Commander of the Red Army 1943-45

[Medieval Forge Miniatures]

We continue !! I present to you a new release from Medieval Forge Miniatures! "Commander of the Red Army 1943-45", 1/10, A-022. Sculptor Nikita Ableev !!!
Information site: http://medievalforge.pythonanywhere.com

 

[Warren SMITH]

Stunning

 

[Sgt. Red]

Fantastic figure.

 

[NeilW]

Nice... lovely modelling of the pouch/holster etc

 

[Martin Antonenko]

The weapon is a PPS 43 ( 7,62-мм пистолет-пулемёт Судаева образца 1943, pistolet-pulemjot Sudajewa obrasza 1943 goda, Submachine gun Sudajew Modell 1943)...:



Haaach, I'm in love...

He will be mine!


Cheers

 

[akaryu]

Another winner from Master Ableev! And an absolute must have!

cheers,

Pierre

 

[Airkid]

That is very special It has to go on my list for sure. Interesting choice of the less common Sudayev PPS43 over the ubiquitous Shpagin PPSh 41. Great release MFM, and outstanding sculpting Nikita

Phil

 

[Noel Walker]

I will be looking forward to this one

 

[Martin Antonenko]

The PPS 43 was developed for four reasons:


Thanks to the foldable shoulder rest, it was smaller than the PPSh 41 and was easier to carry in a tank than as a self-defense weapon.



It did not have the round magazine of the PPSh 41, which tended to jam...:



Later the PPSh 41 also got a bar magazine like the PPS 43...:



Due to the greatly simplified design and construction, the proportion of steel in the PPS 43 fell by over 50 percent and the production time for a weapon by over 60 percent compared to the PPSh 41.


It was significantly lighter than the PPSh 41.


Both weapons fired the same ammunition, of course.


However, the rate of fire of the PPS 43 with 700 rounds / minute was lower than that of the more robust PPSh 41 (800 to 1,000 rounds / minute, depending on the magazine ).




None other than Mikhail Kalashnikow called the PPS 43 "by far the best submachine gun of the Second World War" ...




Cheers

 

[Airkid]

I've owned de-activated versions of both, and the Finnish Suomi (similar to the Shpagin) plus others, and I know which one I'd prefer to lug about all day. Although the ammunition (7.62 Tokarev) was common to both, the stick magazines weren't interchangeable, which I find a bit curious. The "radvezchiki" scouts liked the MP40, presumably as they could "liberate" 9mm ammo for it from German sources, not because it was better.

Phil

 

[Edorta]

Great bust, very fine detail.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia