In 1954-55-56, I was assigned to the 84th Ordnance
Det[TI], at Tokyo Ordnance Depot. Among our duties was to maintain the
inventory of captured enemy weapons evacuated from Korea & to ship those
items, identified as having technical/ or intelligence value, to CONUS. Ed is
correct in his info, except that the Soviet 7.62mm PPD SMG was already obsolete
& was not recovered, in Korea The Soviets gave the tooling for the 7.62mm
PPSh-41 SMG to both NK & the Chicoms circa early 1950, & both
immediately started producing SMGs. However, in their usual fashion, the Soviets
gave the tooling for the latest version to the Chicoms & the earlier version
[which used the 71 rd drum magazine] to NK. In the early fall of
1950, the US decided to confront the Soviets, regarding their materiel
support of NK, at the UN. Ord TI was directed to ship samples of Soviet produced
weapons, for this purpose. The NCOs went to the nearest pile of captured weapons
& selected 2 7.62mm PPSh-41 SMGs, which were clearly marked "1950". When
this evidence was displayed at the UN, the Soviet representative examined the
weapons & stated, very emphatically, "Not made in USSR!". They were, of
course, brand-new NK manufactured weapons. All new Ord TI personnel
subsequently received intensive instruction in identification of
equipment.