PP-2000 Russian submachine gun with red dot sight
Russia and also USSR

Russian Submachine Guns from 1927 to 2017 – Including Video Footage and Overviews

While many Westerners focus on the Mosin Nagant and Kalashnikov rifles, Russia has a very long history of submachine guns (SMGs).  SMGs are typically fire weapons that use a pistol cartridge as opposed to an intermediate- or rifle-sized round.

In this cool 25 minute video, Jmantime takes you on a journey with a lot of historical video footage starting with the experimental Tokarev Model 1927.  It was a blowback operated  7.3 pound SMG that fired the 7.62x38R round that the Nagant M1895 revolver.

Tokarev Model 1927 prototype submachine gun, 7.62x38mmR caliber

On to more modern weapons that we see currently such as the PP-19 Bizon.

PP-19 Bizon submachine gun, 9x19mm Parabellum, 64-round helical magazine

And my current favorite, he also has footage of the PP-29-01 Vityaz-SN:

PP-19-01 Vityaz submachine gun, 9x19mm Parabellum, 30-round magazine

Folding stock on a Russian submachine gun, likely an AKS-74U

He also covers many, many others such as the PP-40, PPSH-41, PPS-43, OTs-39, and PP-2000.  Here’s the 25 minute video – I think you’l find it very interesting — I just wish the clips were higher resolution :-):

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