Pps42 and 43 should have been moved up to BR3 right after merge when Mp40 and Lanchester were BR3.
USSR could have just got some lend-leased guns, but Darkflow will always go for the cheapest option requiring the least work.
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I like these low-level but excellent guns
Each camp has its own unique advantages among the same class.
Then give me Germans better smgs at BR2 and BR3 right now we only have mediocre and inferior smgs to the PPS-42/43 and especially PPSh-41 box. And at same time buff them since it’s dispersion is increased by 3-4x times for no reason (Kiraly vs PPSh-41)
Why is it important?
I use the PPS-42 all the time in the 1-3 levels, and although it shoots smooth and fast with low recoil, it also has low hitting power. The allies have the UD42 which is also a nice smooth fast shooting low recoil smg, but it suffers from low hitting power as well. I have just as much luck with the German Beretta M1 then the PPS-42. It doesn’t shoot as fast but has a 40 round mag. To be honest, I think all the smg’s have the same hitting power at that level. If you put them in level 3 they are just going to show up in level 1-3 matches anyway, or if your using one you might end up stuck in a level 5 match. In that case you are badly outgunned.
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Russian smgs are lasers even tho they have higher rof, while German smgs are highly inaccurate or miss from time to time if you keep shooting. It’s a very bad for balance of the game, people that like testing guns will instantly see that Soviet smgs are superior and would want to play as Soviets since their guns won’t miss as often.
I’m afraid to upset you, but it’s not true. The numbers you see don’t account for the accuracy of the weapon. More precisely, not only them.
PPS-42/43 to BRIII will be mad because there is nothing between BRI and III. The guns are good, but not OP.
The soviets dont have a semi auto on BRII and the Madsen is crap so this seems fair enough that they have good smgs.
I mainly play axis BRII and never had problems when a mad Ivan showed up with his PPS.
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The Madsen sucks. 
I would take the German Mod 30 machine gun any day over the Madsen, or any of the Allied level 1-2 machine guns. 
Since I have played a lot with the Allies, Germans and Soviets between levels 1-3, I personally don’t think any faction has much of an advantage in SMG’s. I like the PPS 42, the US UD42 and the German Beretta M1. They all lack in hitting power at I believe 6.8 fully maxed. If I had to fight and only choose one? I would probably choose the Beretta M1. The recoil is not bad and it comes with a 40 round mag. For Allies I use one level 2 Thompson premium squad, one squad with 4 BP Thompson 1929 and my other squads use M3A1 Grease guns. The Thompson’s have more recoil then the German or Russian guns and don’t have huge mags, but along with the M3A1 Grease guns, they have more hitting power at 8.2. I really don’t even use my US UD 42 much as I have to shoot the piss out of people to kill them, so I go grease gun. It also seems like I have to shoot the piss out of the enemy to kill them with my PPS 42. I choose the 42 over the 43 because it has less recoil.
My two cents worth anyway. 
So the only reason it should be br 3 is because you want it? Usually when making suggestions you should tell some better reasons other than that
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The soviets got more aggressive smg’s with higher rof and overall the have some of the best in low/med BR, but all in all they seem to be good balanced.
When the PPS-42/43 would go to BRIII I totally would support the rant from the allied mains.
I’m going to straight up say no, they’re fine where they’re at. Unless you’re willing to provide an alternative weapon. That would leave them with a single SMG until BR III. This is a conversation that’s come up numerous times and it’s been shot down every time so it’s never going to happen. As stated above, DF wants to take the easier route out with the least amount of work but I can’t blame them considering they have a small studio size and their people keep getting taken to work on war thunder.
The most I can agree with is giving slightly more recoil, slightly lowering the pps-42 to a ROF of 500 (down from 600) and the PPS-43 to 550 (from 700).
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PPS-42 gets a rof and magazine size boost over mp40 while not getting any cons of pps-43, it’s just superior gun at BR2. It also weights just 3kg, and has a higher velocity.
But it’s still nowhere as overpowered as PPSh-41 box that’s where you have insane Soviet bias and you literally play with a BR5 weapon at BR3.
Look at disperson and rof of PPSh-41 box it’s even better than BR5 Axis smgs. It’s just ridicolous. And PPS-42 is still stronger than garbage smgs like MP 35/I and Beretta M38/42.
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The problem is, if you put the PPS42 or PPS43 in level 3 it is still going to show up in level 1-3 matches, as well as possible level 5 matches where it is really no match against BR5 weapons.
Really in my estimation after playing Germans, Russians and Allies, I don’t think the PPS 42/43 are a huge advantage. To me it is very similar to the US UD42. Very low recoil, laser accurate but low hitting power to boot. For that reason, I choose to use the M3A1 Grease gun along with my 2 squads of Thompson’s. The Thompson has a much higher recoil, but along with the Grease gun hits harder at 8.2 vs 6.8. Sure, the Grease gun is much slower, but it kills faster with less bullets. I don’t even use my squad of UD42 much because of this. I personally like the German Beretta M1. Small hitting power like the PPS, but 40 round mag vs the 35 round the PPG has. It is all trade offs in guns. I prefer hitting power to ROF as you have to hit the enemy less, otherwise I would never field a grease gun. . 
Everyone has their favorites though.
Again this stupid complain nobody cares about your crying about mgs since all mgs at low br are crap and inferior to smgs, they are never worth it i would gladly take your PPS-42 and body armor over garbage and inaccurate MG13. Also stop acting like we only have horrible literal satan Madsen MGs because it’s a lie:
I have a lot of Bredas from Stalingrad campaign. Beretta M1 is inferior in every single way when compared to PPS-42 except the mag size but 5 bullets won’t save you if your enemy has much higher rof and better recoil
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As soon as they start working in the direction of balance, Even though it’s not perfect people start crying and complaining that something needs to be nerfed it’s overpowered it’s placed too low in the tree. If the devs want it there they’re going to put it there and they won’t change it. Rarely will they ever move something up the tree it’s mostly been down. They would rather Nerf a weapon slightly than move it up a battle rating if they can do so. This is a topic that’s happened too many times, And it’s been going on for years over these exact weapons. This spans pre-merge… This isn’t me taking any one faction side as I play all of them. This is looking at the overall health of the game, if those get moved up something must replace them. Otherwise they’re left with one SMG for 3 tiers. None of the other weapons will compare, so that’s just asking the developers " let us steamroll our enemy harder because we want to see how fast we can do it" it has nothing to do with balance.
Well then, I guess it comes down to the person clicking the mouse because I kill just as many using the Berretta M1 as I do with the PPS. BTW, the Germans also have the Beretta 1918 that shoots much faster and has low recoil that I also use. It shoots so fast the enemy is dead the moment I click the mouse, so again, I don’t see any huge advantages for any faction at the lower levels. Just my opinion, I know you disagree, so we can agree to disagree.
NTM that the Breda Mod 30 is FAR Superior to the Madsen, or the Bren the Allies use. Everything is a trade off.
You could do much better with PPS-42 and kill more time than with your Beretta M1. It’s a fact.
And nobody uses Berreta M1918 or OVP because their sights are attrocious:
PPS-42 don’t have that issue it has a perfect balance between dmg, rof, good sights, mag size + reload speed, accuracy and movement speed. There are not a single smg at BR2 that is better than that.
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That was the whole point of the Soviets They were weak and every other area, take their SMG and assaulter weapons and they have nothing. I say that because the IS-2 is extremely easy to counter, it’s slow and has an awful reload time. The IS-1 is not much better, The rest of their tanks are mediocre compared to Allied and German tanks. And their air superiority is horrible to begin with, realistically during the war planes were the weakest aspect for them.
Each faction excels in one area, assalter weaponry was the whole point of the Soviet faction. Just like tanks were the Germans, planes were the Japanese, And the Americans got a blend of planes and tanks.
Doesn’t it have great reverse speed though?
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