"AVS-36: The Worst Rifle Ever Developed By the Soviet Union" Topic
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Tango01  | 08 Apr 2023 8:49 p.m. PST |
"While the Soviet Union may have been adept at producing tanks, the same can't really be said about its handheld weaponry. The interwar period and the Second World War, in particular, saw a number produced, and had featured issues that ultimately led to their abandonment. Among the worst was the AVS-36, which left service almost as soon as it was equipped by infantrymen. The AVS-36 was designed by Sergei Simonov, who began work on a new gas-operated, self-loading rifle in 1930. A year later, he produced the first prototype, which showed great promise, and a few years later came out with a trial batch that featured a few tweaks to the original design…"
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| Zephyr1 | 08 Apr 2023 9:13 p.m. PST |
Rumors are that Stalin wasn't too happy with the new rifle, and had the entire design team shot with their own weapon…
(I made that up… ;-)
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| Tango01 | 09 Apr 2023 3:33 p.m. PST |
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| Black Bull | 10 Apr 2023 3:24 p.m. PST |
We know you made it up otherwise no SKS was it some sort of joke ? |
| Black Bull | 10 Apr 2023 3:26 p.m. PST |
BTW the issues were fixed quickly but the fix's made the AVS more expensive than the SVT so guess what happened |
| 4th Cuirassier | 11 Apr 2023 1:18 a.m. PST |
Even the SVT40 wasn't all that, was it? Poor vertical dispersion or something? I likes 'em just the same because Airfix 1/32 Russians has 'em. |
| Black Bull | 11 Apr 2023 8:15 a.m. PST |
First shot from a cold barrel was all over the place not a big problem for a normal rifle but did reck the idea of using it as a sniper rifle.
Both guns were too complex for a conscript army but beautiful form an engineering standpoint |
| Tango01 | 24 Apr 2023 4:38 p.m. PST |
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