PPD-40

 The PPD-40 is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and was capable of selective fire. Unfortunately the PPD-40 was too complicated and expensive to mass-produce, and although it was used in action in the initial stages of World War II, it was officially replaced by the superior and cheaper PPSh-41 by the end of 1941.

PPD-40 in The War That Came Early


The PPD-40 was the Russian answer to the German MP-40. Although used piecemeal, it was still the most common soviet sub-machine gun seen in combat. Lt. Demange used a captured one himself. Although he thought it ugly, it was still capable of killing lots of people, really quickly.