The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Дегтярёва Degtyaryov machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden stock fired from an open bolt and was capable of selective fire.
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