Avtomat Fedorova model 1916

The Fedorov Avtomat was an early self-loading battle rifle^[1][2][3] designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedorov and made in Russia. Only 3200 Fedorov rifles were manufactured between 1919 and 1924 in the city of Kovrov. The weapon saw combat in the Russian Civil War, and the last conflict in which Fedorov rifles were used was the Winter War with Finland in 1940, when some Fedorov rifles were withdrawn from storage and issued to elite units of Red Army. The Fedorov Avtomat is sometimes considered to be an early predecessor to the modern assault rifle, due to its relatively light weight compared to other automatic rifles of the time and selective-fire capabilities. Avtomat Fedorova (Fedorovs automatic rifle) model 1916. ... Avtomat Fedorova (Fedorovs automatic rifle) model 1916. ... The FN FAL battle rifle The term battle rifle can have different meanings. ... Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000,000 Casualties 939,755... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 3,000 tanks 3,800 aircraft[3][4] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[5] 126,875 dead... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The AK-47 is the worlds most common assault rifle. ...

Development

The Fedorov Avtomat is a short recoil operated, locked-breech weapon which fires from a closed bolt. The bolt locking is achieved by two dumbbell-shaped locking plates, mounted at either side of the breech, latching barrel and bolt together through lugs on the bolt. Those plates are allowed to tilt slightly down after about 10 mm of free recoil, unlocking the bolt.

Fedorov mechanism schematic

Captain V. Fedorov began making a prototype of a semi-automatic rifle in 1906, working with future small arms designer Vasily Degtyarev as his assistant. A model was submitted to the Rifle Commission of the Russian army in 1911, which eventually ordered 150 more rifles for testing. In 1913, Fedorov submitted a prototype automatic rifle with a stripper clip-fed fixed magazine, chambered for his own experimental rimless 6.5 mm cartridge (6,5 mm Fedorov). This new rimless ammunition was more compact than the rimmed Russian 7.62×54R, better suited for automatic weapons and produced less recoil. This experimental cartridge fired a pointed jacketed bullet weighting 8.5 grams at an initial velocity of 860 m/s with a muzzle energy of 3140 J (as opposed to the 3600-4000 J muzzle energy of 7.62×54R ammunition). 6.5 mm Fedorov rifles were tested late in 1913 with favorable results. Since production of a new cartridge was not feasible, the decision was made to convert 6.5 mm Fedorov rifles to use the similar Japanese 6.5mm Arisaka ammunition. The ammunition was also produced in Great Britain, which had purchased Arisaka rifles for the Royal Navy during World War I. The fixed magazine was replaced by a detachable, curved 25-round box magazine. Image File history File links FedorovMechanismSchematic. ... Image File history File links FedorovMechanismSchematic. ... A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that, each time the trigger is pulled, fires a single bullet without the need to operate a bolt or other firing or loading mechanism other than the trigger, until the firearms supply of cartridges is depleted. ... Vasily Degtyarev Experimental Degtyarev Da-1 DP-28 Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyarev (Russian: ; January 2, 1880, Tula – January 16, 1949, Moscow) was a Russian weapons designer, Major General of the Engineering and Artillery Service, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1940), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1940, he received the second such award... The 7. ... The 6. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow...

Bibliography

A.J.R. Cormack - Famous Rifles and Machine Guns, ISBN 0 214 20325 5

Major F. Myatt - Modern Small Arms, ISBN 0 86101 024 8

Popenker, M. et al. (2004). Assault Rifle. Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 1-86126-700-2

Related Weapons

• Farquhar-Hill Rifle
• Cei-Rigotti
• Johnson

The British Farquhar-Hill Rifle was one of the first automatic rifles designed in the early 20th century. ... Originally created by Amerigo Cei, an officer in the Italian army, in 1890, the Cei-Rigotti rifle was extensively modified by Rigotti in 1900, and is often regarded as the first assault rifle. ... The M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun was an American recoil-operated light machine gun designed in the late 1930s by Melvin Johnson. ...

References

1. ^ C. Taylor The fighting rifle – A complete study of the rifle in combat, ISBN 0-87947-308-8
2. ^ F.A. Moyer Special Forces foreign weapons handbook, ISBN 0-87364-009-8
3. ^ R.J. Scroggie, F.A. Moyer Special Forces combat firing techniques, ISBN 0-87364-010-1

External links

http://world.guns.ru/assault/as86-e.htm