The submachine-gun
is a compact automatic weapon firing pistol ammunition, designed for
short-range assault and close-quarter fighting. After 1934 the Red
Army issued their soldiers with the Degtyarev
PPD submachine-gun. It used a drum magazine holding 71 rounds
of 7.62mm pistol ammunition. In 1940 it was replaced by a new model
that improved the magazine and its method of attachment. Army officers
liked the Degtyarev because it was simple to operate and its firepower
encouraged their men to act aggressively against the German invaders.
Soviet
troops with the Degtyarev submachine-gun.
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