For nearly 30 years, soldiers heard an unforgettable sound coming from a weapon firing from behind the rubble in Stalingrad. Or echoing in the frozen hills of the Korean Peninsula during human-wave attacks. Or even rattling the jungles of Vietnam during firefights with the Viet Cong.
BRRAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP-PAP!
Before the AK-47 became the symbol of Soviet armed forces, there was the “burp gun”—officially, the PPSh-41. It's an ugly gun that makes an ugly sound during extended fire.
Looks aside, the burp gun sure did work.
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