Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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PPD-34/38 & PPD-40

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 87 ↗

Russian, Model PPD 1934/38 and PPD 1940, submachineguns, cal. 7.62mm, original Russian manufacture.

ATF lists cal. 7.62mm; this is the 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “original Russian manufacture”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1934–1944.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)
Manufacturer
Kovrov Plant No. 2; Sestroretsk & Kulakov plants, Leningrad¹
Type
SMG
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
7.62×25mm
Made
1934–1944production; ATF states no date²
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Пистолет-пулемёт Дегтярёва” ↗, maker: production at Kovrov State Plant No. 2 from 1934 (44 in 1934 … 1,700 in 1939); in the war restored in Leningrad at the Sestroretsk Tool Factory and, from December 1941, the A. A. Kulakov plant
  2. Wikipedia, “PPD-40” ↗, years: infobox production date 1934–1944, most in 1940; Russian Wikipedia: from 1934 until December 1942 — sources disagree on the end, y widened to cover both
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1934–1941 → 1934–1944. English Wikipedia gives production 1934–1944, ru gives 1934–December 1942; widened to cover both, no source gives 1941
  2. Evidence passMaker: Soviet state arsenals → Kovrov Plant No. 2; Sestroretsk & Kulakov plants, Leningrad. Russian Wikipedia names the plants

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Historical context

PPD-34/38 & PPD-40

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “PPD-34-38 SMG.JPG” by Red_army_pistols_and_automatic_weapons.JPG: MKFI derivative work: Atirador (talk), Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “PPD-40”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The PPD 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. It was replaced by the PPSh-41.