C&R · IV · 190
PPS-43 submachinegun
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, PPS 43, submachinegun.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1943–1946.
- 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.)Basis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Soviet state arsenalsBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- SMGBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.62×25mmBasis: no citation
- Made
- 1943–1946production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева” ↗, maker: PPS made at the Sestroretsk arms plant and other Leningrad plants (46,572 by January 1944); PPS-43 adopted 1943, 175,174 made in 1943
- 2. Wikipedia, “PPS submachine gun” ↗, years: PPS-43 entered production towards the middle of 1943; infobox production 1942–1946 (USSR); ru text 'produced in the USSR from 1943 to 1945' — y covers 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
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “PPS-43 noBG.png” by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MKFI, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “PPS submachine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The PPS-43 is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.