This is a later version of the great PPSh-41, and probably was the best submachine gun of the war although many hold that the '41 was better. As PzKpfw_VI_E notes it was first issued during the Seige of Leningrad. Later in the war, entire divisions would be armed with this weapon and that was a fearsome opponent for the retreating Germans.

Easy to make, easy to use, and able to withstand the worst that the Soviet Union had to offer. This weapon helped greatly to save Leningrad, and was a fine piece of machinery. Although not as great when compared to the best SMG of the war, the PPSh, the PPS is still a great weapon. It proves that something made out of desperate times can find itself in the realm of legendary status.