[9422WMR]

Never liked the name as a kid, always thought of pp-ish!
Not a very manly name for a sub machine gun!!
MAC
MP-38
Tommy gun!
Uzi

Then there’s the pp-ish
LOL

[NFHale]

“...pp-ish!...”

The Russians pronounce it “Papa Shah”.

A friend of mine, who emigrated here from Russia, said the Russian infantrymen loved the thing.

“pistolet pulemyot Shpagina” - Shpagin’s Machine Pistol.

[Chainmail]

It’s actually pronounced “Pepasha” and is the abbreviation for Pistol-Pulyemet Shpagina - “Machine pistol of Shpagin” (the designer), you know, like Avtomat Kalishnakova (AK) .

[GingisK]

That is correct. Any man would call it a BELCH gun.