Best PPSh-41 loadout, class build in Black Ops 6

Veteran Call of Duty players will rejoice about the return of a powerful SMG: The best PPSh-41 loadout in Black Ops 6 will feel right at home, as if you’re playing World at War or WWII again. The gun hasn’t changed one bit, which means it’s still an incredibly fast-firing SMG with a lot of recoil that decimates enemies up close.

So when using it in Black Ops 6, you want to take advantage of that. There’s no point in trying to kit the PPSh-41 out for long-range engagements when there are other SMGs and assault rifles capable of doing that. Instead, make it so the high recoil doesn’t matter because you’re going to be in the personal space of our foes, sprinting, sliding, and diving all over the place.

Here’s the best PPSh-41 loadout in Black Ops 6, along with the best class to use with it and the details of how to unlock it in the first place.

How to unlock the PPSh-41 in Black Ops 6

To unlock the PPSh41 in Black Ops 6 Season 2, you must complete page six of the battle pass. This means you need to claim 22 rewards to unlock page six, then the seven rewards on this page to finally get your hands on the gun. While this may seem like it’ll take a while, the silver lining is that much like the Cypher 091 and other guns added to the game, you don’t need the paid battle pass to acquire it.

Best PPSh-41 loadout in Black Ops 6

Here’s the best PPSh-41 loadout in Black Ops 6:

• Barrel: Short Barrel
• Magazine: Extended Mag I
• Stock: Light Stock
• Laser: Strelok Laser
• Fire Mods: Recoil Springs

As mentioned above, you want to be absolutely rapid with the PPSh-41, so don’t worry too much about any long-distance stats. The Short Barrel is the only mobility-focused barrel attachment as it buffs the jumping aim down sight (ADS) and sprint-to-fire speeds, which is incredibly helpful with a build like this.

Meanwhile, the Extended Mag I increases the magazine size from 32 to 45, meaning you don’t need to reload quite as much, and the Light Stock is one of the best attachments for mobility buffs in the game. This increases your movement speed considerably, helping you to zoom across the map. There are a few laser attachments that would help here, but the Strelok Laser is the only one that buffs the hipfire to ADS accuracy, which is what you’ll be doing most of the time with this gun.

Finally, you could choose the Rapid Fire mod as your final attachment but, in our experience, it tips the gun over the edge to the point where it’s too unpredictable and chaotic to control. Since you’ll be aiming down the sights for kills, even when fighting up close, the Recoil Springs come in handy instead, especially when you’re involved in a scrap you can’t dictate the range in.

Best PPSh-41 class in Black Ops 6

Here is the best class to use alongside the PPSh-41 in Black Ops 6:

• Pistol: Grekhova
• Melee: Cleaver
• Tactical: Stim Shot
• Lethal: Combat Axe
• Field Upgrade: Scrambler
• Perk 1: Dexterity
• Perk 2: Assassin
• Perk 3: Double Time
• Specialty: Enforcer
• Wildcard: Perk Greed
• Perk 4: Ghost

Since you’ll be running around so much and never staying in one place for too long, that’s what we’ve geared this class towards. The Grekhova is the most reliable pistol to switch to, since it’s fully automatic and can finish enemies off when you run out of bullets in your primary weapon, and the Cleaver is now the best choice melee weapon over the Knife because of its slightly longer range.

Equipping the Stim Shot means you can sprint and heal in the middle of intense gunfights, while the Combat Axe is an underrated lethal to ensure you finish enemies off, especially since you can pick it up and resupply. The Scrambler should be your field upgrade of choice, which may seem a little unorthodox, but since you’ll be running around behind enemy lines so much, it comes in handy to disrupt minimaps and killstreaks.

For the perks, you want the red set for the Enforcer specialty, which makes it so killing enemies temporarily buffs your movement speed and health regen rate. (It goes without saying why this is extremely useful with a class such as this.) Dexterity is the best first choice, as it reduces weapon motion while jumping, sliding, and diving, and it means you take less fall damage. Scavenger and Gung-Ho are both useful alternatives though if you don’t feel like Dexeterity suits your playstyle the best.

Meanwhile, Assassin isn’t a great option in the second slot, since it only identifies enemies that are on a kill streak on the map, but it’s better than Bruiser, since you don’t want to spend too much time killing with your melee weapon. Finally, Double Time is a huge help for those times you need to hightail it out of a fight since it increases the duration of Tactical Sprint considerably. You don’t need Gunfighter for this class because there aren’t enough mobility-focused attachments to use with the PPSh-41, so instead go with Perk Greed as the wildcard and Ghost as the fourth perk to ensure you stay invisible to enemy UAVs. However, if you want something different, go for Tactical Expert — having a second Stim Shot can be the difference between life and death when you’re on a streak.