AVS-36 selective-fire rifle

This rifle was developed between 1931 and 1936 by Sergey Simonov, and was adopted as "7.62mm Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Simonova obraztsa 1936 goda" (Automatic Simonov rifle, model of 1936), or AVS-36 for short. Service life of this weapon was relatively short, as it was too complicated and expensive to make and maintain, as well as not sufficiently reliable in harsh conditions. Something between 35 000 and 65 000 AVS-36 rifles were delivered to the Red Army between 1936 and 1940, when it was officially replaced by the Tokarev SVT-40 self-loading rifle.

Read more at:
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/autoloading-rifles/rus/simonov-avs-36-e.html

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Science & Technology

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• AVS-36
• Simonov
• automatic
• selective-fire
• rifle

[MrLongbranch303]

This rifle was the the father of the SKS

[Omsbon]

@MrLongbranch303 No. The SKS is based on Simonovs model 1931 rifle. The AVS-36 utilizes a different, more complicated mechanism.

[dukenukemthreed]

@Omsbon

They are like half-brothers, the sks feeds from stripper clips and has the tilting bolt. The SVT has a tilting bolt, detachable mag/stripper clips AND an adjustable gas system, the SVT is like a hybrid of an SKS and FAL.

[Omsbon]

@dukenukemthreed I know that. The rifle in the video is the Simonov AVS, not the Tokarev SVT.

[csmybuttt]

No full auto?

BTW, interesting muzzle brake/gas system (?) design. Looks like an hourglass mounted sideways.

[Omsbon]

@csmybuttt The muzzle brake is more of a cylinder with a large cutout on top and two smaller ones at the bottom. The gas system is a standard short-stroke design on the top of the barrel (used for the first time in history on a rifle, btw.).

[poluhmuri]

охренеть.. АВС 36, да еще и находу!!!

[dukenukemthreed]

@Omsbon

Just stating the obvious for all to see.

[RobotN001]

make full auto pls

[RobotN001]

make full auto ^))

[6587az]

где вы купили эту винтовку она очень редкая

[scoterlucyaredogs]

Are you Russian.

[Thatevilmidget]

God that's a beautiful example. I haven't ever seen one in person, but it's on my list of things I need to do when I finally go visit Finland and Russia.

[XBC1000]

@RuHartnett Nope. There was an supreme command order: full auto fire in most dramanic moments of battle only and not more than 4...5 mags i.e. 60..75 rounds. Since AVS is full auto but not mashine gun and its frame isn't as strong as that of MG. Powerful 7.62x54r is a bit too for full auto 4.5 kg gun.