Submachine guns appeared in connection with the increased needs of special services for small-sized and rapid-firing weapons that can be used in urban environments. Moreover, the power of this weapon should be significantly less than that of machine guns (automatic rifles), since when fighting in urban conditions it is important to minimize the number of casualties among civilians.
The PP-2000 submachine gun is a successful development of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau, released in 2000. Six years later, this weapon was thoroughly improved and put into mass production. The first developments, which ultimately led to the creation of the PP-200, began back in the 1910s.
The history of the appearance of the first submachine guns
It is believed that the world's first submachine gun was the MP-18, the development of the legendary Hugo Schmeisser, with whose light hand all subsequent SMGs of the German army until 1945 were called nothing more than “Schmeissers”. In fact, the palm in the invention of the world's first submachine gun belongs to the Italians. It was Italian Army Major Abel Revelli who in 1914 invented the world's first submachine gun, which had truly incredible tactical and technical characteristics for that time:
- This weapon had two barrels;
- The rate of fire was 3,000 rounds per minute.
Despite such performance characteristics, the new submachine gun had a huge weight for small arms (6.5 kg), and the bullets fired from it flew too short a distance. It is for this reason that the Italian PP did not arouse interest among European small arms manufacturers.
In Germany, H. Schmeisser became interested in the new Italian-made PP, who managed not only to create his own model of a submachine gun, but also to put its production on stream. Already in 1917, soldiers of the German army received the MP-18 PP, which turned out to be a very convenient and effective weapon in the conditions of “trench” warfare.
Despite the fairly successful use of PP during the First World War, after its end, the development of new models of weapons of this type was practically not carried out. Only after the Chak War it became clear that traditional types of small arms cannot always effectively solve combat missions of various types. It is for this reason that 1935 became the starting point from which the world's largest states began serious development of submachine guns. At the same time, the main task of the PP was firing in bursts, and single shots were only an auxiliary function of the weapon.
Development of the Russian PP-2000
In Russia, the first production model of a submachine gun was the Degtyarev submachine gun, which was put into service in 1935. Having gone through the Finnish War, this weapon proved the high effectiveness of SMGs in close combat.
The most famous Soviet PP was the Shpagin submachine gun, which was adopted for service in 1941. It went through the entire Great Patriotic War, after which it was supplied to a number of friendly countries for a long time.
In the early 90s, the Ministry of Internal Affairs faced an acute question of how to replace the AKSU assault rifle, which was used by the special services and police officers in urban environments. Application practice has shown that the likelihood of accidental casualties from the ricochet of cartridges is too high.
The designers were given the task of developing a light and compact weapon that would not be inferior in its parameters to the best foreign models of submachine guns. At the same time, the skills of a shooter from such a weapon should not exceed the average, which would make it extremely easy to master.
PP-2000 was developed in 2001 by the Tula Design Bureau. The main developers of this weapon were the following specialists:
- Professor Gryazev;
- Weapons specialist Volkov;
- Weapons specialist Kuznetsov.
Due to a lack of funding, the first sample of PP-2000 was presented to interested authorities only in 2004.
The new one has one key feature that sets it apart from its imported counterparts - the rate of fire from a submachine gun is significantly lower than that of its imported counterparts. This made it possible to significantly increase accuracy when firing in bursts. Interestingly, the designers were able to slow down the rate of fire not through the use of any retarders, but through the use of performance characteristics of the spring and changing the dynamic parameters of the weapon trigger.
In 2006, the PP-2000 was seriously modernized, after which it was put into mass production by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In the same year, the modernized submachine gun was presented at several exhibitions:
- At the specialized exhibition of military products of the Northern Forces of the Russian Federation “MVSV-2006”, which was held in Moscow;
- At the exhibition "Interpolitex-2006".
At these two exhibitions, PP-2000 was presented by the Institute of Communications and Special Equipment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Submachine gun PP-2000 cartridge caliber 9 mm. Device
The PP-2000 submachine gun was developed by Tula gunsmiths in 2001 and is intended for anti-terrorism units. The PP-2000 submachine gun was personally developed by the head of the automatic small arms and cannon armament department of the Tula State Unitary Enterprise Instrument Design Bureau (SUE KBP), Professor V.P. Gryazev. In addition to him, KBP weapons specialists B.A. Volkov, B.I. Kuznetsov and others participated in the work on the PP-2000.
General information about weapons
The PP-2000 submachine gun is a compact melee weapon. Despite its small dimensions, the range of destruction from this weapon is up to 300 meters. At the time of its release, it was superior to all foreign competitors presented in this class. In close combat, the submachine gun shows a high density of fire. Since the PP-2000 was developed taking into account the requests of the Russian special services, its design is distinguished by the absence of protruding components. The small dimensions of the weapon and the design of the body make it possible to use this SMG for concealed carry, which is an important factor for various intelligence services, which are often forced to work secretly or undercover.
The design of the submachine gun has the following features:
- An interesting combination of high quality weapon steel and high-strength plastic was used to create the pistol body. In addition to the fact that this helped to significantly reduce the weight of the finished product, it protects the weapon from corrosion, and at low temperatures the plastic does not cool the shooter’s hand;
- The use of a flame arrester in the design of a submachine gun reduces the likelihood of the shooter being detected by flashes of flame in the dark;
- The design of the PP, which has only the required minimum of parts, made it possible to reduce the weight of the finished product to 1.5 kg;
- Due to the simplicity of the design, disassembly is completed in just 30 seconds.
When shooting, specialized cartridges are used, the bullets of which do not ricochet when they hit a hard surface. This feature of the weapon allows it to be used without fear in narrow or enclosed spaces of a small area.
Design of PP-2000
The layout of the PP-2000 is somewhat different from the layout of traditional small arms, since its barrel is located much lower, and the magazine with cartridges is placed in the handle. A slotted flash suppressor is attached to the muzzle of the barrel, while the barrel bore is chrome-plated to simplify the cleaning procedure and increase service life.
PP-2000 works by using the energy of powder gases. The PP reloading rod can be moved to both the right and left sides of the weapon, which allows both right-handed and left-handed people to use the weapon effectively. In order to make the weapon more suitable for concealed carry, it is possible to install the reloading rod in a position parallel to the barrel.
The trigger mechanism of the PP-2000 is standard, trigger type. It is located in the hilt of the weapon. The high accuracy parameters of the submachine gun are achieved due to the unusual placement of the weapon barrel. Thanks to this feature, PP has excellent balance. The trigger mechanism of the weapon is adjustable for both automatic and manual shooting. When activated, the flag fuse blocks the operation of the sear.
Due to the small weight of the PP-2000, it can be fired from both two and one hands. Standard sights are of the open type; they consist of a front sight with an original front sight and a reversible rear sight. In addition, the upper part of the receiver has a stepped rail designed for mounting an optical or collimator sight. If the use of optics on melee weapons is a rather controversial issue, then installing a collimator sight significantly increases shooting accuracy.
Photo PP-2000
Interpolitex-2013, demonstration of 604 TsSN VV Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: PP-2000 with a flashlight on a Picatinny rail
Laser target designator Zenit-4TK
Fire mode translator in burst firing position
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Comments
0 Aidos 04/23/2017 10:05 good machine. eats well, not only 9 X19-7 N31, but also the good old 9X18 PM cartridge.
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0 MsSlow 04/23/2017 10:07 I climbed in to see what kind of barrel it was after I saw the policeman’s, look closely at the policemen, now you can often see pp2000
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0 Korot 04/23/2017 10:12 Well, I don’t know, as always there will be problems with the mass production of special cartridges. Production has not been launched for export, what positioning as a weapon of personal self-defense is not clear, in the same states the PP 2000 is not sold. I don’t know how the MP7 is, but the P90 didn’t really do well on the civilian market, the cartridge is priced at 5.56 62 grains, there are only two manufacturers in the world that produce them, there is no choice, although the idea with the 5mm cartridge is good. the same 5/7 from FN is selling with a bang.
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0 Vsevolod 04/23/2017 10:14 I quote Short:
Well, I don’t know, as always, there will be problems with the mass production of special cartridges. Production has not been launched for export, what positioning as a weapon of personal self-defense is not clear, in the same states the PP 2000 is not sold. I don’t know how the MP7 is, but the P90 didn’t really do well on the civilian market, the cartridge is priced at 5.56 62 grains, there are only two manufacturers in the world that produce them, there is no choice, although the idea with the 5mm cartridge is good. the same 5/7 from FN is selling with a bang.
although the PP2000 itself may not be bad, only nothing is known about it, in the video they said that it’s cool and that’s it, but with the mass production of 9x19, yes, if it eats our Parabelum ones, then everyone will shoot Reply |
Reply with quote | Quote 0 Tidy 04/23/2017 10:24 I like the thinking of our designers regarding ammunition. Why bother inventing new ammunition when you can take an existing one and change it a little. The logic of the field position (after all, there will not be these new ammunition on the battlefield) but the old proven ones.
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0 Mikhail 04/23/2017 10:25 Quoting Tidy:
I like the thinking of our designers regarding ammunition. Why bother inventing new ammunition when you can take an existing one and change it a little. The logic of the field position (after all, there will not be these new ammunition on the battlefield) but the old proven ones.
You are quite mistaken, as designers love to come up with new complexes (barrel + cartridge), but the reality is that the release of a new cartridge is VERY expensive and such developments are “sheltered.”
Plus, no one wants to take a cartridge developed by third companies in other countries because they will have to pay patents, royalties, etc. In general, as always, everything comes down to money. Reply | Reply with quote | Quote 0 Esengulov 04/23/2017 10:31 I understand everyone praises his own, but if we judge objectively, we must admit that the p90 is better in all respects, it is very ergonomic + there are more cartridges + there is a diopter sight, which allows you to fire more accurately, and also in the video it is said that the rate of fire is not a very important thing, a large number of cartridges and the range of hitting the target, together with the rate of fire, is very important in my opinion for conducting dense fire for suppression, etc. I haven’t seen targeted fire in close combat, only a moron will stick his head out and take aim, and the case when a barrel sticking out from around the corner fired heavily is just a common occurrence.
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0 Sviridov 04/23/2017 10:32 I quote Esengulov:
I understand everyone praises his own, but if we judge objectively, we must admit that the p90 is better in all respects, it is very ergonomic + there are more cartridges + there is a diopter sight, which allows you to fire more accurately, and the video also says that the rate of fire is not a very important thing, big the number of rounds and the range of hitting the target, together with the rate of fire, is very important in my opinion for conducting dense fire for suppression, etc. I haven’t seen targeted fire in close combat, only a moron will stick his head out and take aim, and the case when a barrel sticking out from around the corner fired heavily is just a common occurrence.
Well, taking into account that the Tula people released their PP90, I think the name was not chosen by chance, since it is a direct competitor to the P90, and has even more ammunition, and this is along with the PP2000, then I think it has advantages.
As I understand it, the PP2000 emphasizes compactness and lightness, while the PP90 (like the P90) is a larger weapon and each occupies its own niche. The fact that there are no advantages is all very debatable, the mere fact that it was created for the most common pistol cartridge in the world is already a solid advantage. In terms of stopping effect, the cartridge also definitely wins, and for a melee weapon, which means that you can collide with an enemy at a distance of a couple of meters and you will start firing at each other at the same time, this is also extremely important... Reply | Reply with quote | Quote 0 ragnar 04/23/2017 10:38 But if you take the best in the world, you have to take the Val/vortex. PP 2000 is a normal medium automatic. Cheap and moderately powerful. The most important thing is that it has a stopping effect greater than that of small-caliber machine guns, despite the fact that when using special cartridges, armor penetration is even higher. For unarmored targets (simple bandits, unarmored cars), a simple cartridge is quite enough.
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Power system and main performance characteristics of PP-2000
The submachine gun's power supply system uses box-type magazines. The cartridges in the store are arranged in a checkerboard pattern. The magazine is secured using a special latch, which is located at the base of the PP trigger guard. Thanks to this magazine arrangement, the weapon is reloaded in a short period of time.
The ammunition used is 9x19 caliber cartridges, which come in various types:
- 9x19 Parabellum cartridges;
- Armor-piercing cartridges 7N31.
When using armor-piercing cartridges, bullets fired from the PP-2000 at a target at a distance of 15 meters pierce an 8 mm thick steel plate. If you increase the distance to 50 meters, then armor-piercing bullets are capable of penetrating a 5 mm steel plate.
The first experimental models had butts of an unusual design, which were spare magazines with increased capacity. After conducting a series of tests, it was decided to replace these butts, since they not only interfered with the shooter, but were also damaged during operation, which led to misalignment of the cartridges when using an additional magazine. After modernization in 2006, the submachine gun received a new metal stock, which can be folded on the left side. At the same time, the possibility of installing an additional magazine as a butt remained.
The main tactical and technical characteristics are as follows:
- Submachine gun length – 340 mm;
- Height -185 mm;
- Width – 43 mm;
- Ammunition of 9x19 mm Parabellum caliber and armor-piercing 7N31;
- The main magazine holds 20 and an additional 44 rounds;
- Maximum fire range – 300 m;
- Rate of fire 600 rounds per minute;
- The weight of the submachine gun without a magazine is 1.4 kg.
During operation, it turned out that the build quality of the submachine gun was at a low level. For ease of use, the weapon must be modified independently, although as far as reliability is concerned, there are no complaints.
Key advantages of PP-2000
The PP-2000 submachine gun has a number of advantages compared to analogues from other manufacturers in the same class:
- The range of destruction of a bullet from the PP-2000 is up to 300 meters. Although in the 90s Russian designers developed several models of compact PCBs, none of them could surpass European models. PP-2000 succeeded;
- The convenient shape makes this SMG an ideal rapid-fire weapon for concealed carry;
- Low rate of fire allows for more accurate shooting;
- The PP has a standard mount for placing various types of sights;
- The internal bore is chrome plated;
- Compatibility with armor-piercing cartridges allows it to be used against opponents who have body armor, helmets and other types of personal protection. Bullets with a steel core hit the enemy hiding behind light barriers, and also penetrate standard cars;
- The PP-2000 is superior in its characteristics to almost all small-sized submachine guns in the world.
It was the combination of all these parameters that allowed the PP-2000 to become a leader among domestic submachine guns.
Currently, the PP-2000 is widely used by various special forces of Russian security forces. Its compactness, reliability, as well as the ability to be used in conjunction with a silencer, made this weapon universal for solving most combat missions in urban and cramped conditions.
Video PP-2000
The destruction range of the PP-2000 is up to 300 meters. This is the first Russian pistol after the collapse of the USSR, which is superior to all European analogues of submachine guns. The highest density of fire in close combat is the main advantage of the PP-2000. The designers reduced to a minimum number all the parts used during its creation. The submachine gun is made in a convenient form, which is suitable for concealed carry.
The submachine gun is created from a combination of plastic parts of the machine gun body and ordinary metal parts for firing a shot. Plastic parts will not suffer from corrosion; in cool weather they do not have a cooling effect when touched. To reduce the unmasking effect when using a submachine gun, it is equipped with a slotted flash suppressor. Thanks to these innovations, the PP-2000 weighs less than one and a half kilograms and can be disassembled in less than 30 seconds.
Domestic developers have already exhibited this model at the Interpolitex-2006 exhibition, which was held in Moscow. The PP-2000 submachine gun was finally ready and went into production in 2006 for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Currently, PP-2000 submachine guns are used by individual units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and adopted by the Federal Bailiff Service.
For aiming, the PP-2000 is equipped with a standard front sight and a reversible rear sight. The submachine gun has one interesting development - the use of the 9x19 Parabellum cartridge. According to the developers, this is due to the fact that the PP-2000 is primarily intended for police forces using weapons for stopping action. This is due to the fact that using a 5.45 mm caliber weapon has less stopping power compared to a 9 mm caliber weapon. A 9 mm caliber bullet imparts greater kinetic energy to the criminal’s body and affects a larger area of the body, which acts as a stopping factor.
The submachine gun can be equipped with a collimator sight or a sight for night use. The safety is located on the left side of the submachine gun; the firing mode switch is also located there; the PP-2000 is cocked using a handle located above the receiver. Just turn it left or right, and the weapon is cocked.
The barrel is chrome plated. According to the type of automation, the PP-2000 submachine gun is a blowback weapon. The trigger mechanism is a trigger type, providing burst and single fire firing. Before firing begins, the cartridge is placed in the chamber, and the bolt is in its forward position, thereby closing the barrel bore. This type of shooting is called “from the front sear.”
The rate of fire of the domestic submachine gun is up to 10 rounds per second. Compared to other domestic and foreign small-sized submachine guns, the PP-2000 has the lowest rate of fire. This was achieved without the use of a special retarding device, mainly due to the rational design of the dynamic parameters of the trigger and the characteristics of its mainspring. Let us note one more feature of the ammunition - when firing a shot, the bullet, having flown out of the barrel and hitting an obstacle, does not ricochet, which provides unique opportunities for using a submachine gun in enclosed spaces and confined spaces to free hostages or neutralize dangerous criminals.
In addition to conventional 9-mm cartridges, the designers provided for the possibility of using armor-piercing cartridges with a steel core. The armor-piercing bullet of the 7N31 cartridge is capable of penetrating steel sheets 3 mm thick at a range of 90 meters, 5 mm at a distance of up to 50 meters and 8 mm at a distance of up to 15 meters. This ensures the effectiveness of the PP-2000 in the fight against opponents wearing personal protective equipment (helmets, body armor), and also allows it to hit targets located behind obstacles and inside cars.
Another modification of the Tula designers is a spare clip with 44 rounds of ammunition. The PP-2000 has a folding stock, and here the developers again used Russian ingenuity - an additional clip easily fits into the place of the stock and performs its functions. This is very convenient when conducting combat operations - the additional magazine can be easily removed from the butt, which allows you to continue the battle without searching for an additional clip in your equipment.
The PP-2000 is the best submachine gun in its class and is significantly ahead in terms of basic characteristics and combat effectiveness of all other submachine guns, for example, the widely used MP-5 submachine gun. Moreover, this effectiveness should be ensured by shooters of average fire training.
For low-noise and flameless shooting, the PP-2000 is equipped with a muzzle silencer. The muffler developed at KBP is non-separable, which significantly simplifies its design and facilitates production. The submachine gun can be equipped with a Zenit-4EK laser target designator, a silencer and a tactical flashlight.
Partial disassembly of PP-2000
