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The automatic fire was largely uncontrollable, and the rifles often suffered breakages under the increased strain. Documents discovered after the war indicated that during testing, under continuous automatic fire, an AVT-40's barrel would be "shot out", meaning the rifling in the barrel would be completely worn down, in as little as 200-250 rounds.
This differs from the terminology typically used when referring to automatic full-power cartridge rifles, such as the AVS-36 and AVT-40, which instead use the separate "avtomaticheskaya" term. [27] Contemporary Occidental writers have struggled to classify the Fedorov Avtomat.
Tokarev AVT-40: Battle rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 10-round magazine. Modified SVT-40 with a different firing selector. Produced from May 1942 until halted in the summer of 1943 due to mostly uncontrollable automatic fire and breakage.
Gewehr 98/40 (Modification of Hungarian 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm. Ordered from Hungary due to shortages of rifles) [ 249 ] [ 252 ] Gewehr/Karabiner 43 (Gewehr 43 was the early production name and Karabiner 43 was the later production name.
svt-40 The Soviet Union issued one major battle rifle, the SVT-40 , which was invented by Fedor Tokarev , who is also well known for creating the Tokarev pistol . It uses the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, and reloaded with a 10-round magazine, but the receiver was open-top, meaning it could also be loaded with 5-round stripper clips, the same ones ...
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USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40, AVT-12) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the bloody 1943 Battle of Tarawa. Tarawa was commissioned in December 1945, too late to serve in World War II. After ...
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