, 2020
4 min readThe French Mas-36 Bolt Action Rifle Military TraderArticle
The French Mas-36 Bolt Action Rifle
Sep 25, 2019
6 min readThe M8 / M8A1 Scabbard Military TraderArticle
The M8 / M8A1 Scabbard
Oct 2, 2020
3 min readLast Of The Breed RecoilArticle
Last Of The Breed
Aug 2, 2019
4 min readThe Scar Without Fn RecoilArticle
The Scar Without Fn
May 24, 2022
8 min readGunroom Shooting Times & CountryArticle
Gunroom
Mar 18, 2020
2 min readA Break-top With A Bulldog’s Body Wild WestArticle
A Break-top With A Bulldog’s Body
Jul 23, 2019
3 min read‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun VietnamArticle
‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun
Dec 1, 2020
1 min readStill The One Gun DigestArticle
Still The One
Apr 30, 2020
3 min readThe Worst Of The Lot RecoilArticle
The Worst Of The Lot
Jan 24, 2020
7 min readLivin’ On The Edge RecoilArticle
Livin’ On The Edge
Mar 23, 2021
4 min readOpening Round MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military HistoryArticle
Opening Round
Jan 9, 2024
1 min readOld School RecoilArticle
Old School
Sep 26, 2023
4 min readPanzerfaust MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military HistoryArticle
Panzerfaust
Jul 12, 2022
1 min readFrom Russia With Love To Vietnam VietnamArticle
From Russia With Love To Vietnam
Feb 21, 2023
1 min readThe Chinese Dragon Of Dragunovs RecoilArticle
The Chinese Dragon Of Dragunovs
Nov 29, 2022
7 min readA Rifle For A Hero Sporting GunArticle
A Rifle For A Hero
Nov 2, 2021
Occasionally, when you are browsing the used rifle racks something a little out of the ordinary shows up. This month’s Blast from the Past is no exception. Of all the mass-produced bolt-action rifles ever made, this is one of the most numerous, with
2 min readBullets From The Rear VietnamArticle
Bullets From The Rear
Feb 5, 2019
10 min readBritain Vs.america Round 3? RecoilArticle
Britain Vs.america Round 3?
Jul 27, 2021
Years ago, when I was still an assistant curator, I gave a vault tour to the Outdoor Channel’s Gun Stories production crew. When I opened one of the vault doors, they got incredibly excited to see a firearm about which I knew very little — a firearm
5 min readWWII PANZERFAUSTS & PIATs History of WarArticle
WWII PANZERFAUSTS & PIATs
Sep 1, 2022
3 min readGreen Devil Primer Military TraderArticle
Green Devil Primer
Jan 3, 2022
5 min readScope Cases & Cans of the German Wehrmacht Military TraderArticle
Scope Cases & Cans of the German Wehrmacht
Apr 29, 2022
4 min readKorea Crucible Of Modern War History of WarArticle
Korea Crucible Of Modern War
Mar 14, 2024
7 min readBooks In Brief Military TraderArticle
Books In Brief
Feb 4, 2022
Online too: www.militarytrader.com Black & Field-Gray Uniforms of Himmler’s SS, Vols 1 And 2, Waffen-SS Camouflage Uniforms, Vols. 1 And 2, by Lorenzo Silvestri (ISBNs: 978-0-7643-5065-8; 978-0-7643-5066-5; 978-0-7643-5156-3; and 978-0-7643-5157-0. S
3 min readThe Art Of The Arms Race Foreign Policy MagazineArticle
The Art Of The Arms Race
Jul 11, 2022
11 min readTovarisch The Face Of Russian Resistance History of WarArticle
Tovarisch The Face Of Russian Resistance
Sep 6, 2018
5 min readWhy Kalashnikov Gun DigestArticle
Why Kalashnikov
Oct 26, 2021
Meanwhile in Moscow… The roots of the AK rifle as a functioning infantry weapon can be traced to the end of 1942, when Soviet troops on the Volkhov Front captured the first samples of German MP-43 automatic carbines that were chambered for the new in
11 min read
Reviews for Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
2 ratings0 reviews