C&R · IV · 191
PPSh-41 & Bloc copies
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, PPSH41, cal. 7.62mm, submachineguns and all copies/variations produced in the Communist Bloc countries prior to the mid 1950's.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “produced in the Communist Bloc countries prior to the mid 1950's”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1955 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “prior to the mid 1950's”
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
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: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “PPSh-41” ↗, years: designed 1941; Soviet production 1941–1947; Bloc copies such as the Chinese Type 50 and Hungarian 48M (early 1950s)
- 2. Wikipedia, “Пистолет-пулемёт Шпагина” ↗, maker: made from July 1941 at the NKV plant in Zagorsk, evacuated to Vyatskiye Polyany (over 2.5 million), and at the Degtyarev plant, Kirov plants (Tokmak, Alma-Ata), GPZ-1, Zvezda, Dalzavod and others; en: licensed Bloc copies (Type 49, Type 50, Radom, Cugir)
- 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, “PPSh-41 from soviet.jpg” by Lposka, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “PPSh-41”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The PPSh-41 is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin in the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40.