Georgy Shpagin Military person

Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin (Russian: Георгий Семёнович Шпагин; April 29, 1897 - February 6, 1952) was a Russian weapons designer. He is best known as the creator of the famous PPSh-41 submachine gun, as well as working with Vasily Degtyaryov on the DShK heavy machine gun.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 29, 1897
Birth place
Russian Empire , Guberniya
Date of deathFebruary 06, 1952
Place of death
Soviet Union

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Military person

allegianceSoviet Union
award
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour (USSR)
Order of Suvorov
Order of the Red Star
military operations
World War II

Georgy Shpagin on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9759