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Rare Soviet PDW during WW2


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Hello everyone! It is known that during the WWII began the process of simplification of the SMG. The choice of a new weapon was in the direction of compactness, simplicity and cheapness. The SMG could not solve all the problems on the battlefield, leaving the work with Auto Rifles, Machine Guns and a new class - Assault Rifles.


The role of SMG was reduced to melee weapons, later this class will be called - Personal Defense Weapon (PDW).


Few people know, but in the USSR already during WWII, options for such weapons were considered! It has never been adopted, but in my opinion, is worth mentioning.


If someone adds or fixes, I will be glad.


1) SMG Shpital'nogo 1942

Пистолет-Пулемет Шпитального обр. 1942 г.


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2) SMG Rukovishnikova 1942 (PPR)

Пистолет-Пулемет Руковишникова обр. 1942 г.


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3) Pocket SMG Yazikova (KPPYa)

Карманный Пистолет-Пулемет Язикова обр. 1943 г.


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4) SMG "hidden wear" Sergeeva 1943

Пистолет-Пулемет "скрытого ношения" Сергеева обр. 1943


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5) SMG Pushkina 1945

Пистолет-Пулемет Пушкина обр. 1945 г.


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You are right a lot of the weapons produced by the USSR are not known in the West, this was, of course, ideological reasons ... Some of the weapons I have listed are stored in various Museums now in Russia. Some additional photos on this topic ..

 

1) Tulski State Museum of Weapons (Tula)

 

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2) Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (St. Petersburg)

 

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3) Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (St. Petersburg)

 

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4) Minsk Museum of the Great Patriotic War (Minsk)

 

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5) Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Moscow)

 

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allweapons,

how and from whereare you loading the images? They do not show up on my PC but I can see them on my phone. I've obviously set some sort of a blocker on my PC and I need to figure out what to unblock

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