| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2014 10:43 p.m. PST |
"For nearly 30 years, soldiers heard an unforgettable sound coming from a weapon firing from behind the rubble in Stalingrad. Or echoing in the frozen hills of the Korean Peninsula during human-wave attacks. Or even rattling the jungles of Vietnam during firefights with the Viet Cong. BRRAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP! Before the AK-47 became the symbol of Soviet armed forces, there was the "burp gun"—officially, the PPSh-41. It's an ugly gun that makes an ugly sound during extended fire. Looks aside, the burp gun sure did work…"
Full article here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| skippy0001 | 20 Oct 2014 4:56 a.m. PST |
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| thosmoss | 20 Oct 2014 6:19 a.m. PST |
What's Russian for 'Have a nice day'? "Hasta la vista, baby …" translates to: "Hasta La Vista, ребенок" |
| James Wright | 20 Oct 2014 10:00 a.m. PST |
I have to disagree. I always thought the PPSh-41 looked kinda cool. And they are a heck of a lot of fun to shoot. That being said, I have only ever heard of the "Burp gun" being used as a term by GIs talking about MP40s, so this was kind of an interesting article with that in mind. Maybe "burp gun" was just a broad term of the period? |
| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2014 10:55 a.m. PST |
Agree with you my friend.
Not ugly at all!. Amicalement
Armand |
| skippy0001 | 20 Oct 2014 12:43 p.m. PST |
The drum was unreliable which is why sometimes you see soldiers carrying more than one PPSH, easier to switch weapons. |
| john lacour | 20 Oct 2014 3:37 p.m. PST |
i fired a real one(not the .22) with a drum mag. the things a beast! |
| Capt John Miller | 20 Oct 2014 8:14 p.m. PST |
Holy cow! That is devastating firepower! I wonder how does it compare to the MP40? I also noticed that the Russian dude made references to Nazi soldiers or Nazi zombies as his target? hhhmmmmmmm
(Last sentence is a JOKE! Thank you.)
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| John Treadaway | 27 Oct 2014 9:02 a.m. PST |
Having recently fired a Thompson and an MP40 on full auto, I am deeply impressed by the groupings he was getting. It looked very controllable. John T |
| capncarp | 28 Oct 2014 7:08 p.m. PST |
Considering the much lighter bullet the PPSh threw (7.62x25 Tokarev vs. .45 ACP and 9mm Para, respectively) and the weapon's innate mass, I can easily believe that it was easier to hold the spray on target. Besides, in standard Soviet peasant-proof weapon design, the weapon doubled as a club or a sledgehammer. |
