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Degtyaryov AVD-26
The Degtyaryov AVD-26 (RUS: Автоматическая винтовка Дегтярева 1926 года / Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Degtyareva 1926 goda | ENG: Degtyaryov automatic rifle 1926). Following the First World War, most countries recognized that rifles with manual loading for infantry forces should be replaced with self-loading ones. The USSR started this work back in 1925, while in 1926 Vasily Degtyaryov, a student of the famous Russian gunsmith Vladimir Fyodorov, developed his automatic rifle with gas removal automatics and a simple and reliable cutoff with the help of a couple of recoil lugs moving sideways. This rifle shot both single shots and in bursts; movable magazines had a capacity of 5 to 20 cartridges, and it came with an immovable spike bayonet with three positions: marching (spike backward), combat (spike forward) and intermediate where the spike is aimed downward and the bayonet could be used as a bipod for prone firing. This rifle was not mass-produced; however, it became an ancestor to the first purely Soviet small arms, the RPD light machine gun that inherited the automatics and the design of the cutoff unit from the rifle. In 1930, the weapon was recalibrated to the 7.62x54 R cartridge and a muzzle brake was used (AVD-30). It was the basis for creating the SVD-30 semi-automatic variant.
Specifications
(Production: 1925 – 1930)
- Type: Self-loading rifle / Automatic rifle.
- Country of Origin: Soviet Union
- Caliber: 6.5mm / 7.62mm
- Cartridge: 6.5x50mm SR Arisaka / 7.62x54mm R
- Weight: ??
- Length: ??
- Barrel length: ??
- Capacity: 5/20-round box magazine.
- Rate of fire: ??
The Degtyaryov AVD-26 & Degtyaryov AVD-30 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors: